Friday, May 25, 2007

Where are you at?

We have six days until the end of the month. Where are you at in "Mirror Mirror"? I don't have my book by me, so I don't know the exact page number but I am at the part where Biana is taken in by the dwarves.

Without giving anything away, where are you at?


ps - when do you want to choose next months book? Also, I think Amber was talking about having a get together for those of us in Savannah to talk about the book. Amber - do we have a day picked?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Who is your favorite author?

I've got a question for all of you - Who is your favorite author?

A girlfriend at work and I have been discussing that question, and I'd love to hear what everyone else has to say.

Monday, May 14, 2007

"Mirror, Mirror"

All right - here it is! Sorry for the delay in posting...

Our May book will be "Mirror, Mirror" by Gregory Maguire. Maguire is author of the best seller "Wicked," which was made into a Broadway hit. A few of our book club members have read "Wicked" and other Maguire books. The appeal for me is that he takes a classic fairy tale and turns it around - wicked, evil, love, beauty and other virtues are not always what they seem.

If you'd like to purchase the book online, it's listed on Amazon for $10.17 new and $2.45 & up used. I try to go the library route as much as I can, hopefully they have it in.

Now about me posting this so late - I put off posting because I didn't think anyone would notice as we didn't get much input for our drawing. Well, I found out there are several of you lurking in the corners. So I am inviting everyone to introduce themselves - tell us who you are, where your from, and if you'll be joining us this month. I want to hear from all of you lurkers!

Sunday, May 13, 2007

May Book

Since Melissa hasn't posted, I'll be the one to share. The book this month is Mirror Mirror, by Gregory Maguire. Let's still shoot for having it read by the 31st... if not, just post your review once you've read it. Have fun!!!

Friday, May 11, 2007

It's May 11th

It's May 11th.

I'll admit I haven't been as attentive as I should have been to the blog, but what up with no book for this month?

I haven't put my 2 books in either, but I figured all the ones from the jar we did in November could still count. The two that I had in mind, I read some reviews on, and have decided that they are either too long or something that I just don't want to read.

SO, while I search for some more books over the next few weeks....what's our May book please?

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Book drawing today!

Happy May Day! I walked past a group of school children dancing around a May pole in Calhoun Square this morning. It was decorated with pink ribbon and flowers - like a real May Day pole. I'd love to be outside dancing around with them, instead of sitting in an office. Oh well...

With today being the first, it is the last call to post book suggestions for this month. If you have something to add - which I hope you do - then leave it as a comment to this post. Amber said she will draw for us tonight (yay!) then we can all get reading.

Amber also told me she sent a few more invites out, so welcome to you new and fellow book-lovers. Take a minute to introduce yourself - we would love to hear who you are, what you like to read, your favorite book, and your 2 book suggestions for this month.

Now for some busines: Some of you have asked what our book club name means and how to pronounce it. 'J'aime lire' is french for 'I love to read.' Yes, that is about all the french I remember from my years of study - enough to give us an exotic book club name.

It is pronounced something like this: 'Gem lyre,' (as in the english pronunciation for both those words - 'gem' with a soft 'g' and 'lyre' like the instrument. That is not exact, but close enough. I'm not sure how to explain it in writing any better.

Alright - speak up about what you want to read this month, or forever hold your peace - until June 1st anyway.