Devourer of Books

It is an absolutely gorgeous day here outside of Chicago.  This is quite lucky, as our church met outside this morning.  We don’t have our own building yet and generally meet in a local high school.  However, this weekend said high school is having their graduation, so instead we met at the gazebo in the little [...]

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I am the guest post today in LisaM’s series “In Praise of Book Clubs” over at Books on the Brain.  Go on over and check it out!

Water For Elephants by Sarah Gruen is the story of an old man in a nursing home remembering his life as a young man living in the United States during the Great Depression.  His life seems secure, he is studying to be a veterinarian at an Ivy league school and has plans to return home [...]

I am very excited, because tonight I am going to a meeting of my book club. It is perhaps one of the most fun book clubs around. Instead of being purely a book club, it is a book and wine club. A friend of mine and her roommate decided to start this one year ago. [...]