Ah, the excitement of beginning a new book. It’s like a journey to a different place, one you’ve never been to before. You have ideas about it, you’ve heard stories from others who’ve been there before, or in this case read it before, but you have never experienced it yourself and you are so anxious to get started. I love that feeling and I love finding a new find in the characters we read about. With that said, read on Lonely Minds…read on!
I loved the opening paragraph in Lady Chatterley’s Lover: “Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habits, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”
As effective and true today as it, apparently, was in the 1920′s. I hope everyone is enjoying this journey with Lady Chatterley and her lover. I’m looking forward to seeing your posts.
Next meeting is April 7, 2010. Next book is the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover. Happy reading…Daria
