Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving—what a lovely American holiday! And, we do have so much to be truly thankful for.
There were reservations about last month’s selection—all agreed that once the story took-off, it was quite good, but some lost patience in the early section of the book before being able to get engaged with the characters. We did enjoy reading about Jewish women living in modern day America as opposed to historical fiction.
We’ll meet on December 13 to discuss "The Life Room" by Jill Bialosky. As always, feel free to come whether you liked the book or not, or even if you haven't finished it. We'll meet in the Beit Midrash at 7:30 pm.
For future planning in 2012:
On January 17 -- "The Fatigue Artist" by Lynn Sharon Schwartz.
On February 21 -- "Still Here" by Linda Grant
On March 20 -- "The Little Book, a Novel" by Seldon Edwards
On April 17 -- The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
Other dates to save (with titles TBD): May 15, and June 19.
I’d like to remind everyone that we have started the Holiday Kosher Pantry Food Drive for JFCS. Please bring food to the lobby, or make a donation on-line—see att’d flyer for more info.
If you have books in your house that you won’t be reading again, please consider donating them to the Princeton Public Library. Eve sent this out:
“The Library's Used Book Store Needs Books!... Usually the book sale is swamped with donations but… donations have slowed a lot and we’re looking for a large surge to keep the bookstore stocked for the holidays. What we're especially looking for are cookbooks, children's books, and relatively current fiction and nonfiction books in very good condition. So if you have books just sitting on your shelves that you don't especially want to keep, we'd love to see them. If you can spread the word around, that'd be appreciated, too. People have started swarming into the bookstore and we'd like them to leave happy (with lots of money going into the library's tills). Donations can be either handed in at the circulation desk or, if you have more quantity, dropped off in the library's vestibule (staff entrance)”
See this link for info re: the Hebrew film series at Princeton University: http://www.princeton.edu/nep/events/hebrew-film-series
For more reading, there's an interesting search site-give it a try: http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
updated:
04-Dec-2011
