September Selection
 

The book club committee is currently in the process of finalizing our selection for September. Once finalized, the selection will be posted. If you would like to be the book leader for the selection please PM or email me to let me know.

Thanks to all who participated in last month's book selection. A special thanks also goes out to ClassyLady, who was the discussion leader last month.

Please note that starting with September the book discussions will begin in the middle of the month. This will allow time to get the book, read the book, etc.

Septmber Book Club Selection
 

Our next book will be Getting Mother's Body by Suzan Lori Parks.

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Here is the review from Amazon:

Like a country quilt, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks's spellbinding first novel, Getting Mother's Body, is pieced together from rags: short and slanted scraps of narrative recounted by various friends and members of the hard-luck Beede clan of Ector County, Texas. These sad, wily, bickering voices tell the story of Billy Beede--poor, unmarried, and pregnant--and her dead mother, the "hot and wild" blues singer, Willa Mae Beede, who may or may not have been laid to rest with a fortune of diamonds and pearls in her coffin. When a letter arrives announcing that a supermarket is being built on the ground where Willa Mae was buried, Billy determines to dig her up and get the jewels. But Willa Mae's embittered female lover, Dill Smiles, is just as intent on keeping the corpse in the ground. Deeper and richer than a typical quest novel, Getting Mother's Body is also the story of an African-American family, of beauty winding like bright thread through long-held grudges, hopelessness, and greed. --Regina Marler

If you are interested in this book, Amazon does have new and used copies starting at $5.00.

If you would like to be the book leader for September, please email or PM me.

We would like the discussion to start the week of Sept. 15th

Thanks!! :)

Sounds good. I'm going to the book store right now!

ok, i'm not officially in the book club, but i want to contribute anyway. i read getting mother's body about 2 months ago. originally, i looked at the title and thought, not a chance i'm reading this. but don't let the title fool ya, the book is worth reading.

Soror, aNYONE who posts on GC is welcome to be in the book club. :D

I look forward to your participation. I am #50 of 57 at the library for Getting Mother's Body. :(

Have YOU read the book?
 

Has anyone read the book as of yet? I'm trying to get through it while doing school work, but the school work is winning.

There was never a book leader for this month so if anyone would like to start off the discussion please feel free.

Hopefully, I will be more adjusted to grad school by next month so I can continue being in the BC.

Re: Have YOU read the book?
 

I finished reading the book about a week ago. All I can say is EXCELLENT and funny!

Re: Have YOU read the book?
 

Nope I have not even got it yet from my library hold request. Gina, I'll PM you with a new thought I just had. :D

Re: Re: Have YOU read the book?
 

Based on CT4's new thought, the book club will now be bimonthly. So the Sept. selection will now be discussed in October. This will allow those who would like to contribute time to read and discuss in the midst of school, family, work, etc.

TTT
 

What happened to the GC Book Club???

Hi all:

Due to my busy schedule, I had not read a book in so long and recently decided to look at some. I came across "To Have & To Hold" by Janice Sims at Walmart one day and decided to read it.

I am almost done with it and so far have enjoyed it. I remembered this thread on GC and would like to read books more often.

I have created a spreadsheet with a list of books everyone has recommended so far so that I can refer to it when I am done with this book.

Just out of curiosity, does this Book Club still exist?