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I believe I forgot to post our January meeting on Active Rain. This month we read The Poisonwood Bible and enjoyed a lively discussion of the famous novel at our usual place of libations and stimulating conversation, The Coat Of Arms in downtown Portsmouth.

My Portsmouth Book Club has hit the 100 member mark! As I am writing this, we now have 107 members! It is a milestone!

Next month we will be discussing The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett which is a book in my all time top five favorite books. However, the group chose the book, I did not. This is one of my favorite books but I admit, it will be a formidable task to take on such a hearty book for a light and friendly book club. This book is not exactly "light reading". It is a monster, a thousand-pager in type 6 font. So if you are going to come next month, you will want to start reading it now!

You don't have to finish the book to enjoy book club, not at all! And I expect many people not to finish this book. If you do not finish it, expect spoilers at the meeting.

So what is The Pillars of the Earth about? Oh man, what is it not about? The story is historical fiction and revolves around the building of a large Cathedral. There are plots and sub plots, murder, rape, witchcraft, execution, love, romance, and Good Vs. Evil at its absolute best. Ken Follett is one of my favorite authors, he excels at historical fiction but the real difference between him and other historical fiction writers is the fact that Ken can write about ANY time period. Most authors stick to one time period, Mr. Follet can make any time period and location come to life in your mind perfectly. I loved The Key to Rebecca, a WWII spy novel, for example. Great stuff.

I hope to see you there! Please check out out home page: The Portsmouth Book Club

We are truly blessed here in America. Each day there is something to be thankful for unlike other countries around the world. While the economy is bad, we still have our freedom. Today the sun is shining, I'm still able to do for myself and can stand on my own two feet without the help of others.There is food in the cabinets, I can see the beautiful smile on my daughter's face today and hug her tenderly. Sing a song, watch the birds at the feeder. There is much to be happy about. Play with your cat or dog. Read a good book...don't give up! I love the saying, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going!" Get going and find around you the blessings , they are there you just need to be open to them. God Bless.....

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