The new January read...

Sorry guys, I totally blew it...I dont know how I forgot that East of Eden was already chosen (Sorry Stef!)

So, Here is the new January pick:

The description from Amazon.com:

"Salisbury (Blue Skin of the Sea) again invokes a Hawaiian setting for this novel, which chronicles the trials of a Japanese American boy and his immigrant family in 1941. Tomi's fisherman father and housekeeper mother work hard to support Tomi, his younger sister and grandfather in their cramped servants' house. While he embraces everything about being American, including a passion for baseball, Tomi struggles to find some middle ground between his modern life and the nationalism and traditional values his parents and Grandpa try to impart. But as WWII intensifies and Pearl Harbor is bombed, Tomi's family faces racism, violence and hardship at every turn. Tomi's father and grandfather are taken away and incarcerated, leaving Tomi to worry if he can perform honorably as man of the house. Salisbury skillfully describes Tomi's emotional highs and lows, and has a particular knack for realistically portraying the camaraderie and dialogue between boyhood chums. The slow-evolving plot drags in a few spots (especially the play-by-play descriptions of baseball games), but readers are rewarded with steadily building dramatic tension in the novel's second half and a satisfyingly open-ended finale. Ages 10-up."

Did you catch the Ages 10-up part :) I read this book in 5th grade and it has stuck with me ever since. It's a really fast read, but very emotional and thought provoking for a child of that age. It was one of those that really stuck with me and helped me to appreciate what my grandparents and great-grandparents went through during the war when it came to Hawaii. It'll probably only take you a day to read it, but I'm sure it will stick with you. Enjoy!

p.s. I checked the queue on the Hawaii Library system and it looks like there are lots of copies available, so it shouldn't be a problem to pick one up.

Just in case I forget....JANUARY READ!

I know I'll probably forget to post it and since November has almost come to its end, here is my pick for January--

East of Eden

This book is one of my all time favorites. It may be a little long, but it's really worth the time :) And since it's mostly about the nature of man, what better way to help us ring in the new year by helping is to remember to be good people!

hi

so two questions:

1. crucible movie? when? yes?

2. dr. laura book mtg. this week or are we pushing it to dec.?

my schedule's getting a bit crazy, as i'm sure everyone else's is too, so just wanted to jot these events down.

i'm unreliable.

since i wasnt sure what day to get the movie for i didnt get it because we were watching the ones we had (charlie brown thanksgiving over and over and over..... maybe i should have returned it.....)

and i didnt want to get it and have it sit for a week or two if we were actually enjoying our movies.

it's not my month to organize the book club get together and i am BUSY to the max so dont plan around me but i love you all and would love to hang if it worked out.

if not, i will still get you the movie fo sho!

so whoever is in charge- tell me the date and as long as i have two-three days notice for it to be delivered i shall have it ready for you!

k?

just to prove i'm not just being flaky: i have 20 tests to grade, 20 papers to grade, 2 lesson plans to create, 1 sub lesson plan to organize (which is even more time consuming), 1 quilt and 1 baby bag for my sewing class due, 1 ward activity, 1 enrichment planning meeting, 1 midnight showing of new moon, and 1 day of jury duty (hopefully only one day) and 1 kid with a bad cold all to take care of in a one week period.

i swear.

i have netflix

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115988/

do you guys mean this one with winona ryder?

if not netflix has one other option:
Adapted for the screen by Jean-Paul Sartre, Arthur Miller's play comes to life in this 1957 French film starring Simone Signoret as a 17th century Puritan woman accused of witchcraft by her husband's ex-lover. The subsequent trial incites a maelstrom of hysteria and suspicion in the Salem, Mass., community. Sigornet took home a BAFTA Award for her role in this powerful metaphor for the anti-communism fervor of the McCarthy era.

i can get either one just name the date and the place!

i finished it!

and boy was it good. i was so riled up and really can't believe this ever happened!

stupid Abigail.

great great pick liko.

here i come dr. laura......... :)

And the book is...

Okay. I just typed this WHOLE LONG POST. And all of a sudden I accidentally closed the window out and lost EVERYTHING! All because I am typing on my husbands laptop...aaargh.

Anyway, I will try to start over again. **Deep breath** Aaaaahh....

Okay, I'm feeling better now. So I have been thinking about what book to choose this month. And I know it's November and we should all be feeling Thanksgiving-y around this time of year. And so when I think about who I am most thankful for, I don't know who pops into your mind...but for me, it's the guy I married 5 years ago. Because he is the one who goes to work day after day to provide me with the life I have.

And so, for that reason I have decided to choose this book for this month


For those of you who know me, you know that I am an avid Dr. Laura fan. So I slightly appologize if you don't like my choice for this month. But I think she makes so many good points in this book. And I think she is right, and I think she is funny. And I think this book is a really easy read.

I have a copy which I will gladly loan to you. I haven't checked if it's available at the library. I imagine it is.

Anyway, I am not picking this book because I feel that we make bad wives. I am picking this book because I think we might learn to understand our husband's better, and be able to show them our appreciation in ways that actually make them feel appreciated. I read this book about a year ago after I found it for $2 at a yard sale, and I feel like many of the points she made helped me...so I hope it might help you.

And if you don't want to read this, then I suggest you read New Moon...because it comes out this month. ;-)

So, as for activity. I am thinking we should make whatever is our husband's favorite treat, leave half of it at home with a love note for him, and then bring the other half to our meeting and just chat like we are so good at. So, what night works for ya all?


HA HA HA HA HA....I just have to laugh at myself.
So....just as I was finishing the 2nd attempt at writing this book post, I noticed out of the corner of my eye the "auto save feature". And then I realized, "I didn't loose that first post that I spent 20 minutes typing. It's saved in the drafts...duh!" And then I just laughed and laughed at myself.
So, for your enjoyment, and in an attempt to make fun of myself I am publishing my first attempt at typing this post. So if you are bored, or want to kill 5 more minutes...read on below the starry line.

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Okay, for those of you who know me...you know i am an avid Dr. Laura fan. So I slightly appologize if you don't like my selection for this month. I know many of you seem to enjoy reading the classics, but just hear me out a moment.

November is about Thanksgiving and being thankful, right? We all (as far as I know) get to spend a majority of our life at home with our wonderful, sweet, sometimes sassy little kiddos. And who should we thank for this time at home and a little spending money in our pockets, and a roof over our heads? Though sometimes the space may seem small, or sometimes we hate the dishes we have to wash night after night...But the reason we have these dirty dishes is because our husbands have been working all day to provide the food that will go on those dirty dishes.

So, I won't nag at you any longer. I think you get the point plus I'll let Dr. Laura nag at you in this months choice... (THE PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF HUSBANDS)

Don't get me wrong. I don't think anyones marriages are in dire straights. And I doubt any of you feel you have a "bad marriage". And I don't think any of you are "bad wives". I just know that personally I sometimes don't feel like I understand my own husband from time to time and I've read this book once before and I think it helped. I am choosing it because I feel I could use a refresher, and I think she makes some great points.

I know we are all very thankful for the lives our husband's have provided us. And I think by reading this book, we might be able to find new ways to show him our appreciation. I'm sure we all feel like we say it and show it, but sometimes they feel appreciation in different ways than us. And I think this book does a great job explaining that.

As for activity. I was thinking, we could make our husbands favorite treat, leave half of it at home and then we can meet somewhere and just chat as we like to do. And if there is anything you want to say about the book... great! Where would we like to meet?

um, a little early...

so i realize it's only nov. 5 th, but just letting y'all know the december book is

and i'm SO stinking excited to read it again!!

please note..

please look at the side bar and see if you are up next in line to choose a book.

if the month you are assigned to doesn't work well than please let me know and i can do some shuffling around. no biggie.

so matti, what book are we reading in nov??