Come. Tomorrow!

Oh, wow. It's time for a reminder.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 30th--come to Wellington II #33 at 7:00 pm for BOOK GROUP, gathering 2.

I understand that Book Group is probably not your current prioritized reading. I believe in school, so I'd be worried if it was. We can still be friends and you can still be a book-group-member if you (a) didn't read the book at all, (b) read 23 pages, or (c) now think book group is the worst idea you've heard this week. If you've read the 303 pages, brilliant. If not, you're still invited to come and pretend to have read them and talk about the book. (Or not pretend...either way is acceptable.)

If you can't come this week, don't fret. Come when you can.

AND. lastly. I adore this book. I'm giddy with excitement to chit-chat about it with all of you.

Erm, that was a success, I'd say

Wednesday's gathering convinced me that decisions to start book groups are wise. We are going to have a lovely time filled with great people, good food, brilliant conversation, and some excellent reading.

As a reminder (and for those who couldn't make it to Meeting #1):

We'll be meeting every other week on Wednesdays at 7 pm. And we decided to always make it at Wellington II # 33, so that's where you should come. Next meeting...

• Wednesday September the 30th at 7 pm
• By then you should be to the end of Section 5 (page 303)*
• Chelsea and Britt are bringing some kind of delectable goodness to eat
• Katie's "facilitating" the discussion (I think that's the word that we decided best describes that role)
  

A couple of other things:

• A sign of good discussions to come: "I didn't know they thought about the Holocaust in Australia."If you want to read more about the author, Markus Zusak, check out his website.
• As you're reading, think about references to color. How do they affect the story? And also consider the narrator's voice: how is it different from other narrators' styles you've read? how does it influence your reading experience?
• And Hillary, what a chocolate pie that was.

*The page number is different than we had discussed. Because I can't do math, and no one corrected me at our gathering. Rebecca--our resident math minor--pointed out that half of 550 is not 250. So we're reading to the end of Section 5, which is closer to halfway. Page 303.

wednesday the 16th

The momentous first gathering:

Come 'round to 732 E 800 N on Wednesday night at 7 pm for some bookly joy.

What's happening: This time, we'll just be getting acquainted with The Book Thief, one another, and the idea of a book group. So no big reading assignments before Wednesday. In fact, no great need to have a book by then. If you know anyone else that wants to join the crew, bring them along.I can promise a good time and some delicious (yet-to-be-determined) food.

Oh, this is going to be jolly.