Saturday, October 9, 2010

November - Animal Dreams

Thanks to Kristi and Jill for hosting October's book club. To help us digest this book - Jill made cheesecake!!! A low-fat version and the real deal with 3 blocks of cream cheese. I had both! We were all in agreement that we liked Mrs. Pollifax. And the cheesecake!

The next book club will be held on November 2nd at Lisa C's house at 7:30. Tori has suggested Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. Here's a preview of what it's about:

"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What the finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments. With this work, the acclaimed author of The Bean Trees and Homeland and Other Stories sustains her familiar voice while giving readers her most remarkable book yet.