AUGUST'S SELECTION

The Breakfast Club will be reading "The Last Summer (Of You and Me)" for August. It's written by the author of the popular young adult novel series "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," Ann Brashares. This is her first adult novel, and if it's anything like her others, it will be a good discussion book.

The book was chosen by someone who has never chosen before. It's always fun to pick your first book, and your second book, and your third book...ok, you get what I am trying to say.

As a reminder, book club for August will not be on the fourth Saturday of the month, but the third. Usually for August, during the Homecoming, we have the book club the fourth Saturday. But, it will be held on the regular third Satuday on August 15th.

Here's what amazon.com posted what the book is about:

Riley and Alice, two sisters now in their twenties, and as fiercely different as they are loyal, have spent every summer at their parents’ modest beach house on New York’s Fire Island. Each year, they return to the house and community they have known since they were children—and to Paul, the boy next door. But this summer marks a season of change: budding love and sexual interest, an illness, and a deep secret force all three to confront the increasing complexities of their lives and friendships.

HAPPY READING!

These are what the books for May, June, and July look like

Merry Month of May...and June....and...well...July

So I apologize for the delay, summer has kept us all busy with different things. Espically summer reading, and added traffic to the library.

May's book selection was Fatherhood
June's book selection was A Child Called It
July's book selection was The Last Lecture

May's book was all about Dad. Fatherhood gave a good discussion on father's and parenting in general. Even if you don't have kids, you can appreciate the things that you might have done to dear old daddy.

June's book gave a good discussion on how foster care operates, and how do we treat each other as human beings. It brought an emotional connection, but it is always appreciated when the book is chosen for a specifc purpose. It's appreciated when it's not.

July's Last Lecture just happened on July 18th. The person who picked it had a personal connection with book. Her husband was diagnosed with Cancer, and the book had came out a few month's before. He tried to read it, and got through about half of it. He decided that he wanted to write his own letter or "lecture" if you will. He ended up not getting a chance to finish it, but he did get some done. She shared the letter with us, and that was nice that she wanted to share it with us all.

There wasn't a person who said that they did not like the book. It is a great feel good book, that there is something that everyone can relate to. Thanks for the book choice MA.

What's in store for the "Last" book of this "Summer"? See the next post.

COSBY MONTH OF MAY

It took almost 70 books to have our first ever "celebrity" author added to the infamous list of bookclub. All the other people have been famous for being authors. Bill Cosby was famous before he became a writer, more so being a comedian.

It's exciting to add him to the list of book choices. For the month of May, the book club will be reading "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby.

~Bill Cosby started out with doing stand-up comedy rountines. Millions of fans would come out to see such shows.

~He got his own television show, appropriately called "The Cosby Show." Oddly enough, his last name was Huxtable on the show.

~He was given an honorary doctrine from college, and some refer to him as Dr. Cosby.

~His most recent book is called "Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors."

~An important fact about Cosby, is that he was born in Pennsylvania.

The month before Father's Day, this book will surely bring back memories of your childhood, and make you appreciate your own father. If you are a parent, you can appreciate some of the stories he tells of being a parent. They don't make comedy books as well crafted as Bill Cosby's books, or should I say they aren't as popular as they used to be. The only people that come to mind with book popularity and are comedians, would be people such as: Jeff Foxworthy or Chelsea Handler.

So, I invite you to read "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby for the month of May for The Breakfast Club.

The next meeting date is: May 16th, 2009 - Fat Man's - 9:00am

HAPPY READING!

Inhale & Exhale

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 the book "Just Breathe" was discussed by our bookclub. I myself was not there, due to a commitment, but heard some of the following:

The concensus seems to be that the book is an interesting read, about a woman trying to deal with a divorce among other problems. She is also a cartoonist.

It was said that everyone liked it except a few. And I am not sure the reason why it wasn't liked by those members. Everyone can't always like the books.

Since I wasn't there, and we don't have a secretary persay, that's all I know. It was a enjoyable and readable book. If you are in search of a good read, the ladies will enjoy. I am told that it isn't very "man friendly" but that doesn't mean we can't read it...right?....am I right ladies?

APRIL'S CHOICE!

Susan Wigg's book "Just Breathe," will be the selection for April 2009. The club will take place on April 18th, 2009 at Fat Man's.


Amazon.com writes this about "Just Breathe:"


Bestselling author Wiggs (Snowfall at Willow Lake) keeps her romance reputation going with this feel-good story of a wronged woman who gets out on her own and gets going. Sarah Moon, a comic-strip writer, is happily married to Jack Daly—until she comes home to find him entwined and naked with a business associate he had badmouthed to her just hours earlier. After five years of marriage, including months of infertility treatments because of Jack's cancer, infidelity is the last straw, and Sarah pack ups and leaves Chicago for her hometown of Glenmuir, Calif. Sarah uses her comic strip, Just Breathe, to vent her frustration and relieve her stress. The character, Shirl, is undergoing fertility treatments, getting a divorce and moving back in with her mom. (Comic strips open each section of the novel). And in Glenmuir, lo and behold, Sarah's dreams come true. She finds out she's pregnant, and begins a friendship with her high school nemesis, Will Bonner, who's now the town fire captain and a single dad whose lonely daughter reminds Sarah of herself as a young girl. Wiggs takes serious situations and weaves them into an emotionally wrought story that will have readers reaching for the Kleenex one moment and snickering out loud the next.

More information to come about the book with discussion questions, and other stuff hopefully.

As always...HAPPY READING!

THANKS LESLEY!

This past Saturday, March 21, Lesley Kagen let us call her, and she talked to us from the comfort of her Wisconsin home. A very down to earth person, she is informative in her ways of explaining different things relating to the book field, publishing world, and her own experiences.

Thanks to her pushes, the cover of "Whistling in the Dark," was going to have blond girls, and no where with a red head. She faught to have the picture changed, and with some gusto, they listened to her. She said that people do look at the cover, and notice the tinest detail in the pictures associated with the books themselves.

As for the actual title, Lesley said that we are alsomt all the time "Whistling in the Dark," as in we don't always know whats going on around us all the time, or if ever.

Her book was a fascinating read, that it went along as a sort of mystery, but never did I feel as though I was reading one. She classified her book as "Literaray fiction." Which is sort of blend of genre's of books if you will. She is not really writing a mystery, not really a romance, not really a drama persay, but something that hauls the labors off all different kinds of books.

We all enjoyed listening to her talk about how hard it is to go into the writing business. It's a labor of love when it comes to something like that. It's amazing that, she told us about 14,000 books ( around that number) come out every week. And for her books to really get off the ground is fascinating. They all believed at Penguin, that her books weren't going to become that popular, so they thought. After a fan following, her books became popular, and they way it sounded, they were sorry that they didn't believe in her.

She said it all depends on every last detail. From the book cover, to what is said in the book.

A very interesting book, and an interesting woman to hear talk to us. She is knowledable about what she does. You can tell that she enjoys writing her books and bringing them to life.

We want to thank Lesley Kagen for taking the time to let us call her, and talk to us about her book. It was informative and entertaining for us all. If you are interested in having Lesley speak at your bookclub, contact her. See is shes available. It's something worth having her do if you want.

Next up on the list, it's April's book!