JUNE Book Club

This month’s book club will be June 22nd @ 7. At Tiffany Cameron's home (12588 Starlite Hill Lane in Herriman).

The book is Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. A story of an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson.




Amazon.com Review
This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to look those people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe even resume the mentorship? Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kind professor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie's final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Kudos to author and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling this universally touching story with such grace and humility. --Gail Hudson

Happy reading!

Pride and Prejudice

Hey Gals! February's Book Club is going to be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!! It's one of my favorite books- and a romance is perfect for February as well! Five copies will be on hold under my name at the Herriman Library. Here's a brief synopsis:

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it the "most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently quintessential of its author's works," and Eudora Welty in the twentieth century described it as "irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."

Be brave, girls. The language in this book is 18th century England; but will put a smile on your face.

Mr. Darcy, "She is tolerable, but not handsome enougth ot tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men." So he says about Elizabeth; who in my mind is the best heroine ever written.

"Read it, I know you'll love it." -Kathleen Kelly- "You've Got Mail."

So we'll read this wonderful book- all 320 pages, and then we'll answer this age old question:

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." Charlotte says.

True? Or not? How long did you date your spouse? Let's have some fun reviewing this book with some delicious cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.

See you on Wednesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. My House. -Amanda