Taking Turns

Okay, it's time for a new book. Since Jaime picked the last book, she will naturally be at the end of this list. I'm going alphabetically, with the exception of Jaime because we originally started with the list by couple rather than individual. So, here's the order:

Gary
KarieAnn
Mom
Roger
Sheryl
Shonna
Stacey
Jaime

Bryan and Jim are not on the list because they haven't expressed an interest so far. If that should change, we can add them to the end of the list. (I know Bryan read Train to Potevka, but I don't know if he's interested in participating enough to choose a book.) So, it's Gary's turn now. Can't wait to hear what it is. If you need to pass on your turn for any reason, just let everyone know.

Love to all!

Ta Freakin DA!!!! We're DONE!!!

Announcement. Gary and I have officially finished "Atlas Shrugged". It was 1069 pages long and took us 17 months to complete. HOORAY!!!! Course we read all those other books at the same time last year so that really isn't such a horrid time frame...right? Now we can start in with the book club again.

While I don't agree with the author's (Ayn Rand's) philosophy or morals, I'm glad we read the book. I'm glad we stuck with it and read the entire thing together. It's interesting to read other books and see what others believe. I won't recommend this book to anyone. She is WAY too wordy. She could have cut the book in half by eliminating sentences like, "John held himself in a way that exuded confidence, but not the kind of confidence one might normally find in every day life. It was the kind of confidence that says you are happy to be alive for the sake of being alive. That you enjoy every ligamental movement of your scapular artery in the subquantext of your lean mean freakin' muscle machine...that you move for the sake of moving. That you enjoy the...."

If you are saying "What the?" then you are in the same boat we were half the time we read it. Sometimes we just burst out laughing at the absurdity of it all. Anyway...