Treasure Island-done

Hello ladies,
I finished Treasure Island a few weeks ago and am just posting now, in hopes that some bit of brilliance would strike me and I'd present some deep, philosophical prose for the enlightenment of the group.
Nope.
It's a nice story, a good hero story. Meant for young boys (the only woman who speaks is the mother who is relegated to the home with no choice over whether or not her son goes to a malaria-infested island), it's fairly shallow. I did have to look up a few nautical terms, but otherwise, found it to be a nice change of pace from the depressing news articles I typically read.
What say you?

Treasure Island

Okay, so we're going with Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson for our next book.  We'll look at about a month to read and then we'll come back to discuss.

Happy Reading!

Rabbit Holes

Most books can be rabbit holes. Gateway portals to higher consciousness and transformation. Teaching us from the characters' experiences, giving us pause to consider our own actions and reactions. Books have a habit of looking into us, rather than the other way around. I think they are the true looking glass. In Wonderland, our Alice is made to look inside for her truths. That crying about things never changes them. That trial and error are often the best teachers. And the greatest tyrants are usually much smaller in heart and intellect than those they exploit.

Alice is a great political allegory, and the fact that we understand it as such today only proves that politics really doesn't change. But we must in relationship to it. Judging by the comments of other readers, it is our hope to be like Alice, still childlike in our love of the world overall at the end of our real life civics lesson. Perhaps loving life a little more not in spite of its imperfections and corruption, but because of them. Encompassing the whole and taking our part in it by not becoming directionless caucus racers, but honest in our disgust and confusion of useless bureauocracy as Alice. (And what about poor Bill? I love little lizards.)

I knew Alice was polital allegory going in. But what astounds me is that Alice Liddle would have been the audience. Much of the story is pretty solemn stuff. C.S. Lewis felt that faery tales were best read when you were adult enough to understand them. I whole heartedly agree.

Next?

I don't want to stop the discussion on Alice because I think we are getting into some pretty awesome stuff.  I do think it's a good idea to think about what we want to do next.

I have a few ideas in the hopper, but since I was the one who wanted Alice, I would like to allow someone else the chance to pick this time.

Keep it in mind and if you've got something, comment.  This way we can get started on the next book.

Happy Reading!