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Post by - on Aug 6, 2008 21:13:56 GMT -4
I just began reading Maria Shriver's book "Just Who will You Be", I have gone through a life change, moving from the city and single, to here, getting married, and taking care of my dad with demensia, and no longer working. My independent, glamerous lifestyle had come to a stop sign. I love my husband and dad dearly. But it is a lifestyle change, that I need to rediscover who I am, and by listening to Maria, I get what she says....
I find this book introspective. As I am trying to rediscover myself.
OK way too much information. If anyone out there would like to join a book club and meet over coffee, please let me know.
-CG
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Post by moosie on Aug 6, 2008 23:34:11 GMT -4
i believe funnel suggested this a while back--i don't know which post, because the club thingy wasn't here yet. i think i said then, as now, it's a great idea--just don't seem to have the time to read books much these days--trying to keep my head above water with other things i am reading, etc. i wonder if i could commit! (btw, sweetie, dementia, glamorous )
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Post by funnel101 on Aug 7, 2008 10:23:57 GMT -4
I actually found a local book club through a friend... I'm not sure I could handle two, but maybe?
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Post by - on Aug 7, 2008 17:25:30 GMT -4
(btw, sweetie, dementia, glamorous )[/quote] THank goodness I re-read this, I thought you were telling me that I was a sweetie, with dementia, who is glamorous ! ;D
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Post by speedergurl68 on Aug 7, 2008 17:34:30 GMT -4
LMAO!!! You two are killin me!!!! ;D
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Post by - on Aug 22, 2008 21:18:11 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2008 10:09:07 GMT -4
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Post by chickennecker11 on Aug 24, 2008 12:14:49 GMT -4
I have a new "Book" delivered to my mailbox discreetly every month, nicely wrapped in black plastic. I would be willing to trade off said book in exchange for something similiar, say from another company? Any taker - just PM me with your choice of reading material and I will let you know !!
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Post by Mike on Aug 24, 2008 13:32:00 GMT -4
Can we have a book burning club?
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Post by KIGirl on Aug 24, 2008 15:00:20 GMT -4
Speaking of books, I was thinking of opening up a little shop/lounge with used books, local art, KI souveniers, etc. Running a book club out of it and also doing some wine classes (Tasting 101, Pairing with food, Regions, etc). Something really loungy, laid back. Any thoughts? Yay or Nay?
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Post by funnel101 on Sept 27, 2008 12:54:36 GMT -4
Speaking of books, I was thinking of opening up a little shop/lounge with used books, local art, KI souveniers, etc. Running a book club out of it and also doing some wine classes (Tasting 101, Pairing with food, Regions, etc). Something really loungy, laid back. Any thoughts? Yay or Nay? YES PLEASE!
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Post by DD Lover on Sept 5, 2009 8:50:14 GMT -4
I just bought "The Shack" after hearing from many people they enjoyed it. I can't wait to read it. Has anyone read it yet? Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2009 8:59:28 GMT -4
I read it. It's definitely different.
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Post by DD Lover on Sept 21, 2009 16:00:28 GMT -4
I read it. It's definitely different. I second your opinon. So very different. It didn't get interesting until half way through.
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Post by stephadele on Oct 21, 2009 16:11:41 GMT -4
I just finished reading The Shack for one of my book groups. Christians will probably like it, although it may be challenging to some regarding preconceived ideas about God and Jesus and what one was taught about them as kids.. There were a few typical stereotypes in it about how men and women are and what they "must" overcome...as usual, I fit the male description more than the female...always a problem with Christian books... But it didnt tell me anything I didnt already know or wow me in any way. UUs already explore and practice pretty much what the books stresses....love, tolerance and personal responsibility; learning to let go, acceptance of crisis and catstrophe, how crisis makes you stronger, ect........minus the dogma. I prefer stuff by Rev. Forrest Church if Im gonna read inspirational works and American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron regarding personal crisis... Pema's best works are The Places That Scare You ,When Things Fall Apart, The Wisdom of No Escape and Start Where You Are.
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Post by funnel101 on Oct 21, 2009 16:49:34 GMT -4
I *LOVE* Pema Chodron.
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Post by safetildecember on Oct 21, 2009 18:43:33 GMT -4
I just read a book by Jeannette Walls called The Glass Castle. Interesting read. Some people are skeptical as to how much of it is true. I hear is it quite similar to another autobiographical book called Angela's Ashes.
"AS A GAL who serves up juicy tidbits on movie stars for MSNBC's "Scoop," Jeannette Walls realized she was, in a way, the pot calling the kettle black.
When she heard Scientology folks were researching her past (ammunition?), Walls decided to buckle down and get her past out there, no matter how painful. The result is the best-selling memoir "The Glass Castle."
The book details her disturbing, poverty-stricken childhood, when her parents constantly uprooted the family for a skedaddle in the middle of the night, usually a few steps ahead of the law.
Walls and her siblings were starving much of the time; she writes about rooting through lunch boxes when the rest of the kids were at recess, quickly downing items she thought wouldn't be missed."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 19:27:12 GMT -4
I just read a book by Jeannette Walls called The Glass Castle. Interesting read. Some people are skeptical as to how much of it is true. I hear is it quite similar to another autobiographical book called Angela's Ashes. "AS A GAL who serves up juicy tidbits on movie stars for MSNBC's "Scoop," Jeannette Walls realized she was, in a way, the pot calling the kettle black. When she heard Scientology folks were researching her past (ammunition?), Walls decided to buckle down and get her past out there, no matter how painful. The result is the best-selling memoir "The Glass Castle." The book details her disturbing, poverty-stricken childhood, when her parents constantly uprooted the family for a skedaddle in the middle of the night, usually a few steps ahead of the law. Walls and her siblings were starving much of the time; she writes about rooting through lunch boxes when the rest of the kids were at recess, quickly downing items she thought wouldn't be missed." That is one of the books on my list of what I want to read. It is nice to get a review!
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Post by funnel101 on Oct 21, 2009 19:27:36 GMT -4
Actually, I just read a really good book for my book club called "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, which is a fictional story about black women in the 60s in Mississippi who worked as domestic servants for whites. All I could think when I finished it was WOW.
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Post by safetildecember on Oct 21, 2009 20:03:09 GMT -4
I just read a book by Jeannette Walls called The Glass Castle. Interesting read. Some people are skeptical as to how much of it is true. I hear is it quite similar to another autobiographical book called Angela's Ashes. "AS A GAL who serves up juicy tidbits on movie stars for MSNBC's "Scoop," Jeannette Walls realized she was, in a way, the pot calling the kettle black. When she heard Scientology folks were researching her past (ammunition?), Walls decided to buckle down and get her past out there, no matter how painful. The result is the best-selling memoir "The Glass Castle." The book details her disturbing, poverty-stricken childhood, when her parents constantly uprooted the family for a skedaddle in the middle of the night, usually a few steps ahead of the law. Walls and her siblings were starving much of the time; she writes about rooting through lunch boxes when the rest of the kids were at recess, quickly downing items she thought wouldn't be missed." That is one of the books on my list of what I want to read. It is nice to get a review! Here is the article I quoted, to read the rest of it, check out the link below. www.anti-scientologie.ch/jeannette-walls.htm
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Post by stephadele on Oct 22, 2009 5:40:20 GMT -4
Safe...I read The Glass Castle a few months ago for my book group. Very good account , a memoir really, of a woman's crazy, dysfunctional family and her survival of that.. She was so ashamed of her family, she hid her background from others for decades after she became a professional writer with the media.
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Post by funnel101 on Sept 15, 2010 20:32:13 GMT -4
FYI: There are two book discussion groups that meet at the Kent Island library. Just was there for one of the groups tonight and it was a lot of fun.
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