July

We had a great time discussing THE HUNGER GAMES, by susanne collins! it was a great meeting, with great food. thanks, kim!

kim picked our july book. THE HELP, by kathryn stockett. it's supposedly a great read, so go pick it up and dive in! the meeting will be on july 20, at 7:30, location TBA. it's great to see so many sisters and friends coming out and joining our meetings! and of course reading great books together. :)

in june

don't forget, this tuesday, june 15, at 7:30 is the book club meeting. come, even if you haven't read it! it's a fun one to discuss. it'll be at kim wetzger's house, and we're discussing THE HUNGER GAMES, by suzanne collins. hope to see you there!

June's book

may's book, The Wave, was a great read. it was the true story of a 1960's high school history classroom, the teacher wanting the kids to more fully understand the nazi experience of world war two. he set up an experiment, creating a club in the school called the wave. they adhered to strength through discipline, strength through community, strength through action. like a wave, this movement soon took over the school, and under the pretext of unity, a lot of chaos ensues. sensing it getting out of control, the teacher calls a meeting, telling the students the real leader of the wave will speak to them. the meeting becomes a frenzied rally that is cut absolutely short when on the screen flashes the picture of hitler. the last image the book leaves is a boy named robert who is devestated by the wave's collapse. he went from being the most nerdy, picked on kid in the class, to a strong leader of the wave, to nothing again.

there was a lot of fun discussion of this book at the meeting. thanks for all who attended! the book for next month promises to be great!

kelsey has chosen the book for us for june. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Meeting will be tuesday, june 15 at 7:30. location to be announced. happy reading!

May's Book

Sue picked our book for this month, and we're excited about it. THE WAVE, by Todd Strasser. Meeting is Tuesday May 18, at 7:30 at Sue's house.

April's Book

in april, we read LIFE OF PI, by Yann Martel. it's the story of a young boy struggling with explaining the world through scientific vs. religious means. later he is shipwreaked by a boat carrying zoo animals, and is left adrift in a lifeboat for 7 months with a zebra, a hyena, a orangutan, and a tiger. soon, only he and the tiger are left, and he must learn to tame the tiger in order to survive. when he is found, he must explain his outrageous story to a set of interviewers researching the crash. in the face of their disbelief he presents them with another, more gruesome story of a lifeboat full of a sailor with a broken leg, a cannabalistic sea cook, himself and his mother. then he tells the interviewers to pick the best story and believe what they will.

we had a great time discussing this book! thanks to all who came. we hope to have more out next month! we had so much fun, and ate a lot of pie! which there is still a lot of, by the way, so if you're in the mood for pie, come on down to the northcutts and have a piece!