Does anybody look at this anymore?

So did our book club die out? Hmmm......now what are we going to talk about?

Stiff (not Stiffy)

I just finished the book today. These are a few of the things I don't want to eat after reading the book:

• Butterfingers - she likened the cutting of a frozen brain to cutting Butterfinger candy bars
• Jello - gelatinous cadavers are used to test bullets and guns (the cadavers are not humans, they are actually gelatin, but I still lost my taste for Jello)
• Dungeness Crabs - apparently this is the most environmentally efficient way to dispose of human remains, by dropping the remains into a heavily populated area of crabs. The little critters would quickly feast on all your kibbles and bits.

The book was interesting, but I could only read a little bit at a time. I think it was well-written and I really liked the author's sense of humor and respect. It gives me a new perspective on Roger's job and the controversy surrounding the way we handle death in our culture.

I'm definitely for organ donation. I need to update my driver's license when it's up for renewal!

Stiff

Wow! So I have received this book in the mail, and right away started to read it. Sounds gross, but at the same time it is very interesting. Its hard to put it down. So far I am only on page 50, but I like it. My mom came over picked it up, got disgusted with me for reading it. Then she starts reading it, and also cant stop.....now she off to the library for her own copy. Funny huh! I think its settling to hear about some of the anatomy schools doing memorial services for the donated. I am a donor, but it has me thinking.......hmmmm.

So sad, I just finished The Help and it was so good, that I hated to finish it as I have nothing to replace it yet. Loved it and the perspective of the Nigra's was great. I loved how some loved their families and hated those families that mistreated them, then it makes me wonder how Lynne's family treated their Help. Maybe her sister could enlighten me, they lived there or in Tennessee at that time. hmmmm a thought.

Half-broke finished

This book was great! It told a great story but didn't waste a ton of time on blah-blah. The author, Jeanette Walls, is a journalist by trade so she knows how to tell a story and stick to the point. Nothing frustrates me more than wanting to have the abridged version of a book and this wasn't the case. Turns out that Lily Case and her husband Jim are quite the resourceful and prairie people. It also gives light to the reason their daughter, Rosemary, is the way she is in the book the Glass Castle, which I highly recommend. Two thumbs up! Way up! Oh and Shonna buy the book and get started for heaven's sake. That goes for everyone else. You're gonna love it!

Half Broke -- Half way Through

I'm halfway through the book and so far I think it's a great read. I really enjoy how resourceful and how driven she is. The part with the kerosene and the sheep -- ingenious. I also highly recommend Glass Castle. Where is everyone else and what do they think so far? Roger

The new book is Half-broke horse by Jeannette Walls and would also suggest Glass Castle if you haven't read it, it is a good read. My book is on it's way so we can begin anytime. I'm ready anytime to have a dinner so let's get it going also It is my birthday again this month.....of wait, not my birthday, just two anniversaries. That's something to celebrate if we need it.