All right...
So I was the one who brought up keeping notes on the books we read and then ... didn't. So now I'm rectifying the past, but will need a little help from Christine, Laura, Lorinda, Lisa and Wendy (collectively to be referred to as CLLLWS - pronounced claws or clause for those legal types among us.)
Anyway...
May, 2010
I think that's when we first met but I can't remember what we read. I recall that "Precious" was suggested and because Sarah had read it and figured it might be a bit heavy and dark, she nixed it. Again...someone else is going to have to fill me in.
June, 2010
If memory serves, we read "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova. Brief description: Harvard professor and neuroscientist Alice Howland is at the prime of her life when confusion and memory loss begin to threaten her world. Suspecting a brain tumor or menopausal syptoms, Alice is shocked when she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease.
We all liked the book and thought her husband was a jerk for wanting to head off to unknown territory during Alice's late stages and profound confusion/anxiety.
July, 2010
"Wuthering Heights" by one of the ever-suffering Bronte sisters. I think only two of us actually read the whole thing. Wendy brown-nosed everyone and actually watch the IPTV film version. Sarah didn't even crack the book. Having twice read it in high school and college, she gave enough time and attention to mid-19th century snivelers and heathens. Brief description:
unrequited, boring romance -- gag.
August, 2010
"Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert -- One woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia. We selected this book prior to the debut of the film version. The book earned kudos far and wide in the first year it was out and was still mildly entertaining but with the film and the author's aboutface and return to wedded bliss, seemed like kind of a sell out.
September, 2010
"Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell. Very much mixed reviews - one "threw it out the window"; two thought it was very intriguing -- a third who was not yet through the book agreed; I, personally, was thankful I made read about a third of the book and was able to return it to the library.
Publisher's Weekly nailed it: "At once audacious, dazzling, pretentious and infuriating, Mitchell's third novel weaves history, science, suspense, humor and pathos through six separate but loosely related narratives."
