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September book Discussion

For those of you who are interested Lisette and I have chosen two future books to read and have decided that whichever we get sooner from our libraries that will be the first we read and discuss. 

The two books we have chosen are as follow:

 

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….garden Spells:

 

and

The Last Lecture

 

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.

 

 

We look forward to those who join us.  I just got a call while posting this that my library has Garden spells in so with luck maybe the other will be here soon too.  i will wait to see what everyone else gets in to see which we will start first.

4 months ago

Hey Lisa, I picked up my copy yesterday. I will be ready to begin reading tomorrow if your are. Do you know of anyone else who is waiting for their book? If so, then we'll wait for them. But if not, then should we set up a time frame to read certain chapters and discuss? For ex. we could say, on Wednesday we will discuss chapters 1-?  and then Friday ?-? r we could leave it open like last time. What do you think?

4 months ago

Lisette i will pick up my copy of garden spells tomorrow.  I have not heard about the other one yet.  If this is the book you have then lets plan to start reading the first five chapters by next week friday.  That should give others time.

4 months ago

Sounds good. Yeah, I have Garden Spells. I think next Friday will give everyone plenty of time.

4 months ago

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