Sunday morning, news and more

Is your home as busy as mine this week?

Last Tuesday The Omaha Bookworm’s discussed Rooftops of Tehran with Mahbod Seraji, he is delightful! I still need to find time to write a recap, watch for this later this week. On Wednesday evening the MMBC spoke with Carol Cassella to discuss Oxygen. This was our first author discussion, it was just a joy to discuss a book with people from across the country. You can read a recap of our discussion just below this post.

I’m running around this weekend, trying to pack a months worth of shopping and baking into one weekend. I need to ship packages tomorrow (how much will that cost me? YIKES).

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What I’m reading this week: I’m reading The Piano Teacher, written by Janice YK Lee right now (there are copies available at the Omaha library, in book form or on CD). It reads like The English Patient, a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. When I’m done reading this book I will watch the author book club discussion on Border’s website, if you haven’t visited this site I highly recommend it as a compliment to your reading experience.

I’m still reading The Woman who Named God, I had to put it to the side for a week (last week was to busy to enjoy and absorb a book club selection). I am about 100 pages in and it’s very interesting, I will admit it’s not your typical novel – the author is clear to explain this is a work of fiction. Have you read it?

Links worth clicking on:
- Book Group Buzz has a suggestion for those struggling with the Tudor history while trying to read Wolf Hall
- I have mentioned this before but I need to remind everyone to click to Border’s Online Book Club. This week I watchedened to Julie & Julia, Andre Agassi - I can’t wait to watch Janice Lee’s discussion of The Piano Teacher. A wonderful compliment to your reading experience.
- NPR Books is discussing the best book club books for 2009. Have you read any of these books? I have read two of them, didn’t love them but they were very well written.