Another Note

According to the News-Times, Danbury High School student Nidhi Chillara will be reading "Age of Innocence," "Nickel and Dimed," and "The World is Flat." They are on her summer required reading list. Interesting. I'm a little afraid to read Edith Warton, however. I read "Ethan Frome" and while it was very good, it was horribly depressing. Just another note.

Next Book

Dena has asked that we discuss the next book we might want to read so that we can arrange to all have the book at the same time. I have not heard of anything that is really jumping at me so I am passing the buck to you ladies. What have you been looking at? What have been wanting to read? Classics? Mystery? Humor? Non Fiction?

I am up for pretty much everything. I will put in a small vote for Carl Hiassen. This is one of my favorite authors. I've told Jackie about him. He writes mystery/humor books about Florida. Very, very funny and excellent reads. He also has a few childrens books that I have heard are good.

Back to work! Ah, the man!

Suspense Lost and Then Recovered

I was surprised by this book. I started it last week as I was waiting for you guys to arrive on Saturday. I picked it up and recommended that we use it for our first book because it has been so wildly popular. I read about 50 pages before Jackie arrived and was a little dissappointed. The back of the book told me that Edward was a vampire and that the main character was in love with him. Thus, when Bella started school in Forks and was struck by a group of incredibly attractive, strangely not hungry teenagers, I suffered very little suspense as to what they were. I think that even without the back cover I would have realized what was up, I can't really believe that no one else really notices. But hey, there has to be some suspension of reality for it to work at all.
After 5 chapters however, my opinion has changed. The writing is not the best I've ever read but that may be because I just read Pride and Prejudice. But I have become vested in the action of the book. I want to know what is going to happen next. It has been a long time since I read a book where I simply could not put it down; I can read 100 or more pages without realizing it.
The storyline certainly intrigues me. I don't know if either of you ever read or heard of the series The Year Of The Cat. This is a trilogy about teenagers who can transform into panthers. They are shapeshifters. A young girl moves into a new town, also in Washington state by the way, and is immediately attracted to a very good looking boy. They fall in love, realizing that they are soulmates who have followed each other through multiple past lives. The series follows the girl as she gets into this "coven" and as she decides to pull back out. I'm interested in following the Twilight series to see if there will be any further parallels. Also, the girl has some feelings for another boy, who is normal and becomes her lifeline to her human nature. Hmmm....
I like Edward. He seems very intelligent and seems to really care about Bella. How will it end though? Will Bella find out that he is truly evil and try to leave? Or can they really be good vampires? How can Bella be with him though? She will grow old and he will stay 17... I am looking forward to finding out what will happen next.
Still reading and still unable to stop. Will add more soon.

Hello Ladies

Good morning Ladies! I set up this blog for us to do our book club communication since we can't actually meet. First I'm looking to see if you have any ideas on a schedule for discussions. I had two different ideas. We could do one or the other or both or something else.
I thought we could do a post after completing a set number of chapters, like maybe 5, and discuss our thoughts on the events in those chapters. I also thought that maybe we could do a rotating post assignment. Such as, I post one week, then Jackie posts the next week, then Deana posts the next week. We could then do a post about any topic having to do with the book and then we could comment on each other's posts. Let me know what you guys think.
We all agreed to start with Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. After we finish that we could take suggestions for the next book or we could always stay with the Twilight series and finish it.