tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19637936826376295422011-07-28T09:06:12.472-07:00Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963793682637629542.post-26769745206303798962009-08-25T15:50:00.000-07:002009-08-25T15:57:15.363-07:00<ul><li>In the novel’s opening, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mma</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ramotswe</span> states that she loves Africa “for all its trials” (p.4). How are these trials analogous to the trials in her personal life?</li></ul><br /><ul><li>As <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mma</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ramotswe</span> wonders if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mma</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Malatsi</span> was somehow involved in her husband’s death and whether wanting someone dead made one a murderer in God’s eyes, she thinks to herself: “It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin” [p. 85]. What philosophy of life is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mma</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ramotswe</span> articulating here? Why do the ongoing daily events of life give her this sense of peace and stability?</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Alexander McCall Smith’s Precious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ramotswe</span> books have been praised for their combination of apparent simplicity with a high degree of sophistication. In what ways does in The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency have the appeal of simple storytelling? In what ways is it sophisticated? What does it suggest about the larger issues of how to live one’s life, how to behave in society, how to be happy?</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963793682637629542-2676974520630379896?l=intoxicatingtitles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963793682637629542.post-61327365936773634182009-08-25T15:46:00.000-07:002009-08-25T15:47:40.832-07:00Describe what makes Charles Wallace so extraordinary. How do these traits both hurt and help him on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Camazotz</span>?<br /><br />What are the various non-linguistic ways in which the creatures in this book communicate with one another? Do you think that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">L'Engle</span> believes that words are ultimately inadequate as a method of communication?<br /><br />What is the significance of the lack of sight among the beast-like inhabitants of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ixchel</span>? What does Meg learn from interacting with creatures that have no eyes?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963793682637629542-6132736593677363418?l=intoxicatingtitles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963793682637629542.post-79115208500263333542009-08-10T13:45:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:53:23.035-07:00Hi Ladies,<br /><br />I am so excited to finally be posting...I won't tell you how long it took me to figure out how to do it. :) It's not hard, I'm just a dork!<br /><br />Just a reminder that our September meeting will be at Patti's Kitchen on the 16th. We will be discussing "A Wrinkle in Time," and "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency." Can't wait to see you and hear what you think of the books.<br /><br />Happy Reading,<br />CF<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963793682637629542-7911520850026333354?l=intoxicatingtitles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963793682637629542.post-33657112980538116422009-01-19T21:41:00.000-08:002009-01-19T22:02:44.282-08:00January-The Kite Runner. Met at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Dupus</span> Boomers. <br />February-Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Meeting at My Office (?)<br />March-Keeping the House. Meeting at ...<br />April-The 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> Wife. Meeting at...<br />May-Catcher in the Rye. Meeting at...<br />June-Twilight. Meeting at...<br />July-#1 in #1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Meeting at...<br />August-A Wrinkle in Time. Meeting at...an undisclosed location. Will be announced by Carey and Jill.<br />September-Someone Knows My Name. Meeting at...<br />October-someone help me out on the Tracy Chevalier novel we picked!<br />November-Skeletons at the Feast. Meeting at...<br />December-Rasputin's Daughter. Meeting at...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963793682637629542-3365711298053811642?l=intoxicatingtitles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963793682637629542.post-10559340753084775072009-01-15T12:14:00.000-08:002009-01-15T12:15:33.657-08:00The bookclub blog is UP!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963793682637629542-1055934075308477507?l=intoxicatingtitles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Intoxicating Titleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442313669172185129noreply@blogger.com0