Thursday, September 18, 2008

Book Club


I just got back from our bookclub--the book--The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis was great...wonderful discussion. I've read it three times. The book is a series of letters from Screwtape, a high-level devil (from the 'lowerarchy' of Hell) to his nephew, Wormwood, who has just been assigned a 'patient' or human to tempt and drag down to damnation...by keeping him from the Enemy (God).
So much of it relates to our lives..and you learn so much about the other members.. Such a nice GNO....Girls Night Out. Delicious goodies, too.
Actually, this is kind of a church calling..I teach in the Relief Society and was asked by the president to also form a bookclub for enrichment night. I was asked to put together a list for our ward, so I chose from the classics.
July: Emily Dickinson's Poetry
August: Silas Marner by George Eliot
September: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
October: Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
November: Night by Elie Wiesel
December: Christmas Picture Books (bring your favorite to share)
January: Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
February: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
March: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
April: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
May: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
June: Abraham Lincoln the Prairie Years (book one) by Carl Sandberg
July: Our Town by Thornton Wilder (readers’ theater..scripts provided)
August: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

1 comment:

Prairie said...

Hey i see you are into Book clubs and also as a teacher I have a title I would recommend to you.It is: WHY GENDER MATTERS- What parents and teachers need to know about the emerging science of brain differences. Have you heard of it? I just read it and I couldn't put it down. You would find it fascinating, especially as an English Teacher. Enjoy!