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Lisa

I have an idea for our next book and wanted to post it now so that we could order it in advance.  I you would like to suggest something else please let me know otherwise I suggest our next book be:

 

Garden Spells:

GarIn a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison Allen tells the story of that enchanted tree, and the extraordinary people who tend it.…

The Waverleys have always been a curious family, endowed with peculiar gifts that make them outsiders even in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even their garden has a reputation, famous for its feisty apple tree that bears prophetic fruit, and its edible flowers, imbued with special powers. Generations of Waverleys tended this garden. Their history was in the soil. But so were their futures.

A successful caterer, Claire Waverley prepares dishes made with her mystical plants—from the nasturtiums that aid in keeping secrets and the pansies that make children thoughtful, to the snapdragons intended to discourage the attentions of her amorous neighbor. Meanwhile, her elderly cousin, Evanelle, is known for distributing unexpected gifts whose uses become uncannily clear. They are the last of the Waverleys—except for Claire’s rebellious sister, Sydney, who fled Bascom the moment she could, abandoning Claire, as their own mother had years before.

When Sydney suddenly returns home with a young daughter of her own, Claire’s quiet life is turned upside down—along with the protective boundary she has so carefully constructed around her heart. Together again in the house they grew up in, Sydney takes stock of all she left behind, as Claire struggles to heal the wounds of the past. And soon the sisters realize they mustdeal with their common legacy—if they are ever to feel at home in Bascom—or with each other.

Enchanting and heartfelt, this captivating novel is sure to cast a spell with a style all its own….den Spells:

 

5 months ago

lissette

I saw a special on t.v about this man's life and thought the book would be inspiring:

Book Description
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

4 months ago

Lisa

Oh I really like the book you have suggested as it sounds very inspirational.  If no one else has objections or if you and I are the only ones keeping up on this I say we order it so it is ready at the library when we are.

4 months ago

lissette

Okay, lets order away! Your book suggestion sounds good too, perhaps it could be the next book.

4 months ago

Lisa

OKay so I ordered mine.... I ordered large print as there were only 70 holds for it as opposed to the 287 for the regular print.  Good thing we are ordering in advance now huh.  yes lets plan on garden secrets for the book after last lecture.

4 months ago

lissette

I went ahead and placed both on hold. There is a huge list for Last Lecture, if we can get Garden Spells first, then perhaps we should read that one next? My library also has Garden Spells available to be downlaoded as an audio file immediately. I've never listened to a an audio book without looking at the text, I'm afaraid I might get lost or start to day dream and loose track of whats happening. Have you ever listened to a  novel without seeing the text before?

ps - If you go to Amazon.com and search for Last Lecture you can see a short clip with the author and some family pics.

4 months ago