Thursday, November 24, 2011

December Book Club meeting

Don't forget the book club meets on Friday Dec 2 at 6:00 pm at Tokyo Bistro in Wingate. We are discussing Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Don't worry if you haven't read or finished the book, I'm not finished either. It's good and flows nicely, so it's easy to read, but it is long. After this meeting we won't meet again until the last Friday in January.

I got sidetracked by a book for the UMW Reading Plan It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir by Emma Williams. Emma Williams is a doctor who moved to Israel in 2000 with her husband and three children. Her husband worked for the UN. They were there during the second Intifada living in a village in Jerusalem that was home to a Jewish family and an extended Palestinian family. She made both Israeli and Palestinian friends during her time there and began writing news articles to send home. In this book she provides a unique insight to both sides of the ongoing conflict. I'm not finished with it yet, but hopefully I'll have it back on the shelf at the church soon, so that others can read it.

If you're interested in American History, or just good conversation, please consider joining us next Friday.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

November Book and Meeting

Just a reminder, our November book is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It's not available on Kindle, but I did find a nice hard back copy at the used book store. This month we will meet on Dec. 2 at Tokyo Bistro in Wingate. Anyone is welcome. Although, to date most of the people attending have been members of our church, anyone is welcome.

The original intention of the book club was not to be a church book club anyway. I had originally planned to advertise at Waldenbooks, but that's long gone. If anyone else has ideas for how to get the word out that are not church related, please comment. We always skip the last Friday in December because of holiday obligations, which makes our next meeting the last Friday in January. This will give everyone plenty of time to read January's book. We will decide on that book on Dec. 2. If you have any non-fiction ideas, you can leave them as a comment here as well. We are a non-fiction book club, but read a wide range within that genre.

Happy Reading!