One of the reasons I joined the book club is to expand my choice of reading material. I have just finished reading the above book for the book club and I am so glad it was chosen, it is a wonderful story.
For those of you that haven't read it, it is set in 1965 in Iowa. The story is about a chance meeting between a farmers wife, Francesca and Robert Kincaid a National Geographic photographer.
The start of the book is intriguing, beacuse it told of a meeting between the author and Francesca's grown up children. They had approached the author with a view to writing this story about their mother and Kincaid. At this time you are not told why, and this made me want to read further.
Without telling you the whole story and ruining the ending for you, I found it thought provoking. emotional, happy and sad. This chance meeting influenced these two people for the rest of their lives. I loved it and would really recommend reading it.
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Sunday, 25 January 2009
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Book Club
Yesterday I went to the first meeting of a book club in Le Dorat. It is the brainchild of a lady called Michelle who seems to be great fun apart from the fact that she doesn't like Lance Armstrong or his book, which I have to say was one of the most inspirational books I have ever read. Anyway, I won't hold that against her, well, not too much!
She organised the book club to broaden her reading material and to meet other people. Eleve
n women turned up yesterday afternoon (I am sure that I will remember their names eventually) and we all had the same reason for going. The first book we are going to read is The Bridges of Madison County. I haven't read it before or seen the film. I started it last night and so far it seems easy to read and interesting.
The books are being chosen by group members and books have been selected for the next two months. I am trying to decided which book to choose when it comes to my turn. At the moment I am torn between The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (OH thinks it might be too long a book to read in a month) or the aforementioned Lance Armstrong book.
The group is being held at a great cafe/gift shop in Le Dorat called La Maison Bleue. It does wonderful lunches and afternoons teas and has a fabulous selection of gifts to buy. I love being in there, it has a warm atmosphere and is very comfortable to be in, of course I always find a little something to buy after my lunch!
The picture in todays blog entry is this mornings sunrise.
She organised the book club to broaden her reading material and to meet other people. Eleve
n women turned up yesterday afternoon (I am sure that I will remember their names eventually) and we all had the same reason for going. The first book we are going to read is The Bridges of Madison County. I haven't read it before or seen the film. I started it last night and so far it seems easy to read and interesting. The books are being chosen by group members and books have been selected for the next two months. I am trying to decided which book to choose when it comes to my turn. At the moment I am torn between The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (OH thinks it might be too long a book to read in a month) or the aforementioned Lance Armstrong book.
The group is being held at a great cafe/gift shop in Le Dorat called La Maison Bleue. It does wonderful lunches and afternoons teas and has a fabulous selection of gifts to buy. I love being in there, it has a warm atmosphere and is very comfortable to be in, of course I always find a little something to buy after my lunch!
The picture in todays blog entry is this mornings sunrise.
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