The book for this month was "A Change of Heart." For some of us (myself included), it was our first trip into the land of Jodi Picoult. I enjoyed how the book had many narrators, and how the characters and plot developed. With that being said, I found myself not really engaged in the book until about halfway through. Not everyone had that experience, but it was that way for me.We talked about the core subject matter: muscle-memory and how that may impact organ donation. We talked about parenting, forgiveness, revenge and faith. We talked about how Picoult -heavily- borrows from the movie "The Green Mile," but how you almost excuse her for it. (We thought she was clever to acknowledge the influence by one character giving the nickname "Green Mile" to another. *wink wink nudge nudge*) We talked about the many 'changes of heart' that emerged through the book. ...We talked a lot!
And we also did a lot of laughing and catching up and rabbit trailing.
It was a good month, and a great way to start the year! Thanks to Katie for suggesting this one. I think I'd like to read more by Picoult. Any suggestions? I've been told that "My Sister's Keeper" and "Handle with Care" are particularly good.
Next up: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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It seems that you gals enjoyed this a lot more than my club did! We had mostly complaints when we read it (http://storiedellesorelle.blogspot.com/2009/03/meeting-recap-change-of-heart.html). But we LOVED the Guernsey book so I'll be looking forward to what you all think of that one. :)
Believe it or not, we had several of the same complaints/ observations your group did.
We found the Christ comparison very shaky. - But we did talk for a minute or two about miracles and if we believe stuff like that could happen in 'real life.'
Father Michael's faith was incredibly pliant. But then again, he didn't enter the priesthood from the firmest foundation.
We also loved the Mother/Daughter relationships. We talked about the relationship between Elizabeth and her mother.
Our conversation didn't really to the capital punishment topic, but we did end up talking about domestic abuse. How people see it/don't see it in their own home, etc.
I loved the "last meal" idea. That's one thing my group can be more intentional about: our food. *grin*
I'll let you know how Guernsey goes!
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