Ladies, please join our discussion even if you have not read the book. Sharing opinions and
experiences helps us get to know each other.
CURRENT BOOK SELECTION:
We're going to mix it up for the summer by reading short stories, taking field trips, and watching movies in theaters and our homes. Please call Janice Sharples or 858-748-3304 for our current schedule.
On August 31, we'll start reading "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. We'll be using copies from the library for six weeks. Call Janice Sharples if you have questions.
PAST BOOK SELECTION:
* "Committed, A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert
Author's Website http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/committed.htm
Reader's Guide to "Committed" http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/committed.html
* Walden by Henry David Thoreau. The book and study guide is available at no charge on the
Internet at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-159.html.
* Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
* Outcasts United by Warren St. John
* The Help by Kathryn Stockett
* Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
* The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Guernsey islanders tell of life during the German occupation during World War II.
* The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His
Theory of Evolution by David Quammen
* A Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield. Introduction to "Mindfulness Meditation" also known as
"Loving Kindness Meditation."
* The Faith Club - Three women, a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian seek understanding.
Find out more at www.TheFaithClub.com
* Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup. A lady chaplain's experiences while working with the
Maine Search and Rescue Team
* Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
* Living Buddha Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
* Sins of the Scripture by John Shelby Spong
* It's a Meaningful Life by Bo Lozoff
* God of all Comfort by Hannah White Smith
* Idiots Guide to Simple Living by Georgene Lockwood
* Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
* Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
* Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
* A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
* When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
* Traveling Mercy by Ann Lamont
* A Grace Eventually by Ann Lamont
* A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
* Bake and Be Blessed by Dominic Garramone
* Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Ohlson
* A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
* The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
* The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
* Ten Commandments by Emmet Fox
* The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
* Left to Tell by Immacule'e Ilibagiza
* The Zoo Keeper's Wife by Diane Ackernam
* My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
* The Shack by William P. Young
* Can You Drink The Cup? by Henri Nouwen
* Life of The Beloved by Henri Nouwen
* Plain and Simple by Sue Bender
* The Gift of Change by Marianne Williamson
* In The Spirit of Happiness by The Monks of New Skete
* Lessons from a Sheep Dog by Phillip Keller
PAST ACTIVITIES IN 2010
AUG We enjoyed sharing lunch and the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" with some good friends and their friends.
JUL We met at Mary Jo Longo's house to help the Queen Mother prepare for her daughter's wedding.
Later in the month we went back to Mary Jo's for some wedding lasagna (hmmmm good!) and to see
the movie "Freedom Writers."
JUN We met at Mary Jo Longo's home to watch "The Namesake," a story about a first generation
American trying to find his own identity somewhere between his parent's homeland, Bengali,
and the sometimes baffling US culture. For more information see the official "Namesake"
web site at www.foxsearchlight.com/thenamesake/.
APR We watched Bill Moyers DVD "Amazing Grace, the History of a Song."
We greeted the preschooler's parents with coffee and baked goodies.
MAR To supplement our reading of "Outcasts United," we watched a movie, "The Letter," a true story
about the people of a small town in Maine and how they responded to racist fears following the rapid
influx of many Somali immigrants.
JAN Annual brunch at the Rancho Bernardo Inn.
PAST ACTIVITIES IN 2009
DEC Brunch and cookie exchange.
NOV FIELD TRIP Dream Dinners Meal Preparation - 9 meals in two hours!
NOV MOVIE: "Amelia," the story of the pilot Amelia Earhart.
SEP FIELD TRIP to prepare our future meals at Dream Dinners in Poway.
AUG MOVIE: "The Time Traveler's Wife" followed by lunch and comparison of this movie with
"Somewhere in Time."
AUG MOVIE: "Somewhere in Time"
JUL "Poems from the Women's Movement" by Honor Moore
JUL MOVIE: Brief discussion of the movie, "My Sister's Keeper," followed by viewing
the movie, "Seven Years in Tibet."
JUL FIELD TRIP - We toured the beautiful gardens at the Self Realization Temple,
939 2nd St, Encinitas, CA. (No admission fee–donations are appreciated.) While there,
we discussed "Poems from the Women's Movement," stopped for lunch, and returned
by mid-afternoon.
We hope you will join us for our next
Tuesday morning discussion or a field trip!
