February 19 Meeting

It seems like a long time since we all sat down to discuss a book because it really has been a very long time. Christmas has come and gone, then January's club got canceled because Edna decides to go and have a Gall Bladder attack. Just kiddin, Edna. And Pat Fogel will be leaving our little group. But tonight we got together at Ellen's home and discussed the life and times of Ted Turner after reading his autobiography "Call me Ted". It was decided that he was an successful business man but a terrible father and husband. I found him to be very creative and inovative. I objected to his whining about his troubled childhood, which didn't seem so bad by any stretch and I didn't care for Turner's Eleven Voluntary Initiatives. An example of not practicing what you preach. All in all we had a lively discussion.

We will meet at Alice McCarthy's house on March 19 (you MUST wear GREEN). Her book selection is "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich.

I will post the book titles for the next several months when I get them from Grace. We decided not to have meetings during the summer months but feel free to bring in books you have read and would like to share, at our next meeting. We can read these over the summer months just like in school with summer reading programs, how fun!

Sharon brought in this Shepherd University 2009 - 2010 Common Reading list:

• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
• The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
• The Glass Castle: A Memoire by Jeannette Walls

"Reading Lolita in Tehran" was another suggested reading book.

Thank you Ellen for preparing pulled pork for everyone. It is one of my favorite sandwiches.

Have fun reading,
KAthy G