tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post6064232386711234775..comments2024-02-12T01:48:46.108-05:00Comments on Booking Mama: May 2011 Book Club MeetingJulie P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008101127541997459noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-67757067369258829762011-07-04T11:08:55.677-04:002011-07-04T11:08:55.677-04:00I just finished Still Alice, it was a difficult bo...I just finished Still Alice, it was a difficult book to read for the prospective of family members watching their loved one deteriorate. But, this book depicts the disease and the patients accurately. I do recommend this book, but it is a hard read to digest. It is scary at time. If you would like to read my review. go to my blog at http://susansliterarycafe.blogspot.com . I will be coming back to read what your book club thought. I have doubts that our book club would read this. Many of our members have had their loved one have Alzheimer's Disease.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212119768302432216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-49724005839199733272011-07-04T11:08:54.712-04:002011-07-04T11:08:54.712-04:00I just finished Still Alice, it was a difficult bo...I just finished Still Alice, it was a difficult book to read for the prospective of family members watching their loved one deteriorate. But, this book depicts the disease and the patients accurately. I do recommend this book, but it is a hard read to digest. It is scary at time. If you would like to read my review. go to my blog at http://susansliterarycafe.blogspot.com . I will be coming back to read what your book club thought. I have doubts that our book club would read this. Many of our members have had their loved one have Alzheimer's Disease.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212119768302432216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-23849225675271842622011-05-18T13:53:10.535-04:002011-05-18T13:53:10.535-04:00I devoured STILL ALICE in two days. There is so mu...I devoured STILL ALICE in two days. There is so much I didn't know about alzheimer's and I only wish I was in a book club to share those insights.Mrs. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667613864480485107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-22777372413111192642011-05-17T17:43:34.419-04:002011-05-17T17:43:34.419-04:00stumbled here from the harper page (i'm anothe...stumbled here from the harper page (i'm another tour stop for faith). i read still alice back in my MA days with a small book club in my apartment building (i was the only member under 65 or so). i found it interesting and definitely need to revisit it. the club wasn't a good experience and didn't have great discussions (left the club well before i left MA), but i can see it being good fodder for a good club.<br /><br />saw you are a nittany lions fan. i actually recently moved to the state college area. i'm not a football girl though so plan to just kinda hide on home game saturdays! i'm not in SC proper so i should be able to avoid the crowds (remember the impact of games in a college town from my UVA grad school dys) :)The Rambling Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779086817491517409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-84350276394643389542011-05-15T15:26:39.313-04:002011-05-15T15:26:39.313-04:00I enjoyed Still Alice a lot! It was one of my favo...I enjoyed Still Alice a lot! It was one of my favorites from last year! Hope you'll love it too.Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-8269308977507513132011-05-15T11:43:13.767-04:002011-05-15T11:43:13.767-04:00The wonderful thing about book clubs are the diffe...The wonderful thing about book clubs are the different points of view expressed by its members. I have went to a book club thinking a book was terrible and after listening to others rave about it I realize "you know, I did like that about the storyline" or "I did appreciate the way the character did such and such" and come away from the meeting thinking the book was actually okay.<br />I have read Still Alice (in fact it was nominated for book club last month and didn't make the vote) and I thought it was a realistic and heartbreaking novel about early onset Alzheimers. I hope you like it!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840660880444131825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-54483018983785744082011-05-15T09:28:34.259-04:002011-05-15T09:28:34.259-04:00What a different choice for a book club! Your dis...What a different choice for a book club! Your discussion sounds really interesting!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-40741105170322717742011-05-15T09:26:41.618-04:002011-05-15T09:26:41.618-04:00This sounds really difficult, but important. Some...This sounds really difficult, but important. Sometimes you have to take that risk, writing or reading.Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-28468332486980180522011-05-15T08:52:19.001-04:002011-05-15T08:52:19.001-04:00I finished Bloodroot a couple of weeks ago on audi...I finished Bloodroot a couple of weeks ago on audio. I just wrote up my review, and I think I said that if it weren't for the gorgeous writing, the story would have been a big buzz kill. But I ended up really liking the book. And the audio had a different narrator for each character, and was spectacular. So for any audiofiles out there, that is definitely the way to go.Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-49512058403679787202011-05-15T07:49:20.117-04:002011-05-15T07:49:20.117-04:00I'm glad to see Bloodroot created such a great...I'm glad to see Bloodroot created such a great discussion! I can't wait to read it to see what I think. I haven't read Still Alice, but I really want to.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-50114339606857882392011-05-15T07:26:23.445-04:002011-05-15T07:26:23.445-04:00Julie, my book group read STILL ALICE last year, a...Julie, my book group read STILL ALICE last year, at my request. I had read it earlier and was very, very impressed. There will be a lot to talk about I think. We had a great discussion about aging, sharing stories and talking about the latest research in memories, etc. A lot of my group are older ladies and it was tough for some to read this book. However, it was tough for me to read it because I dealt with Alzheimer's and dementia in both my parents before they died. I will tell you though that the way Lisa Genova writes about Alzheimer's and Alice's experience seemed very accurate and true to me after having watched my parents struggle. It's a powerful book. Frightening, but very important. I recommended it to the staff at both my parents' care centers and also to the support group we attended.<br /><br />I'll be interested in hearing how your group meeting goes. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-81085029914608709182011-05-15T07:06:00.614-04:002011-05-15T07:06:00.614-04:00I really want to read Still Alice. I've heard...I really want to read Still Alice. I've heard great things about it.Karliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874139720126743233noreply@blogger.com