Comments on: Tuesday Book Club

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:24:43 +0000

What a fun blog!!!! I’ve been researching books for my book club and stumbled-happily in to Robin’s. I am a HUGE Pride and Prejudice fan. Colin Firth…Oh Yea AND the newest Mr. Darcy…Matthew M. Oh Yea-squared. I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched these two movies or read the book. Thank you Jane Austen :>)

Anyway, I’m so enjoying reading this blog. I’m looking for good reads for my club. We just finished a wonderful book by first-time author Paul Miller. It’s called A Place To Belong. It’s a Memoir, or Fiction based on fact. The biggest message from Mr. Miller: After 50 years of hating his father, he finally found how to forgive. It’s a really courageous story. Don’t forget to bring the Kleenex box!

Thank you for allowing me to look into your club, have some fun and share what we’re up to.

Mary :>) Animal, Chocolate and Coffee Lover!

By: Lady T

Lady T — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:49:43 +0000

Hi,Molly-I’m finding that Then We Came To The End has alot of riffs similar to both The Office and the movie Office Space(loved the part where the guy got the security guard to do all of his computer work for him by giving him a “tutorial” on Photoshop!)but it seems much snarkier to me,so far,anyway.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:06:08 +0000

Ok I will! Oh wow! hehehe I will have to try then!

By: Liz Garton Scanlon

Liz Garton Scanlon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:54:27 +0000

So I’m reading this little book called Mr. Pip, about a military takeover of a tropical island and the man who stayed behind to teach the children all about Dickens’ Great Expectations. I just found it browsing at the library yesterday but now I’m thinking it might be a gem!

And Jules, I promise I won’t tell Kelly Fineman, but honey you better get crackin’ on P&P or she’s gonna find out on her own…

By: Patrick, the Space Lord

Patrick, the Space Lord — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:45:39 +0000

Jules, that’s how all cults work. We all take turns reading from the book.

By: jules

jules — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:25:19 +0000

I refuse to even start Pride and Prejudice ’til you’re all actually here in the flesh, and we can take turns reading chapters. Mwhahahahaha. My evil plan to get you all here.

Hey, I’d have coffee. Good coffee. Yes, I’m talking to YOU, Adrienne.

Hey, guess what? I found my book that was missing. Woot! Someone must have done a book-retrieving call for me.

By: Patrick, the Space Lord

Patrick, the Space Lord — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:37:38 +0000

Tennessee would be Awesome! Who’s Jane Austen?

I bought The Ark of Truth today and watched it immediately. That’s got to count for something.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:27:33 +0000

Now how much fun would it be to hang out with Jules reading Pride and Prejudice out loud? Very. This week it was two ARCs for me: Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli and Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes. Neither one changed my world, but I enjoyed them even so. You can always depend on Spinelli and Henkes for a good story.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:02:56 +0000

Alkelda, thanks for the cover reviews! Too funny. And yeah, I’m totally with you on the ambush-Jules thing. But it was awfully brave of her to confess it.

Jules, let me say that to your face: you’re so brave, and you’re in big trouble. You’re missing a key part of your young womanhood here! Please go read Pride and Prejudice, then rent the BBC version starring Colin Firth. Then you will officially be a Woman and it won’t be so weird that you already have kids. Plus then you can help them along when it’s their time for Jane Austen.

Also Jules, thanks for the sweet reminder of Phil Hartman. What a pointless ending to a life that was.

Shai, I had no idea there’s a drinking game connected with our man Colin Firth. I’ll bet the wet shirt scene is one of the big chug-a-lug moments. I don’t drink, but I’m all for celebrating Colin Firth.

Vivian, too bad! Better luck next book!

Deborah, I pity, pity, PITY you for having to read a 5,000 page legal document. Thank goodness you inoculated yourself with some Harry Potter first. And how disciplined of you not to see the movie until you’d read it! Excellent role model for your kids.

Becky, thanks so much for the tip on Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters! I’ll read it! And please treat yourself to the BBC version of North and South very, very soon. I saw on the previews to it that they also did Wives and Daughters!

Molly, thanks for the tips on Then We Came to the End and Sweethearts. So many great books to read . . .

Dylan, for sure give it a try–especially now that you finally finished reading (and watching) Pride and Prejudice! I’m telling you, Mr. Thornton is as dreamy as Mr. Darcy.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:35:59 +0000

Soounds like a cool series maybeh I should try it! BTW I watched the last 2 days of the Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and it was very good! Interesting to see how the elizabeth in that version and the oine in the newer one act a lot a like! It was cool and slightly freaky! XP This week I finished the 8th sweep book “Changling” , (unless I said that last week in wich case woopsie!) and fell inlove with two totally diffrent people! hehe none better then edward of course but I really like them! *swoons* I think tht’s all… I hve the feeling I finished a book or scchool but I can’t think of what it is… Oh well!