Hey kids.
I didn't do a very random pick for this month's book. I decided that we should go with one that keeps coming up but never gets picked. I think at least 2 of us have had this book on our lists at least once or twice.. or three or four times in Deanna's case.
So in March we are going to read The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls.
I think we all can agree, whether we got through the book or not, the last one was a little friggin' weird. Here's hoping that this next book we all will be able to stomach.
Happy reading.
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
“No two persons ever read the same book.” -Edmund Wilson
Who we are
We're a bit of a Craig's list love story. We're just a bunch of ladies in Philly that read a book and then get together once a month to drink wine, chat about the book we've read and our lives. We meet on the last Tuesday of each month with a new title. Everyone gets to help choose the books and we read them in a randomly set order. If you're interested in joining please leave a comment or contact one of the contributors. Happy Reading.
What we're reading now:
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
What we're reading next:
What we've read:
- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- Man of the House by Ad Hudler
- Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
- The Soloist by Steve Lopez
- I'm Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
- Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen
- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Neffenegger
- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams
- The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You by Dorothy Bryant
- I'm not the New Me by Wendy McClure
- About a Boy, by Nick Hornby
- Black Boy, by Richard Wright
- The Girls Who Went Away, by Anne Fessler
- Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
- Loser Goes First, by Dan Kennedy
- All My Sons, by Arthur Miller
- Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
- The Pirate's Daughter, by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
2 comments:
Hi - I have been looking for a book club and came across your group online. I have been looking for something small and have read a few books on your list so it seems like a good fit for me. If you are looking for new members I would love to come to your next meeting. Melanie
My name is Joshua Lorenzo Newett and I am originally from Philadelphia, although I now live and work in South Korea. I have recently published my first novel, Along the Naktong, and am returning to the States for small release party and book tour. I am trying to set up speaking engagements throughout the Philadelphia Area and wanted to see if your club would be interested.
I had three aims when writing the book. The first was to give people some point of reference to beginning to understand life as an expat. You can tell people back home you live in Japan, Thailand, or Korea as an expat and they really don’t have any idea or frame of reference to understand what you’re talking about.
The second was to showcase a bit of Korean culture and history. Korea has a very unique culture and history that is , unfotunatetly, overshadowed by it’s neighbors, China and Japan. There is also a misunderstanding of the history of the Korean conflict in the west that I try to address in the book.
The third reason I wrote that book was to provide a commentary on the existential crisis in which the post modern individual finds themselves. I wanted the readers to question themselves; does our essence precede our existence? Am I doing what I really want in life? Do I fully comprehend the inescapable reality of my own death?
>Ultimately it's about something we all feel even if we don't admit it, a deep disconnect with the world that surrounds us. Post modern man is adrift in a sea of rules, norms, and ideas on what we should, must, or must never do; the proper and the improper, winners and losers, the beautiful and the damned,the saved and the lost, the us and the them. We're born into a world created by others, told who and what we are from the time we take out first breath many never realizing the choices they made were never really choices at all. The characters in this book represent the struggles of the intrepid few who took a fleeting day dream and turned it into a reality, who garnered the courage to turn a feeling of vague dissatisfaction into a quest for meaning. It is a story of consciousness becoming aware of itself, the realization that our existence precedes our essence, a place from which all great journeys must begin.
I your interested in reading the novel I can send you a complimentary e book. It is also available in softcover from thousands of online bookstores in using amazon. I would love a chance to speak at one of your meetings about the book. Thanks.
Joshua Lorenzo Newett
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