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Book Club Discussion: Room by Emma Donoghue

First, my apologies! Even though this is completely embarrassing to admit, yesterday (Thursday, the day we were supposed to discuss this novel) I spent the entire day thinking it was Wednesday. I’m blaming it on the end of the school year. So forgive me for not having this discussion up and ready to go. Now, [...]

Book Club Reminder: Room by Emma Donoghue Next Thursday

Segullah’s book club will be discussing Room by Emma Donoghue next Thursday, May 19th. It’s a relatively quick read, so if you can get your hands on a copy you still have time to finish the novel and join us. Below you’ll find a quick plot summary, borrowed from Amazon.com. I’ve also included a few [...]

On Having It All

*A quick reminder before I begin: Segullah’s book club will be discussing Emma Donoghue’s novel Room on May 19th. You have plenty of time to read (right?). Please join us!* My first baby was born on August 27th—the first day of school in the Jordan School District. Since I was a high school English teacher [...]

The Eighties? Wicked Awesome

A few days ago, my 14-year-old son happened to see some photos from my youth. As he gazed upon his mother in all her big haired, acid washed glory, he said, “Did you guys know you looked kinda crazy back then? Or did you really think all that was totally normal?” “Not only did we [...]

Segullah Book Club Discussion: The Age of Innocence

Today we are discussing Edith Wharton’s classic novel The Age of Innocence. The novel, recipient of the first Pulitzer Prize awarded to a woman, takes place in late 19th century New York City. The plot centers on the marriage of Newland Archer, a lawyer hailing from one of New York’s best families, and May Welland, [...]

Thursday’s Book Club Discussion Questions: Ladies (and Gentlemen) Start Your Pondering!

This Thursday we’ll be discussing Edith Wharton’s classic novel The Age of Innocence. If you’re a quick reader, you still have time to get it read. You can even download the Kindle version for free. The movie version is also free for those of you who have a Netflix account. (But if you do watch [...]

Book Club Reminder: The Age of Innocence, Feb. 17

Just a quick reminder that Segullah’s online book club will discuss The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton on Thursday, February 17. You still have time to read it! I’m in the middle of rereading it right now and savoring Wharton’s expertly crafted prose, rapier sharp wit, and incisive social commentary (commentary on a society—turn-of-the-20th-century [...]

Tiger Mothers, Mormon Mommy Bloggers, and Happiness

By now, I’m pretty sure most of you have read both the infuriating/fascinating Tiger Mother article as well as the fascinating/infuriating Mormon Mommy Blogger article that have been making the rounds over the past couple of weeks. (If you haven’t read them yet, I’m left to assume that you’re too busy berating your children into [...]

Reminders: Book Club and Contests

Hello friends. We’re only a few hours from the end of 2010, and it seems to me that now is a great time to make a resolution for 2011. How about this? Resolved: I will read more classic literature! I’ve actually wanted to do this myself, which is why it seemed like a great idea [...]

“I Just Don’t Have Time for That”

A caveat: I realize this post is a little grumpy. I’d rather write a Segullah post that’s intelligent, or enlightened, or at least pithy. (Ha! What am I thinking? I’m never pithy.) But no. It seems that today, I must whine. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Now, onward! *** There are certain phrases I [...]

Segullah Book Club: Mockingjay Discussion

Today is the day! Our inaugural Segullah Book Club Discussion. We’ll be discussing four books a year here on the blog, and we’re kicking things off with a novel that’s had readers buzzing since its release in August: Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay. Mockingjay is the final book in the Hunger Games series, a trilogy of novels [...]

Book Club Reminder: Mockingjay Next Thursday

A quick reminder to those interested in participating in our first ever book club discussion: we’ll be discussing Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins here on the blog next Thursday, Nov. 18th. You have less than a week to finish reading it, but there’s still time. Anyone who’s read the book is welcome to participate in the [...]

Announcing Segullah’s New Short Short Fiction Contest

Contests in both creative nonfiction and poetry have been sponsored by Segullah for years now, but I’m excited to announce that we’re adding a short short fiction contest to our lineup.

Segullah’s New Book Club. Yes, It’s About Time!

Ever since I joined Segullah three years ago (three whole years? seriously?) I’ve been wanting to form a book club with the articulate, intelligent, book-loving women who frequent this blog. Myself, I’m a book club person. Especially when my kids were small, I looked forward to my monthly book club outing with a little thrill [...]

We Seek After These Things

As I’ve mentioned on the blog, we just moved back to Minnesota after a five year stint in Utah (nutshell: we’re both from Utah, DH went to MN on his mission, came home and married me, we went back to MN in 98 for grad school and stayed for work, said work moved us to [...]

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