Monday, December 19, 2011
Poll for the Next Meeting
Genesis' schedule will be changing to where MWF would not be available so she has picked Tuesdays in Feb for our next meeting. Vote on your available dates here. Poll will be open until January 9th.
And the next book club selection is.....
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami! It's a long book so we're going to aim the next meeting for late Jan/early Feb. I have emailed Genesis to get some dates to poll you guys on! It was very close race with the Lonely Polygamist so maybe we can do that book another time.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Next Book Club Selection Voting
Book Club Submissions
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
1Q84 out there by Haruki Murakami
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong
Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Voting is open until 12/18/11!!! Winner will be announced 12/19/11.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
New Book Submissions So Far
You have until SUNDAY DEC 11th to put a book on the list.... Here is what we have so far:
Book Club Submissions
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
1Q84 out there by Haruki Murakami
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Voting will take place Dec. 12 to the 18th!!!! I will send out a poll Monday Dec 12th with the full list of books candidates.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Next Book
Thanks again to Nicole for hosting. Genesis has graciously volunteered to host the next one (she will let us know if it will be at her house or if we'll meet somewhere). She doesn't have a book choice currently so we're going to do something new. This week, I'll take your submissions of books to read (pick one please). I will do a poll and we can all vote on the next book based on the submissions. We're looking at the next meeting being towards the end of January so I want to get the book choice squared away before the week of Christmas. So here are the deadlines:
Dec. 7 to 11th Taking Submissions for books
Dec. 12 to the 18th We'll vote on the list - the book with the most votes will be announced Monday Dec 19th
Please let me know if you have questions. You can email me your selection or post it to the blog or to Facebook. Whatever you find is the easiest method.
I'm looking forward to your ideas!!!!!
Dec. 7 to 11th Taking Submissions for books
Dec. 12 to the 18th We'll vote on the list - the book with the most votes will be announced Monday Dec 19th
Please let me know if you have questions. You can email me your selection or post it to the blog or to Facebook. Whatever you find is the easiest method.
I'm looking forward to your ideas!!!!!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
32 Candles Discussion Questions
I have sent everyone the meeting address so check your emails! Here are the discussion questions for next week's meeting:
2. Davie doesn't speak for the first third of the book. How does her chosen muteness serve her? How does it continue to affect her personality after she starts speaking again?
3. Davie ends up becoming best friends with her ex-boyfriend. Do you think that exes can really be friends?
4. Many of Davie's worst qualities are also her best qualities. Do you have any experience with vices actually proving to be talents?
5. Davie isn't able to move on with her own life until she confronts the pain of her past, including her relationship with her mother. Is it necessary to face the people who have hurt you most in order to live a full life? What may—or may not—happen if we don't?
6. Do you think that Davie's mother loved her? Do you think that Davie loves her mother? Why is it difficult for people to sometimes show love? What holds them back?
7. At one point Davie insists that she couldn't have acted in any other way because of who she is and the life that she has lived. What does she mean by this? Is our history the most important influence on our future? Can we “will” ourselves into a future much different from our pasts?
8. Davie loves her deceased grandmother very much and mentions her throughout the book. What do you think about her grandmother? Do you feelings change by the end of the book? How do your feelings toward Davie's grandmother change by the end of the book?
9. The author portrays several substitute-family relationships in this book. Discuss these and explore their dynamics. Is it human nature to form these kinds of relationships when real parent-child ones fail?
10. Davie falls so in love with the movie, Sixteen Candles, that it literally changes her life. Has a movie—or other art form such as a play or novel -- ever changed your life in this way? How?
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