2,000 Splendid Books Club met at my house last night. We have been meeting about once every 6 weeks since 2000! We plan on reading 2,000 books together. (No we really haven't figured out how many years that will take!! But we do read at least a dozen books a year. You do the math!)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese was this month's read. Six of us got together to discuss the book. We all agreed it was very well written and reminded us of a John Irving book in that the characters are all very well developed. It also reminded me of The Kite Runner in that it spanned a large period of time for two boys and is set in a country very different from Canada. Many of the traditions and life styles that Canadians are familiar with just do not exist in this book's setting - Ethiopia during the 1950s to 2000.
This month's read is a book of poetry Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver. That will be very interesting. We have never read and discussed a book of poetry before. I suspect there could be lots of discussion, as each poem could be a whole evening's discussion. The book after that will be Jann Arden's new book called Falling Backwards Some of us will be attending her concert at Pantages in Winnipeg before we meet to discuss that book so I suspect the discussion will be very animated!!
2,000 Splendid Books is a great group of people. I am blessed to belong to this group of wonderful women who all have so much in common and are comfortable in sharing opinions, thoughts and beliefs. A wonderful support group!!
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese was this month's read. Six of us got together to discuss the book. We all agreed it was very well written and reminded us of a John Irving book in that the characters are all very well developed. It also reminded me of The Kite Runner in that it spanned a large period of time for two boys and is set in a country very different from Canada. Many of the traditions and life styles that Canadians are familiar with just do not exist in this book's setting - Ethiopia during the 1950s to 2000.
This month's read is a book of poetry Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver. That will be very interesting. We have never read and discussed a book of poetry before. I suspect there could be lots of discussion, as each poem could be a whole evening's discussion. The book after that will be Jann Arden's new book called Falling Backwards Some of us will be attending her concert at Pantages in Winnipeg before we meet to discuss that book so I suspect the discussion will be very animated!!
2,000 Splendid Books is a great group of people. I am blessed to belong to this group of wonderful women who all have so much in common and are comfortable in sharing opinions, thoughts and beliefs. A wonderful support group!!
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