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A Girlie Evening With A Girlie Book

2007-09-23 18:17

It was a totally girlie evening on 9/17 when we met at Karen’s for our third book club meeting. The book – I Feel Bad About My Neck – calls for girlieness and who better t… Read More

The Alchemist And Us

2007-09-03 20:51

You either love it or hate it – there seems to be no middle ground with this book. Our group was not too impressed with the book. Perhaps, it was too hyped up when it came out or may… Read More

A Thousand Splendid Suns â€“ Our Take

2007-09-03 00:44

Yet another brilliant book by Khaled Hosseini!!! Like his debut (another brilliant) novel – The Kite Runner – Hosseini beautifully and effertlessly guides his readers through th… Read More

The First Meeting â€“ Hooray For Us!

2007-07-10 14:03

July 9th marked the official opening of our book club and we did our first book review of A Thousand Splendid Suns. Almost everything went according to plan. The only things that didn&rsqu&hell…Read More

Sketching The War In Afghanistan

2007-07-07 21:00

Richard Johnson’s blogs from Kanadahr, Afghanistan. His posts stories and sketches of everyday life of Canadian soldiers in Kandahar. Very unique. This is my favourite sketch showin… Read More

A Test Of Afghanistan

2007-07-07 20:23

(No) thanks to mainstream media, we often forget that countries such as Afghanistan – which has become a symbol of a broken and unfixable mess – still have beautiful things. H… Read More

In The Beginningâ€¦

2007-07-04 23:47

Here we are with a new book club which started with an informal book discussion(and got stopped because the kids were interrupting the discussion because it was dinner time. Then we attemp… Read More