Wednesday, August 3, 2011

July Update

Our July meeting was held in Dawnee’s  enchanted garden – a perfect place to curl up on a glider and read.  I hadn’t read the book, and had a hard time staying tuned in to the discussion because I was just looking around the garden and rocking in the shade.  We discussed Emily of New Moon, from the same author that wrote Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery.  This book was suppose to be more autobiographical.  Lyn liked it more, but Stephanie, who is the Anne of Green Gables #1 fan, didn’t like it near as well.  This book was written in the 1920s (I think) and we discussed how it was a harder read because of the detailed descriptions and just slower flow.  We wondered how many readers now days can stick with the Jane Austen type writing, or Dickens.  Pam mentioned that at a writing workshop she attended, they said to have a book published it needs to start with action on the first page (or first paragraph) and there needs to be action on every third page.  This is the Harry Potter generation.  Many of us can just convert to Dawnee’s philosophy – Netflicks.  She watched Emily of New Moon and August’s selection, The Nazi Officer’s Wife.  It would be nice to be ahead of the game.  It seems I’ve been reading too many selections after the meetings this year.

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