The Friday Night Knitting Club

Kate Jacobs "The Friday Night Knitting Club" was the chosen September 2008 book of the month for the Ratted Out Book Club. This book begins slowly and draws you in to the lives of a diverse group of women as seen through the eyes of the main character, Georgia Walker. This book is more about women, friendships, and life lessons than it is about knitting. Yet the art of knitting is as unique, soothing, frustrating, and educational as life is itself. A surprise ending led to much discussion about friendships, love, and life for our book club. I give this book a three star rating and look forward to Jacobs' next book (cooking anyone?).

Blogging "Three Cups of Tea"

"Three Cups of Tea"... This book has been a difficult read. David Relin's writing technique is frustrating and it does not flow as interestingly as it might (although I must admit here that I tend be an impatient reader). Still the story of Greg Mortenson's failed attempt to summit K2 and his subsequent journey to build schools for hundreds of children in Pakistan, is truly amazing. Through determination and sheer stubborness, this one man's accomplishments to provide schools for children is a journey worth taking.

Blogging Books in Ann Arbor

The "Ratted Out" Book Club of Ann Arbor, Michigan consists of a few new empty nesters of Huron High School (Home of the River Rats). Each month we choose one particular book to read, review, and discuss. You don't have to be an empty nester to join us. If you're an avid reader, we'd love to hear from you!

Our book of the month for August 2008 was Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time". Book club members found this book to be intriguing and educational. Although we had some critique of the writer's ability to move a story forward and allow it to easily flow, over all the group agreed this was a good book choice that led to lots of open discussion.