Where's my Book?

Don't get me wrong, I love a deal. I have often ordered and happily received a book from Amazon that's in good, even great condition. Granted it does take a whole lot longer to hold the book in my hands than downloading it on my Kindle, or running down to my local book store. Buying a book on Amazon is usually a whole lot cheaper, and because I procrastinate, my book club buddy has surely run down to the local library to get the only copy on hand of the next book we are reading.


So I was feeling great that I got our new book club selection for $2.00 (plus shipping, of course). I was also feeling kindly in that I pick a vendor that was new and felt good helping someone out towards making their first book sale. But I'm still waiting for my book :/ Amazon had to contact me to tell me - Hey, where's your book? Do you think you might want to e-mail the seller and ask them? Well, not really- I just want to order my book on my phone while I'm waiting in the truck for my husband to pick up some more paint for the house, and several or more days later open my mail box and get all happy that I have a new book to read!


Well, I did e-mail the seller and no response to date. Yes, I'll get my money back and be a little more careful about picking a seller, even if I have to pay a few bucks more. Our book club meets on April 21st, so I'm pretty sure I'm adding a new selection to my Kindle very soon.


By the way, the book club selection is "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai. Here's a  2006 New York Times review of the book by Pankaj Mishra http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/books/review/12mishra.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

The Start

Our first book club meeting was held on December 7, 2002 with four members present. I can't remember how we selected the book, but we choose to read Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor, and it was discussed on January 18, 2003, with all 7 members ( at that time) present. I do remember having a fairly lively discussion about the book, with some members comparing the characters experiences with that of their own families, and how they relocated from Mexico to live in California. We seemed to agree that the experiences written about before the family came to reside in California grasped our attention much more and slowed for us after that.

Since reading this book, we decided to stick to fiction when ever possible. Don't most book clubs?

Book Club

It's been 7 years now and the Brown Eyed Girl's Book Club. I plan to document over at least the next year the goings on with the club. The meetings can be entertaining or at least very loud and long and often involve the consumption of several bottles of wine. I will note the books we read or attempt to read, and try to figure out how we can be a better group of readers as well as friends.

We meet again on April 3rd and will be discussing "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.