Ok friends, we have a slight problem. This book group is AWESOME! Well . . . when people come and read the books. Now, I'm as guilty as anyone about not finishing that last book on time, but it seems to me that we've had a smaller turnout with fewer people finishing more and more over the last few months. Is this because people were just out of town? Is it because we're having trouble finishing books in just one month? Is it Thursday nights? Is it because we don't have a set format for how exactly to run the group? It's also hard to figure out who will host in the future when we have such sporadic attendance. I am wondering if changes are in order.
So, please give some input here. I'm NOT giving up on the group by any means! I just want to see what can make it work for us.
Would you like to meet every other month? How about an online forum for discussion for those who can't make the meetings? Would more reminders to get the book read be helpful? What do you think?
It's not surprising we need a little bit of an overhaul--do you know we've been going strong for 3 years?? YAY for us!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
September's Book
Ok, it looks like Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris won for Kathy's month. Now that I've finally decided to update things . . .
Monday, June 2, 2008
Kathy's Book Choices
Whoops. I never made a poll for Kathy's choices. So here you go. Look down a few posts to see her descriptions of these books. Thanks!
p.s. if you are wondering what happened to the cool old polls, I found out I had to pay for those after 2. So here is a new one for us to try.
p.s. if you are wondering what happened to the cool old polls, I found out I had to pay for those after 2. So here is a new one for us to try.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Narnia Movie
I wanted to post about our next book "discussion" which will actually be a very fun movie. It will be Thursday, June 5th. There are two choices. We can go to UA Snowden Square at 7:15 pm, or AMC at the Columbia mall at 7:50 pm. Keep in mind this is a very long (2 hr, 20 min) movie. I am adding a voting thing again, and we will pick the one that the most people vote for.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Switch for June & August
I asked Jen if I could switch months with her. By the voting for my book choices, we have a tie. I thought it would be fun to read Prince Caspian, and then go see the movie instead of a discussion. Jen kindly agreed to switch months with me, so the movie would still be in the theater. I hope this is okay with everyone. So, voting is closed for my book choices, and we will read Prince Caspian next. Thanks, Jen!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
August Choices & Voting
Here are my picks for August.
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensey, the heroes and heroines from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, return in this fourth installment of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. The four children are transported from an English train station to an island in the world of Narnia. Though Narnia has been at peace since the children left, it is now under the control of Wicked King Mirax. The youngsters, along with Aslan the great lion, must help young Prince Caspian restore Narnia's glorious past.
Keys of the Kingdom: Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Mister Monday details the adventure of a schoolboy, Arthur Penhaligon, who, during an asthma attack, is entrusted with a key by one Mister Monday, on the supposition that he is about to die and the key will pass straight back to Monday, ensuring his ownership of it. However, he survives, in possession of both the key and a strange notebook known as the Compleat Atlas, and soon he is being hounded by Monday's henchmen, a.k.a Fetchers, who inadvertently bring a plague of some sort to Arthur's home town. He escapes quarantine and sets off into a mysterious house, which has appeared in the Atlas, in search of a solution to all these problems.
Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
The unusual murder of an Oxford professor brings together three strangers in World War I London: John, a soldier and the professor's correspondence student; Jack, a young Oxford student; and Charles, an editor at the Oxford University Press. One rainy night they meet a curious man called Bert who tells them that they are the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of imaginary lands. Forced to flee in Bert's ship, the group sails to the Archipelago of Dreams, where a battle over Arthur Pendragon's throne threatens to place the evil Winter King in charge.
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensey, the heroes and heroines from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, return in this fourth installment of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. The four children are transported from an English train station to an island in the world of Narnia. Though Narnia has been at peace since the children left, it is now under the control of Wicked King Mirax. The youngsters, along with Aslan the great lion, must help young Prince Caspian restore Narnia's glorious past.
Keys of the Kingdom: Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Mister Monday details the adventure of a schoolboy, Arthur Penhaligon, who, during an asthma attack, is entrusted with a key by one Mister Monday, on the supposition that he is about to die and the key will pass straight back to Monday, ensuring his ownership of it. However, he survives, in possession of both the key and a strange notebook known as the Compleat Atlas, and soon he is being hounded by Monday's henchmen, a.k.a Fetchers, who inadvertently bring a plague of some sort to Arthur's home town. He escapes quarantine and sets off into a mysterious house, which has appeared in the Atlas, in search of a solution to all these problems.
Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
The unusual murder of an Oxford professor brings together three strangers in World War I London: John, a soldier and the professor's correspondence student; Jack, a young Oxford student; and Charles, an editor at the Oxford University Press. One rainy night they meet a curious man called Bert who tells them that they are the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of imaginary lands. Forced to flee in Bert's ship, the group sails to the Archipelago of Dreams, where a battle over Arthur Pendragon's throne threatens to place the evil Winter King in charge.
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