The Plan

I actually found a website that will let us all chat. All I have to do is email you all at the time of the chat and invite you to a private room. I haven't started Gilead yet, although Jenny did loan me a copy. I need to talk to Mommy and see if she and Daddy are interested in reading it with us.

Does anyone have any ideas for when we should meet? Maybe in a month's time, or less?

Gilead

I was halfway through Gilead and had to return it to the library. I requested it again and I am 12th in line to read it! There must be another book group reading it right now! I'll finish it as soon as I can get another copy. I made notes as I was reading before. Any ideas how we'll actually "discuss" this?

late comer

Hi,

I checked my yahoo account for the first time in a month or so, and saw this book club. Count me in! Should we start with Nietzche or Hume?

Mark

September or October?

It sounds to me like Jenny has the most ideas, so let's let her just pick the first book. Should we aim to have it read sometime in September, or October? (I almost left the apostrophe out of "let's". I'm still not quite sure it looks right. Grammar used to be my thing--when did it come to this?)

Library?

I haven't yet found the library - or rather, I have found the library but can't get a library card until I receive a letter in the mail to prove I really do live here, so I can't get any books for a bit yet. I am not sure I can get Fablehaven at all here, although it sounds fun. Is it one of those books that you can only get in Utah? I don't really want to do a Spanish book (sorry Jenny) I'm not ready to think that much first book off. Any of the other ones sound fine.

Contributors

I had it send invitations to be contributors to each of your email addresses. If you didn't receive an invite, just let me know.

I loved My Antonia and wouldn't mind reading it again so we could discuss it. The Grapes of Wrath was hard to read (one that I am glad I read, but would have to push myself to read it again). If you all want to read it anyway, I'll read it.

Jenny, I can't believe you just read an 800 page book. I watched that movie and liked it. :)

From Jenny

I think since you gave us all the email and the password, if we actually log in under that email address and password, instead of just viewing the blog, we should all be able to post like this.

I just finished reading _Middlemarch_ by George Eliot. It was like 800 pages long. It was really good, but I didn't like the epilogue at the end.....remind me never to put an epilogue in a book if I ever write a book.

And now I'm reading a Spanish book that I really like, _Mira que yo te querre_.

Have you guys ever read _My Antonia_ by Willa Cather or _The Grapes of Wrath_ by Steinbeck? Daddy once told me that those are two books that remind him of his mom and dad.