Ranks

Water for Elephants

9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9.3, (me) 8

The Help

8.7, 8.6, 8, 8, (me) 8.5

Art of Racing in the Rain

9, 8.6, 7.5, 9, (me) 8

Finding Water for Elephants

I took a few days to buy this book, which isn't like me...but I found it used at Hastings. Super cheap! I was pleased to find it on a bestseller's table out front (the used copies were in the back). Flipping through the book I saw some great old circus photos (similar to the photo at left) and a list of discussion questions at the end. Sidenote: I will NEVER again even GLANCE at discussion questions. It ruined the end of The Time Traveler's Wife for me, just because I glanced at a question that named their unborn baby. That novel's parallel stories are climaxing toward two things; one storyline is going toward sex, and the married-couple-parallel is moving toward family. They are never sure if they can have a baby because of genetic complications, but the whole time I knew the answer which drove me bonkers! SO! No reading these Qs until I finish the book! Should make for an easy discussion if we run out of topics.

We picked...Water for Elephants!

We had three choices from our February facilitator, and one stood out to me in particular because I had heard of it from people. Everyone seemed to like it, so we ended up going with Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I think the other two choices should stay on the list, though...

I wrote them down...somewhere! When I find it, I'll put them here.