March 18 Meeting at Alice's

We arrive at Alice's home with the aroma of Irish Stew in the air.  How yummy.  It seems like a really long time since we last met and it takes us a good long while to catch up on what has been going on over the past month.  After about an hour long intercourse (ha ha I got your attention), we begin our dinner of good hardy Irish Stew, salad and Irish bread, since yesterday was St Patty's Day.  After dinner Alice reports on her book "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi which her son Sean recommended.  Alice explain why she loves this book and why she is totally fascinated with Dr. Nafisi and her students.  Topics discussed included Iranian culture, woman's rights, scholarship and American culture.  We find we are a bit like the characters in Dr. Nafisi's bookclub discussing books but also exposing a bit of ourselves and our lives to the group. The group is divided by those who liked the book and those who didn't but all agree that the reason we are here is to be introduced to books and ideas we wouldn't normally pick ourselves.
 
Next month, April 15th, we will meet at Ellen's house to discuss a mystery.  The first mystery is what is the name of the book we will read.  Well, I'll tell you, it's "Shadow of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Happy Spring, have a wonderful Easter and let's go Mountaineers!!!

KAthy G