http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had such a good time sharing my experiences with you here at katherinejhan.com. Thanks for sharing with me as I took my first steps into the blogosphere and really started to explore my interest in food, books, photos, art, and ... food. What once started as a subsection of ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/57/ Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/sandstorms/ Read: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html?scp=1&sq=golem&st=cse for now. More to follow. http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/kavalier-and-clay-would-be-so-proud/ As Caroline Bingley once noted (albeit with subversive reasons) as she asked Elizabeth Bennet to walk gracefully with her in circles around the room, a walking companion is a delight. But unlike what Darcy thinks, walking companions are good for more than just the two reasons of sharing a confidence, ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/a-walking-companion/ Sometimes, we find ourselves identifying with characters. Too many times, we wish we couldn't. How do we forgive ourselves? Our parents watch us so carefully when we're children, desperate not to miss a first scream, a first step, a first word, never taking their eyes off us. Yet we do not ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/identification/ A great book sets itself apart in its ability to draw out the subtle truths of the human experience and to prod readers to grapple with them. It forces readers to relive experiences and emotions and it conjures memories that had long been forgotten. And as the characters develop ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/a-spoonful-of-sugar/ Guernica Pablo Picasso, 1937 Have you ever read a book that you really appreciate, but know that you'll never really want to read again? You can see why people are heralding it and it scratches that mental itch, but if someone were to ask you if that were the one book you ... http://katherinejhan.com/bookclub/of-merit/