COMMENT FROM A CYBER MEMBER

I love this comment from my sister and wanted to share it with everyone ...

This is Kathleen, Tina's sister from Colorado Springs . I am always a bit behind the 8 ball, so I am just now finishing The Secret Between Us and felt very compelled to comment on it. I travel quite a bit so I am out of town and reading in hotel rooms in the evenings, poor me!! NOT! So my great sister sent the blog link to my work email so that I could comment on the book from hotels.

I thought the ending was a bit cheesy, and I totally identified with Deborah. I am sure that that is something I would have done-with the best of intentions- just like Deb. I also was struck by a simple comment that Michael, Deb's father made. It was so insignificant to the story, but struck a nerve with me. When he and Deb were talking about Jill and her pregnancy, and Deb and her "secret" he said, you girls are much harder now, you did not have all these problems when your Mother was alive. And Deb said...here it is...yes we did, Mom just filtered everything for you.

Wow, there it was, my connection to the story. Sounds just like me, though I am trying to get better at it. It is just so easy to solve everything and "take care of it" and then report it to my husband later.

Thanks for "listening" Kathleen

AUGUST MEETING

The discussion was lively ... it's proof, once again, that you can read a story and have as many different interpretations as there are people reading it. The comments range from "I hated this book" to "It was very entertaining."

One common denominator I noticed among our members that enjoyed this book seemed to be that they read it while floating in a pool. Could it be that our surroundings while reading influence how we feel?

September's meeting is Tuesday, September 2. (That's the day after Labor Day.) We will be reading: Memory Keeper's Daughter. The author is Kim Edwards. I can't wait to read this book!

IT'S ALMOST MEETING TIME AGAIN

Wow! Where did the time go? Our August meeting is just days away ... and I am just getting around to finally reading. I had planned on waiting to read this month's book so that it would be fresh on my mind, but I didn't mean to wait this long. I will have to read fast to read it before Tuesday's meeting.

Remember the month we met at Panera and it was so cold we needed a jacket ... and the next month one of you even brought a blanket! Ahhhh .... cool air .... that should be incentive enough not to miss the meeting!!

See y'all Tuesday ... August 5th ... 6:30 @ Panera Bread.