Hey Kelly and Mom!! So where are you guys? Kelly what do you think of it so far? Like my mom said, I finished it. I liked it, I will agree with my mom in the fact that I did not LOVE it like I did Kite Runner. But I thought it was fascinating to read a story about a life that is soo foriegn to us. I ordered 2 books from Amazon both were like $3.00, if you are interested let me know. One is called Boss and is about the different ethnic cultures in Chicago. Its written by a columnist so I heard it's a different kind of read and is very interesting. The next is called There is No Such Thing as The Freedom of Speech: and thats a good thing. And the last book I hve right now is Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner. I'm guessing Kelly, that the last book I've mentioned is the one you'd want to read out of the three. If there is a book you're thinking about for sure let me know!!!! I picked the first one anyway!!

Jenn

I've read 40 pgs so far. I hope the whole book isn't so depressing. Jenn has finished reading it. I'll try to have read 100 pages by this Fri so we can discuss it. As far as true stories go I definitely thought "Kite Runner" was a better book- I couldn't put it down!
Julie

By next Friday do we want to have read the first 100 pages?? I'm going to be finished with it soon... haha, maybe we could do each week, we read 100 pages and then Friday or Saturday we could post? let me know what you guys think of this idea.. also name for the group, still thinking..

I'm here

I couldn't figure out how to log in under Jen's name, so I created my own... It will be tough to figure out who this is... but in case your confused, it's Kelly. I'm so excited and am getting the book this weekend, probably tomorrow!

JNU: Lets Start This Weekend!

I went and got the book at Borders, its $16.00, hardcover. I looked on amazon.com and it was only 11.50 but add shipping and handling it ends up being like $15 anyway. So I really hope by this weekend everyone feels aquainted with using this blog site and I hope that everyone goes out to get the book. It's a quick read which I think will be nice for our first book. Remember when you sign on you can either post a NEW POST or just go to VIEW BLOG and reply to other peoples new posts by clicking on comments. I hope you are all as excited as I am about this. Remember this is totally for fun!!! lets read!!!!

First Book: A LONG WAY GONE

Written by Ishmael Beah. People magazine 4 stars: Terrifying, often graphic in prtraying violence he both witnessed and carried out as a barely adolescent soldier in Sierra Leone, 26-year-old Beah's story is also deeply moving, even uplifting. After rebel marauders murdered his family when he was 12, Beah roamed the countryside, sometimes alone, sometimes with other younger boys, often starving, always frightened. A desperate government teoop conscripted him, along with other boys, and he became a killing machine, fired up with cocaine and hallucinogens. Rehabilitated at 15, he moved in with his uncle and began a normal life, even attending a UNICEF conference in Manhattan. But on returning to Sierra Leone, Beah found warfare on his doorstep again and made a final escape to America.

Get it so we can start this weekend!!!!

Would anyone be interested in reading "Paint is Black" by Janet Fitch ? She wrote "White Oleander." Has everyone read that book & if so did you like it?