ANA Book Club?

[CHD63]

Kay .....

I think it has varied from book to book, because some people had already read whatever was chosen and others were later finishing reading.  It sounds like there might be only 4 or 5 of us in on this one so I'd vote for waiting a little bit for everyone to finish or agree for us to go on with the discussion.

I started reading it last night ..... finished the first three chapters.  It seems like it will be a fairly quick read so that should speed it up.

Just my thoughts .....

Clarice

[Soundy]

Left Neglected not at library or our Walmart

running to Huntsville tomorrow and will try to persuade driver to pull over at book store

[leapyrtwins]

Could we go with end of the month?

I just started another book, but I think it's fast reading. 

Jan

[Brewers7]

Jan,
     Sounds good to me.
Susan

[luvzmutt]

I would like to join the book club for this book.  I will order it for my Nook.  I just started reading The Help, but I will try to finish this before the end of the month.

~Leslie

[CHD63]

Leslie .....

Great!!  Join in the fun!  "The Help" is a great read, as well.  I was almost afraid to see the movie for fear they would have ruined it, but they did a good job staying true to the essence of the book.

I still have not finished "Left Neglected" either.  It must be a book in big demand because there is an almost three week delay from Amazon.  I got the last copy available from a small library to start reading until mine comes.

Clarice

[Brewers7]

Clarice,
     I loved "The Help."  Since I am a Mississippian old enough to remember those days, I thought that I might be biased.

[Brewers7]

Started "Left Neglected" this week.  Chapter 5.

[Kaybo]

I thought I had responded to this but my life has been a bit crazy the last few days & it's really not surprising I didn't - when I thought I did!!

YES! the end of the moth is fine. How about Friday the 30th?

K 

[Brewers7]

Sure.  Seems like lots of interest.  Should we start a new thread?

[leapyrtwins]

Know the crazy part, Kaybo.

Was in the ER 'til 2 a.m. this morning with my son.  He was hit by a car while riding his bicycle.  No helmet naturally.

The way his friend tells it, he flipped about 4 times before hitting the pavement (OUCH!!!) 
Thankfully both the x-ray of his ankle and the CT scan of his head showed nothing to worry about, so other than a very sore body he's doing fine. 
Maybe being a football player primed him for this ?

30th works for me.

Jan

[Kaybo]

Oh. My. Goodness!! Jan, I am so thankful he is ok!!

K 

[leapyrtwins]

Makes two of us - and I'm hopeful he's learned a lesson.

I'm always telling him he shouldn't ride on busy streets, but you know kids - they rarely listen.

I think this will stay with him for a while; he realizes how lucky he is.

[saralynn143]

Wow Jan. I am so glad he is all right. He was indeed fortunate, or a guardian angel was right there with him.

I recently read a book called "Over My Head" about a doctor who was hit by a car while riding a bike (no helmet). She landed on her head and suffered a traumatic brain injury. She recovered to the point where she can lecture medical students but no longer practices medicine, which is actually nothing short of a miracle considering the severity of her injury.

Not trying to be a scaremonger or anything - but helmets are important!

BTW you are probably right that football primed him - I'll bet the coaches train their players how to fall.

[CHD63]

What a relief that the end result was a sore body and not serious injuries!  Kind of a painful way to learn a lesson.

..... and everyone can just stop with these kid-related emergencies ...... well, any ER trips, for that matter!!

Clarice