Lost In the Prairies.....Found by God

Two weeks ago, I asked everyone if they were interested in a book club. I even said that I would proceed with only one other person. There seemed to be some interest and definitely one person jumped on board - Thanks Kela!!!

I thought as summer was coming on that it would be good to start with a non-fiction book. Kela and I went through our books and determined that we both owned Captivating:Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John & Stasi Eldredge (the first edition). If you've read this book, then feel free to read it again and join our discussion.

We will be reading this book over the summer as we soak up the sun by the paddling pool. We will meet up on Friday, August 27, 2010 (time to be determined) at my community pages on The Blog Frog . I hope you all are as excited as I am.

In anticipation of our Book Club I made a grab box (my first). So "grab" the box and let your friends know what we're up to.


Happy Reading and I look forward to discussing this book with as many of you as possible.

This week I've been a little lazy. In fact, I've put off a lot of things - cleaning, laundry, homelitics...all for a book.

It all started with Twilight - New Moon. I watched the movie a few nights while feeding the baby (there really isn't anything on here at 11 pm unless you enjoy Real Housewives of some wealthy community that I really don't care about). I realized that I hadn't read the book in a while. So, I picked it up the next day and become engrossed. It didn't help that I had nothing else to read and desperately needed to go to the library.

I have read this book a few times now since first purchasing it 17 months ago. The series has become my "comfort books." Comfort books are the books that I turn to when I'm bored, tired, depressed (They are also the ones that I keep on my already overstocked book shelf). I've already read it, so I feel its ok if I skim parts of it. However, once in, then I have to keep reading. After 5 days, I have again finished the series. Luckily, I've some new reading material from the library.

I love to read and am always looking for new books. I joined a book club at our local library, unfortunately I've only enjoyed 3 of the books we've read. Not that book clubs are supposed to be about books you enjoy. They are supposed to push you and make you think. However, a lot of the books we have read are purely FLUFF! There I said it. The other thing about my book club is that we have only met regarding 4 books out of I believe 12. What's the point of a book club that doesn't meet.

Andrea had a book club on her blog late last year. She canceled it immediately after my first involvement as there was very little interest (I don't know if it was purely coincidental or not. Luckily I'm shopping with her today so maybe she'll fess up). I was pumped about it at the time and after reading our one book, became very sad about it's failing.

This week I've had an epiphany (ok, one of many this week, but more about that on a later date). I've decided that I want to start a book club. Are you in? I think that because you, like me, probably have a tonne of books in your night stand that you purchased 3 years ago and haven't read, that we should do titles that aren't recent. That way, you don't have to run out and buy it or if you have to get it through the library there won't be 455 holds on the book. I also think that we should do non-fiction and fiction.

Now many of us are on Blog Frog. I'll admit that I'm still figuring it out and not as regular on it as I could be. So the idea goes even further. We could use the discussion post on Lost's..Blog Frog Community to discuss the book on a certain date and time. That way we would all be discussing it in real time.

Are you interested? I'm excited to hear what every one thinks or if anyone thinks this is a great idea. I'll even proceed if there's only two of us. I'd say one, but then people might talk and send me away......

I look forward to hearing from you all. I'm pumped! Are you? Now go and see what our Caffeinated Chieftain is up to today.