Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Lisa I., Michelle, Rambo and Rhonda. With special appearances by Cooper, Anderson, and Nathan.
**If you haven't read the book you'll want to skip the below because there will be spoilers**
We discussed the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and we were all in agreement that this book was very unbelievable. We all thought that it was a great read and that the story was remarkable. Some members questioned how Louis could remember all of those details that happened so long ago, but we all thought that he documented a lot of what went on with him. I believe that Rhonda said that the raft part was the part that got her the most. It was incredible to have survived a plane crash and then to be on that raft for so long and forced to eat bird blood and rain water all while having sharks surround your raft and try to attack you to eat you. We thought that it was so crazy that he met Hitler and that he was such a mischievous youth, but found focused on running in high school and became this great runner. We all didn't want to talk much about the portrayal of the Japanese in this book until Denise got there because we were really curious to hear what she had to say.
Denise thought that the way that the Japanese were in this book was horrible but also that in a war situation most captors will be like this. She talked about how the Japanese-Americans were treated in the States during this time (not very well). Christopher brought up the fact that he didn't really see WWII as a war with Japan and saw it mostly has a war with Germany and to see how the Japanese were was really surprising to him. We did discuss all wars later on and why people would want to join the military.
Most of us there are not religious, but we all thought that it was great that it was religion that saved Louis' life. We all agreed that had he not found Billy Graham his marriage would have ended and he would have either been a drunk for the rest of his life or he would have ended up killing himself. Instead his life was turned around and he is still kicking it today. Speaking of killing himself, there were many times during the book where we thought it would have been better to just be dead than to go through what he did, especially with The Bird.
There was a ton more talk about this book and it could have been one of the most talked about books in our book club.
I was the only one that read Room by Emma Donoghue I enjoyed the book and thought that it was an interesting story. Lisa said that she was having a hard time getting into the book because it was told from the five year old's perspective. I thought that the author did a good job at writing the story.
We talked about Rambo's crazy running that he is doing. We talked about how Denise's neighbors are all dying and she wants all of us to move to her street; it would be a very fun thing to do! We talked about chickens and their lack of egg laying in the winter. We talked about backyards, the Slymar and Northridge earthquakes, and lastly the Ted Talks. This talk is about the mammography testing that I was telling you about. There are so many talks that are great to watch and listen to!
For our next book club we will be reading The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. From the reviews it looks like it will be a little bit of a controversial read and should be a good discussion! We haven't picked a day yet (Rhonda will get back to us), but the book looks like it is on the short side and I heard that it is a fast read.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next book club!
-Heather
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Book Club is in one week 2/15/11
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to send out a reminder that we will be having book club next Tuesday 2/15 at Rhonda's house at 7. We are discussing the books Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and Room by Emma Donoghue
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
I just wanted to send out a reminder that we will be having book club next Tuesday 2/15 at Rhonda's house at 7. We are discussing the books Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and Room by Emma Donoghue
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Book Club Recap 1/4/11
Happy New Year everyone! First I want to say that in 2010 we read 13 books! That is pretty good for us. Here is the list of books that we read:
-Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
-One Day-David Nicholls
-The Girl Who Played With Fire-Steig Larsson
-Mockingjay-Suzanne Collins
-The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-Steig Larsson
-Little Bee-Chris Cleave
-The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint-Brady Udall
-Switch-Chip and Dan Heath
-Snakes Can't Run-Ed Lin
-Where Men Win Glory-Jon Krakauer
-Moloka'i-Alan Brennert
-Push-Sapphire
-The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
I didn't go to book club on 1/4, but I talked to Rhonda about it. The attendees were: Denise, Lisa I., Rambo, Rhonda, & Valesca (I could be missing some people).
The book Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King was discussed. The stories were pretty disturbing, but Stephen King is a really good writer. I know that Rambo said that he was interested in reading more of his work. Christopher is a HUGE fan of Stephen King and if anyone wants to read a hard copy of one of his books Christopher most likely has it. I don't think that much was talked about the the book because Lisa was still reading it and they didn't want to ruin any of the stories for her.
Our next book club will be on Tuesday February 14th, 2011 at 7pm at Rhonda's house. We will be reading two books. The first is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Christopher and I read this book already and we couldn't put it down. We finished it very fast. The story is pretty unbelievable! The other book is Room by Emma Donoghue. This book was recommended by Tommy.
Good luck to Lisa K. with your labor and delivery. We can't wait to meet your little one!
Hope to see everyone on 2/15!
-Heather
-Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
-One Day-David Nicholls
-The Girl Who Played With Fire-Steig Larsson
-Mockingjay-Suzanne Collins
-The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-Steig Larsson
-Little Bee-Chris Cleave
-The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint-Brady Udall
-Switch-Chip and Dan Heath
-Snakes Can't Run-Ed Lin
-Where Men Win Glory-Jon Krakauer
-Moloka'i-Alan Brennert
-Push-Sapphire
-The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
I didn't go to book club on 1/4, but I talked to Rhonda about it. The attendees were: Denise, Lisa I., Rambo, Rhonda, & Valesca (I could be missing some people).
The book Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King was discussed. The stories were pretty disturbing, but Stephen King is a really good writer. I know that Rambo said that he was interested in reading more of his work. Christopher is a HUGE fan of Stephen King and if anyone wants to read a hard copy of one of his books Christopher most likely has it. I don't think that much was talked about the the book because Lisa was still reading it and they didn't want to ruin any of the stories for her.
Our next book club will be on Tuesday February 14th, 2011 at 7pm at Rhonda's house. We will be reading two books. The first is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Christopher and I read this book already and we couldn't put it down. We finished it very fast. The story is pretty unbelievable! The other book is Room by Emma Donoghue. This book was recommended by Tommy.
Good luck to Lisa K. with your labor and delivery. We can't wait to meet your little one!
Hope to see everyone on 2/15!
-Heather
Friday, November 19, 2010
Book Club Recap 11/16/10
Attendees: Addie, Christopher, Heather, Lisa K., Rhonda, & Valesca with appearances from Anderson and Nathan.
When Christopher and I got there it was only Lisa and Rhonda. We talked about baby stuff and passed Anderson around. Then we discussed The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series and what we liked about the books. We all liked the three of them and found it hard to remember exactly what was in one book versus another. It was mentioned how we were a little sad when the last book was finished because we knew that there would not be anymore of the story. Addie came around this time and Christopher and I had to leave to take care of the little ones :(
Valesca showed up later and it sounds like more was discussed about the Dragon Tattoo books. I believe that only Lisa read One Day. Rhonda and I are both reading it now and are enjoying it. I find that it is a little like When Harry Met Sally.
The next book that we will be reading is Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King Christopher was thrilled to hear that we picked a Stephen King book because he loves him!
Next book club will be on Tuesday December 28th at Rhonda's house.
Rhonda, if any of this is wrong please let the rest of the group know :)
-Heather
When Christopher and I got there it was only Lisa and Rhonda. We talked about baby stuff and passed Anderson around. Then we discussed The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series and what we liked about the books. We all liked the three of them and found it hard to remember exactly what was in one book versus another. It was mentioned how we were a little sad when the last book was finished because we knew that there would not be anymore of the story. Addie came around this time and Christopher and I had to leave to take care of the little ones :(
Valesca showed up later and it sounds like more was discussed about the Dragon Tattoo books. I believe that only Lisa read One Day. Rhonda and I are both reading it now and are enjoying it. I find that it is a little like When Harry Met Sally.
The next book that we will be reading is Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King Christopher was thrilled to hear that we picked a Stephen King book because he loves him!
Next book club will be on Tuesday December 28th at Rhonda's house.
Rhonda, if any of this is wrong please let the rest of the group know :)
-Heather
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Book Club Tonight!
Hi all,
I have been a little bit busy and forgot to send out the reminder email last week. I think that book club is still on for tonight, unless Rhonda has other plans or wants to reschedule!
The books that we will be discussing are One Day by David Nicholls and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Looking forward to seeing everyone at 7pm and Rhonda's house!
-Heather
I have been a little bit busy and forgot to send out the reminder email last week. I think that book club is still on for tonight, unless Rhonda has other plans or wants to reschedule!
The books that we will be discussing are One Day by David Nicholls and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Looking forward to seeing everyone at 7pm and Rhonda's house!
-Heather
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Book Club Recap 9/28/10
Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Lisa K, Michelle, Raven, Rhonda, and a special guest appearance by Addie!
The first book that we talked about was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Everyone in the group really enjoyed this book and many of the other members had read the next book or the whole series. We were debating about which book we thought was the best and it seemed like #3 might be the best? We also discussed how the author died after he turned in all three manuscripts and how it is claimed that his girlfriend found a fourth manuscript on his computer and how there is a legal battle going on between the family and the girlfriend over it.
Next we discussed Mockingjay, which was the third and final book of the Hunger Games. Everyone who read this book liked it, but it wasn't the favorite out of the three. We definitely thought that this book was darker than the rest of them. I won't say much else about what we talked about just incase someone on here isn't done and wants to read it.
Christopher and Nathan left and Denise and Addie arrived. Since Denise had read some of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and watched the movie and Addie read the book we discussed the book some more. We all talked about how we loved that the author portrayed a really strong female character and we all really liked Lisbeth. Most of us had seen the movie and we thought that the casting of Lisbeth was spot-on to how she was described in the book. The conversation about this book was a little hard to do because others wanted to talk about stuff that was going on in book 2 and 3, but Denise didn't want to hear anything (I am in the middle of book 2). Then there were some big differences between the book and movie, so we told Denise that she has to finish reading the book and we didn't discuss the differences so as not to ruin that either. I can't remember much else...
Denise was a little obsessed with her phone because she just got a new one and was trying to figure it out. There was one point where I am pretty sure her and Addie were texting each other and they were sitting right next to each other! Rhonda also got out her iPad. There was also Kindle talk. There was also some baby and pregnancy talk because I am due in three weeks and Lisa is due in about three months. After most people left we watched Dancing With the Stars to see some of Addie's friends perform and we weren't too impressed and I couldn't believe how much they drag out the results show. Cooper showed up with a big basket of cookies and we all got to take some home :)
We decided on two books for the next book club! We will be reading One Day by David Nicholls and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Book club will be on Tuesday November 9th at 7pm at Rhonda's house. I should have had baby #2 by then and if I am up for it I will be there with the little one.
Speaking of the little one Christopher and I have a baby pool going. If you feel like participating please do! We have the prize as some Oktoberfest beer that Christopher brewed, but for our members your prize could be the book that we choose for the book club after November (if you don't want the beer). Go to http://bebepool.com/babyaedo2
-Heather
The first book that we talked about was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Everyone in the group really enjoyed this book and many of the other members had read the next book or the whole series. We were debating about which book we thought was the best and it seemed like #3 might be the best? We also discussed how the author died after he turned in all three manuscripts and how it is claimed that his girlfriend found a fourth manuscript on his computer and how there is a legal battle going on between the family and the girlfriend over it.
Next we discussed Mockingjay, which was the third and final book of the Hunger Games. Everyone who read this book liked it, but it wasn't the favorite out of the three. We definitely thought that this book was darker than the rest of them. I won't say much else about what we talked about just incase someone on here isn't done and wants to read it.
Christopher and Nathan left and Denise and Addie arrived. Since Denise had read some of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and watched the movie and Addie read the book we discussed the book some more. We all talked about how we loved that the author portrayed a really strong female character and we all really liked Lisbeth. Most of us had seen the movie and we thought that the casting of Lisbeth was spot-on to how she was described in the book. The conversation about this book was a little hard to do because others wanted to talk about stuff that was going on in book 2 and 3, but Denise didn't want to hear anything (I am in the middle of book 2). Then there were some big differences between the book and movie, so we told Denise that she has to finish reading the book and we didn't discuss the differences so as not to ruin that either. I can't remember much else...
Denise was a little obsessed with her phone because she just got a new one and was trying to figure it out. There was one point where I am pretty sure her and Addie were texting each other and they were sitting right next to each other! Rhonda also got out her iPad. There was also Kindle talk. There was also some baby and pregnancy talk because I am due in three weeks and Lisa is due in about three months. After most people left we watched Dancing With the Stars to see some of Addie's friends perform and we weren't too impressed and I couldn't believe how much they drag out the results show. Cooper showed up with a big basket of cookies and we all got to take some home :)
We decided on two books for the next book club! We will be reading One Day by David Nicholls and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Book club will be on Tuesday November 9th at 7pm at Rhonda's house. I should have had baby #2 by then and if I am up for it I will be there with the little one.
Speaking of the little one Christopher and I have a baby pool going. If you feel like participating please do! We have the prize as some Oktoberfest beer that Christopher brewed, but for our members your prize could be the book that we choose for the book club after November (if you don't want the beer). Go to http://bebepool.com/babyaedo2
-Heather
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Book Club Tonight!
Just wanted to remind everyone that book club is tonight! We hope to see many of you there (7pm at Rhonda's house)!
-Heather
-Heather
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