NOVEMBERS BOOK CHOICE

The book club choice for November is "Family Tree" by Barbara Delinsky. This is Mrs. Bechtel's choice. She has said that she looked extensively into what book she wanted to pick for us to read. For you Non-Fiction lovers, the book could have been "Mayflower" but it was more or less deemed to dry for November. Ok, so it might not be that dry, but it was in depth, and was thought that it might not be the right book at the moment.

Wanting a ~Thanksgiving Feel~ for November, it mentions on the book blurb, that someone's family members come over on the Mayflower, and the book is about families, which Thanksgiving is a family time.

A woman gives birth to a child, and then people, herself included, start questioning the babies features. She is a white, MARRIED woman, but the baby's features are African American. Her husband questions her actions, as to whether or not she had an affair. She denies it, but is she hiding something?

Grab a copy of "Family Tree" by Barbara Delinsky, and join us for what will seem to be a lively discussion on trust, families, and knowledge of a person.

The next book club will take place on November 15th, 2008...9:00am...Fat Man's.

Book discussion questions, and other posts to come. Happy Reading!

THOUGHTS ON BIFF

As I was fretting on whether or not it was a good idea to pick "Lamb" by Christopher Moore, I believe the general consensis is that it was liked.

Telling the story of Biff, Christ's childhood pal, is a daunting task Moore takes on. Her does it with get research and readings into the Bible. The one general thing that people said they could live without, myself included, was the language. It would make a surperior book, just TONE DOWN THE LANGUAGE. My only thought as to why the swearing was added, was that his following are used to the language that he uses in his other books. It was also mentioned that teenagers speak that way.

It was down the middle whether or not people cared what happened in the missing years. Some were curious, and others never really thought about it. Moore tells an interesting tale as to what MIGHT have happened in those missing years. To me, it was an interesting thoughts as to his view on the missing years. The beauty of the book is, it is FICTION. No one will ever truly know what happened in those years.

I had a few GREAT supporters. They seemed very interested, and glad that they had read it. One person was a real advocate for me (CC). She was very happy to have read it. Other members were fine with the story.

It was the first time that the book club has touched on religion. Who knows if we will go back to that topic. They say the two things that you are not supposed to talk about are politics, and religion. Ok...so who is going to be the one to pick something political. I picked something religious.

Another notch in my book belt. Hoped everyone enjoyed "Lamb." On with the next book choice for November.