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Subject: Re: And speaking of book clubs . . .

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Chiska

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Date Posted: 08:46:44 01/08/08 Tue
In reply to: Kiersten 's message, "Re: And speaking of book clubs . . ." on 22:08:27 01/07/08 Mon

I just finished The Door in the Wall. It's a kids chapter book that I think is one of my all time favorites. It's a coming of age, overcoming adversity book set in the middle ages. It just makes me feel good and start looking at difficulties in my life differently every time I read it. It's also one of the rare books that I read as a kid and still like reading. Then I just started Rooted in America which is a collection of essays on a bunch of different foods: apples, bannanas, tea, tobacco and a bunch of other fruits and vegetables. Anyway it follows their introduction and impact on American culture. It's pretty interesting. I just read the Apple essay last night and learned some things about Johnny Appleseed (um I mean Chapman) that I didn't know--like he was on a religious quest. I also got a book for Wade and Britt for Christmas called Poetry Speaks for Children. It has a CD with it where some of the authors read their works and few older authors are performed by some other people. Anyway I love it. I think I've read it a million times. It's not your average children's compilation of goofy poetry (not that that's a bad thing--I have several of those that I love too). It has people from Langston Hughes to Edgar Allan Poe, Tolkien, Roald Dahl and a bunch of people I've never heard of. Some of the poems are serious, some silly. My favorite poem in it is called Lineage. It talks of Grandmother's and what they've done. My favorite line is: "They have many clean words to say." So that's my new goal in life--to have many clean words to say. Anyway, I really liked it. I love reading your recommendations! By the way Elisa if you liked the Eyre Affair I would highly, highly recommend Lost in a Good Book by the same author. I think it's the best in the series--and I've read them all except for his newest release. Well I'd better run. So Kiersten any blind date news?

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