Encouragement

I would like to quote Guernsey:
"At the start...the purpose of the speakers was to goad the listeners into wanting to read the book themselves. Once two members had read the book, they could argue, which was our great delight. We read books, talked books, argued over books" (51).

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a book club, started as a cover-up story, but became permanent when members started to enjoy their time together and socializing in what was such a devastating time. Although we are not currently in a restricting era like they were, I do hope that those you come to these meeting enjoy their time and hopefully will start reading the books I choose, or recommending books for us to read. Right now, every meeting I am encouraging those people to read these books, because they are good, but I hope that in the future they pick one up to read. Even if it is not the selected one for the month, it could be completely different, or from the previous meeting, but the point is to come together and discuss what kinds of things we like to read. The books I choose are simply to encourage.

Another quote that I enjoy the most is:
"That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment" (10).

I truly believe in this quote. It's what make up my bookshelf. It's what I'm here to do for you guys. I select a novel, if you enjoy it you'll move into that genre and/or follow the rest of my suggestions. This is truly what reading and book clubs are: picking and choosing.

Well, that's enough of my wisdom for the...however long....
I think this is the longest post I've ever done....pat on the back for Sararose. I hope I didn't bore you or lecture you too much.

Hope to see you in December. (It's really not that far off.)