During our last meeting, we had a great discussion on The Good Earth, thanks to Natalie who cracked the whip enough times to keep us focused. After an hour-long discussion, we agreed that we should probably go watch the French movie The Class.
In terms of other books we read, last month was a particularly good month. In no particular order, here is what people read:
Laure & Edouard: They really liked Les Funerailles Celestes, which translates into Sky Burial. It's an epic story of Tibet, and it gets good reviews on Amazon.
Karen read The Five Quarters Of An Orange. The amazon.com community gave it a 4 out of 5 rating. The author commented that she would have liked to receive a 5 out of 4 rating.
Natalie read another of these bad tourist trap book based on her next destination, Budapest. You can view her pictures from her trip here.
Or read Midnight's Children, although he has yet to finish it.
Finally, I read Middlesex, the story of an hermaphrodite. The book came highly recommended from Natalie and Karen, and was actually quite interesting, especially if you are interested in either men or women.
Jonathan, Steve, Andrea, Amy: what did you read last month?
Enough said about the past, let's take a look at the future. Ten more days until our next meeting! I hope that you have started reading The Master and Margarita, because from what I can get from it, this story is hard to get. The Dufuis are happy to host you in Richmond, and I'm sure it'll be fun.
Another thing to look forward to is the release of The Watchmen on DVD. The movie is fine, but the DVD will include a short animated movie of a story told inside The Watchmen graphic novel, which I read recently. Here is the preview:
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I've already read one version of M&M, now lets see if I can get through another version! Karen, your list of top five is pretty powerful, since there are not 5 on your list, just one mega one. I'll try to get to it some time!
BTW, I did not agree to watch the Class. I said that it was just a copycat movie of all the other ones about a good white teacher who goes into a difficult school setting and makes major reform. Have we not seen that theme 5 time in the last 10 years? If we are going to talk about movies, how about arranging an outing to see the Road which is related to book club next month?!
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