This month we had a pretty small turn out, I think its a sign of summer, but it turned out to be successful. Most of us did not get very far in the book. Congrats to Amy Jo for getting the furthest, but we had a really good discussion. If you don't remember, the book was based on an account of a 3-month expedition into the Amazon jungle in 2002 to learn more about the remaining native and uncontacted tribes that lived there. Since no one had gotten through the book, Amy Jo told us some of her favorite parts in the story and a lot about how people outside of the team on the expediditon just didn't care about the people living there and runined their life style, lands and sometimes even killed the people. Our discussion revolved around if we thought the people should be left alone or if they should be contacted. Most of us agreed that contact was inevetiable, but we didn't reach a conclusion of whether or not they should be contacted. We discussed things like how medicine and technology could be brought to them, but at the same time, we would introduce diseases to them that they haven't been introduced to yet. So can there be a balance of introducing them the latest technologies and protecting there lifestyle and culture, or should we try to protect them from the technologies so they can continue with the way they live now? We may have a lot of technologies now, but have our technologies really improved our society, or have they hindered us and helped make a lazy, greedy society? These are just some of the topics we discussed in this months meeting. If you've read any of the book, or even just have an opinion, I'd like to continue the discussion on this, just so that we can all maybe look at it at a different angle and understand everyone's opinions.
Anyways, on to this month's book.
The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star. . . .
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
It sounds like a pretty intiguing book, and might be able to entertain all of us. So lets get started. We have until June 20th at 7 pm to read this one. We'll be meeting again at Carly's new place. Hope to see everyone there.
Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
The only person Cordelia can trust is Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.
It sounds like a pretty intiguing book, and might be able to entertain all of us. So lets get started. We have until June 20th at 7 pm to read this one. We'll be meeting again at Carly's new place. Hope to see everyone there.
