April Assignment

[Ali Sweeney]

Our Book for April is:

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

We don't know much about it, but have all heard good things. Our next meeting is May 1st! So get reading!! ;)

There were some fabulous books brought to the meeting as possible choices for our next book - the two runner-ups were: Nineteen Minutes by, Jodi Picoult and Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence.
I am reading Nineteen Minutes right now because I am absolutely obsessed with Jodi Picoult and all her novels are gripping, moving, controversial, but utimately, they are works of art, beautiful and timeless.

Happy Reading!
XO
Ali

[Mander]

Jodi is definitely an awesome author! Not sure if I'll get a chance to pick up the book this month or not but I definitely think it's fun to have a little online "book club" I could always skip the college stuff and just read books. Yeah, that sounds good! :p Maybe not...

Thanks for the suggestions, Ali! I've read many of the books you mention and will probably read these too.

BTW Have you read Night: by Elie Wiesel It was in Oprah's Book Club awhile back. A very powerful story by a Holocaust survivor. It's not extremely long but it's very moving! I recommend it to anyone who may not have picked it up yet!

Happy Reading!

[Thiroshag]

Mander i read that book. IT CHANGED MY LIFE . Its very sad but, very powerful.

[bballrox14]

Omg, my reading teacher was just telling me about 19 minutes and how it was a good book last week. i was planning to read it next, before i new you were reading it. now i will forsure read it.

[nycmcc]

I am almost finished with the Nineteen Minutes book. It is really good.

I was fortunate enough to see Jodi Picoult at a book talk in Scotia, NY last month. She is a real interesting person. I have read a few of her books, and hope to read all of them.

Have a great weekend.....Cora

[Glamour_girl]

ILl DeFiantly bE On A LoOk OuT FoR BooK....

[nycmcc]

I finished "Nineteen Minutes". I enjoyed reading it. I was a little down with the ending, but I really can't think of any other way that it could of ended, so all in all, I loved the book.

How does everyone else like the ending?

Now I am reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards. So far it is good, but I am not very far into it yet. Has anyone else read it?

Smile and have a great day......Cora

[SuperSami]

I rememberwhen I started reading Jodi's books. The Pact was the first one and I was hooked. I have 19 Minutes and will hopefully get to it this weekend.

[bballrox14]

i am going to borders this weekend, and im going to buy 3 of jodi's books(nineteen minutes, plain truth, and my sister's keeper). does anyone recomend any of her other books?

[nycmcc]

I haven't read it yet, but I heard that "Second Glance" is suppose to be a really good Jodi Picoult novel too.

[SuperSami]

The Pact is what got me hooked

[Ali Sweeney]

The Pact is my favorite also!!! I always recommend it as a first Jodi Picoult read. It is SOOOO good! But they are all good. My Sister's Keeper, Plain Truth, why am I listing them... they are ALL good.

Nineteen minutes was one of the best. Though it was a bit shocking for me to watch the news of the Virginia Tech shooting after having finished it... her novels are always relevant, and give you a perspective on real life that you may not have had before. A different/new way of looking at issues.

I am a quarter of the way through Eat, Pray, Love. It's really good so far. An easy read, too. Her writing is really clever and I love the asides. Even in very serious, emotional moments she adds a joke or a quick comment that makes you laugh. She's very easy to read and I am intrigued by the premise. Who wouldn't want to take a year to Eat in Italy, Pray in India and learn how to find a balance of both in Indonesia??!!!?! I am hungry already reading about her meals (and gelato) in Italy - I need to quickly move through to the 'praying' part!!! ;)

[bballrox14]

sounds like alot of people like the book the pact so i'll add it to my list of jodi's books to get tommorrow at borders

[Mander]

Okay, my turn to cry Uncle! Even though I totally don't need any more books right now (Who can ever have enough books!?) I'm going to go order 19 minutes on Amazon. It'll probably get here before I get a chance to run to town to get it. Long work weekend (12 hours Sat and Sun. Yikes) and with the painting I'm helping with at home it'll get here faster I'm sure. (Thank goodness for pants! My left calve is blue!) Jodi is an awesome writer and I'll probably skip right ahead to it instead of reading my 500 page book I'm working on.

My sister's baby is due July 19th and HP comes out July 21. I'm trying to talk her into holding off 2 days so I'll have something to read during the long wait! Some coach I am :D

- Okay I ordered it. Wasn't I supposed to be here working and earning money? Something's wrong with this picture. Anyways, it looks really good. It probably puts a lot in perspective with the Virginia Tech shooting and the anniversary of Columbine.

[bballrox14]

one of my teachers is reading it, and she said it does give alot of insight on those school shootings, and what the parents and the kids go through.

[ChristinaL]

I have not read any Picoult (though am now thinking that I certainly should), but I have read Lady Chatterly's Lover. I liked it a lot. I had been expecting it to be very archaic (like the reason it was banned so much was it had the word "breast" or something), but found it to be surprisingly applicable today. I essentially saw it as a story about self-discovery and the human bonds that you find when you strip away all exterior characteristics like money, gender, and race. The novel reminds you not to forget yourself or your basic human need for companionship. I totally recommend it!

[Mander]

There is a neat Web site that has an online version of quite a few historically banned books. I'm not sure of it's location off hand. I remember it had Lady Chatterly, Gone With the Wind, and a safe sex manual by Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as a ton of other interesting things. It's amazing what used to be banned!

[nycmcc]

I just finished reading "The Memory Keeper" by Kim Edwards. It keep me reading just to find out how it ended, but it was a little strange to me.

I just started another Jodi book, "Perfect Match". I think it is really going to be thought provoking.

Smile and have a great weekend.....Cora

[Matsi33]

I've read only one of Jodi Picoult's book, one that hasn't been mentioned as yet. It was her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. I have to admit it took me a while to really get into it...actually I started it twice.. but once I got started I thought it was a wonderful book. The book started in the present and with each subsequent chapter, you were taken back in time, with each chapter being told from a different character's perspective. Very odd, for me at least, but once my apparent foggy brain realized what was going on, I enjoyed the book.

I have several of her other books as well, and I will probably read Harvesting the Heart next. I am one of those types of readers who has to start with an author's first book and read all of them in chronological order. Weird, huh?

Kim

[Mander]

I'm in the process of reading Nineteen Minutes. I love it so far!

[bballrox14]

im also reading nineteen minutes, and i think it is very good so far also.

[nycmcc]

I finished "Perfect Match" yesterday. It was awesome. I totally enjoyed it. I was happy with the ending!

Now I am reading something a little lighter. It's called "'Twas the Bite Before Christmas" by Lee Charles Kelley.

I want to get my hands on "The Pact", but haven't seen it around. I will probably have to order it from Amazon or some place.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.....smile and have a good one.....Cora

[nycmcc]

Hello:
I am now reading. "If I Am Missing or Dead" by Janine Latus. Has anyone else read it? What did you think about it?

Smile and have a great afternoon......Cora

[Luv2WatchDays]

Sounds like we have a lot of good book choices out there.

I just finished reading "The Same Sweet Girls" by Cassandra King. It's the powerful story of 6 women & their friendship and the close bond they all share. They met in college 25 years ago and even though they are married & have families now they have kept in touch and had a gathering twice a year for all of those years. Even through their own life struggles they never fail to be there for each other. This book was great! It was sad at the end though. Definately a tear jerker. But so worth the read!

[sjh801]

I finished "Nineteen Minutes". I enjoyed reading it. I was a little down with the ending, but I really can't think of any other way that it could of ended, so all in all, I loved the book.

How does everyone else like the ending?

Now I am reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards. So far it is good, but I am not very far into it yet. Has anyone else read it?

Smile and have a great day......Cora

Hi! I am new to this board. The Memory Keeper's Daughter is good. I read it last winter and recommended it to our book club for the fall.