The Red Tent

Our next book will be The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Here are some links you may find interesting...

Amazon's description of the book

The author's website

Author's responses to some frequently asked questions about the book

Discussion questions from a reformed Jewish perspective

Reading Group Guides discussion questions

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Some links about our upcoming book:

Wikipedia's Article about the series

A little snippet about a movie version--have you seen it?

Amazon.com's page--I often enjoy reading the customer reviews

The author's website--above average, and fun to look at!

Reading Group Guides discussion questions (my starting point for our questions)

Recipes

Want the recipes from our Three Cups of Tea meeting? A sweet and a salty, just for you! (This link will take you to the recipe section of my personal blog, feel free to look around!)

Pretzel Snackers

Raspberry-Topped Cream Tarts

March Meeting

We plan to meet again
March 28
7:00
We will read
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

3 Cups of Tea

Thanks for a good time of discussion and fun last night! A few themes we explored from Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea"
...complexity of the issues involved in education, terrorism, aid to developing countries, personal sacrifice, and family responsibilities
...importance of doing something for a cause outside yourself, whether big or small
...similarities and differences between Mortenson and Christian missionaries
...value of seeing a bigger world than just suburban Denver or even the USA
...mixed responses to Mortenson's character, decisions, personality, and philosophies
Lots of other things, too, those are just the first that come to mind! Hope you can join us in March!

Movie Coming Soon

I just disocvered that they are making a movie of My Sister's Keeper, which was our book club read for October. It is due to come out at the end of June, so maybe we can go see it together!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sister's_Keeper_(film)

Three Cups of Tea

As promised in the evite, here is some information about our upcoming book:

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ The main website promoting the book. There are teen and children's versions of the story too. I'm going to see if the library has the kid's one (good for those of you who need just 32 pages and pictures!)

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/wp-includes/documents/3CTReadingGuide.pdf A reading group guide that will probably provide the basis for many of our discussion questions.

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/wp-includes/documents/3CTQA.pdf An interview with Greg Mortenson