Book Club: Watership Down

Okay so I was suppose to write this up yesterday and I should be able to tell you what this book is about since I should have read it....BUT... I did not. All I know is that it is about talking rabbits! After chasing down the book at two different libraries and all of that drama, I started the book but just could not get into it. Partly I am sure just because we have been so busy and I have not been doing much reading at all and mostly because it really is not my style of books for sure.

Well... we will see what next month's choice is and maybe it will be something I can get into and hopefully something I have never read, but in the meantime I better get going on "The Host" and try to finish that up first. Like I said I haven't been able to do much reading at all because we have been so busy with other stuff.

Book Club: Watership Down

After trips to TWO different libraries I finally have my copy of this months book club book, Watership Down by Richard Adams. I am really apprehensive about this book. It is so NOT my style but I am going to give it a try. I am not the Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, or even Harry Potter kind of girl and this is what this book seems to be like.... But I said I was going to try new things and go for it... so I am all in!

Dan is at a scout expo right now, and the weather is beautiful so I have by book, some water and I am heading outside to give it a try. Wish me luck and I hope I can get excited about this book and most importantly that I will be able to keep up and finish by the 25th when our meeting is. Because not only is this book not my style but it is huge too....426 pages of not my style... But outside I go and Watership Down here I come...

There is still time to join the BBBC if you feel the need. It is way fun and it is summertime so who doesn't love to sit outside, get a tan and enjoy a good book?! Join the fun.

BOOK CLUB MEETING: To Kill a Mockingbird

Let the meeting begin:

I picked up the book and basically couldn't put it down. I know that I had read it before but it had been a LONG TIME AGO. The names all sounded familiar to me but I honestly couldn't tell you what was going to happen in the end.

I really enjoyed reading this book and connected with different characters at different times. At first I enjoyed feeling a part of the Scout and Jem's childhood. The easiness of the summers and their wild imaginations. I could relate to being the younger sister and tagging along. By the end of the book I was pulled towards Boo Radley and the desire to not have to deal with the "real world" and to just help out when I can and to make other's lives better but to sort of be left alone and go about my business. That is me at times as well. I also was very proud of Atticus and what he stood for. I wonder if I would have been able to stand up for what I believed in and done the same thing??? He was a very courageous and honorable man, especially in his situation and in his time.

Overall I really liked the book and I am sure that I got much more from it this second time around. I don't know that I fully was able to appreciate it the first time that I read it and wonder what I really thought about it when I read it at maybe only about 5th grade or so....

Thanks again to Marathon Bird for hosting the Book Club and for choosing such a great book. I can't wait to see what is up next.

Book Club

Okay so I have joined an online book club and I am so EXCITED!

This is the first month and we are reading "To Kill a Mockingbird". I am pretty sure that I have read it before in high school or something but it has been a while and I am not opposed to re-reading books anyways, so I am off and running.

If there is anyone out there who would like to join the CLUB please feel free to do so. It is sponsored by a great gal named Holly and you can find out more info here. We will pretty much decide on the book, read it and then "meet" to discuss it on the 25th of the month. It sounds like fun so I jumped right in. I will let you know how it goes, but like I said feel free to join us!