book club talk
Today I finished my book club’s August selection and I realized that I have wanted to share photos from last month’s meeting at my house. I really enjoy hosting which only comes around once a year…makes me think how much fun it would be to have you readers show up and we could nosh on cheese, stuffed peppers and kalamata olive spread.
I’m leading July’s discussion on “The Painted Veil” which I highly recommend…the book, the movie, the audio version are all wonderful…although the book of course is much deeper in character development, the clothes and scenery in the movie are pretty spectacular as well as Edward Norton. Need a summer read? This one is great!
Okay, so back to August’s selection. I read “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy and I have to say I sobbed an embarrassing amount at the end. Don’t worry I didn’t ruin anything- the whole tale is pretty sad and tragic. Man, I love books that you obsess over and can not get out of your mind. Actually, I just really love to read. It’s a wonderful way to escape, you know. Reading and sewing are my escapes and I suppose reading has really taken over!
Anyway, I have been wanting to also share our club’s book list for the year. We all select books in November for the coming year and it’s all done pretty swiftly. Everyone brings a few ideas and we all decide on a few classics, light reads, historical fiction, etc. So here it is…I will put a + or - next to each book I read indicating whether I liked it or not…if a book receives both, it means I can’t decide. I love knowing what people are reading and hopefully a few of you will like to read the list. Here we go:
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (+/-)
Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler (+)
The Optimists Daughter/The Wide Net by Eudora Welty (+)
A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini (+)
What is the What by Dave Eggers (+)
The Tiara Club by Beverly Brandt (-)
The Painted Veil by Sommerset Maugham (+)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (+)
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (have not read yet)
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (+)
Happy reading! Let me know if you have read any of these books!