The Joy of Reading

I made myself a promise. A promise I intend to keep. A promise, I told myself that is only a little self indungent, but good for my soul. I promised to read at least one book a month. How ever shall I keep myself at task? I know I will start a book club! I am a genius! So I gathered my beautiful girls, Jazzie and Backle, my friend Delda, Backle's friend Kate and together we read. We read Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. All I can say is WOW! What a beautiful book. Sara Gruen mixes the true and the fiction and comes away with one of the most beautifly written books I have ever read. The most exciting part of the read wasn't just reading it was knowing that there was a group of great, strong women out there reading the same words I was reading. Feeling the same things I was feeling... I had something in common with my daughters, my friend, my daughters friend. I could hardly wait until we could come together and talk about what we had all expeirienced. Life behind the scenes in a depression era circus. We all cried, we all laughed, we all grew, we all shared in some way or another our heart, our mind, our soul. So now as we read our next pick, Running with Scissors by, Augusten Burroughs, I again find myself excited and fidgeting away on the couch because I want to discuss this book with someone. I want to talk away into the evening about Augusten and the life he led. I am honored to be in the company of the women who will soon come to my home with book in tow, a bite to share and a common need to wonder why. There are a couple new girls this month and we still have room to grow a little bit. So, if you are out there reading this and you think you might want to join us I would encourage you to hop on the train and ride along. We have only a couple rules. You must be over 21 and free on a Thursday evening. You have to give equal floor time to the incredible women of the group and even if you don't quite like this months book you have to promise to read and come along side as we dive into the world of the written word. I love to read. Why I don't allow myself the time I don't know, but I made myself a promise. A promise I am going to keep. And next month as we pot luck and talk the night away I am going to be greatful I have something in common with such an amazing group of women.