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I truly believe I have the most wonderful friends. In an effort to stay connected while I was abroad and also satiate our love of books, reading and knowledge, a group of friends and I maintained a BOOK CLUB!

The goal was to read a new book together every two months or so. We found it nice to know that we were reading a book together, that we could reach out to one another on our thoughts regarding the novels and that we were encouraging each other to keep reading. Once we all finished the book, we engaged in a group phone call and looked forward to the next book and chat.

WE LAST READ:

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by GAIL HONEYMAN

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SUMMARY

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No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. 

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Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. 

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But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .
 
The only way to survive is to open your heart. 

Books I Read During Service

  • Mastiff by Tamora Pierce

  • So Long a Letter/ Une si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ

  • Dear IjeIjeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Adichie

  • Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie

  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett

  • True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness by John Cuddeback

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

  • The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

  • Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

  • The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

  • Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah -- Read. This. Book!

  • Unbowed by Wangari Maathai -- Phenomenal.

  • Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (A beautiful re-read the second time around!)

    • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson​ -- Incredible, just incredible. And a tear jerker. Watch his TED Talk, "We need to talk about an injustice."

  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi -- This book should be mandatory for all high school students.

  • Becoming by Michelle Obama -- A queen.

  • Between the World and Me by Tanehesi Coates

  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

  • The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon

  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan - Talk about a satire!

  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - Very well done feminine perspective on the Bible. Highly recommend.

  • The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller

  • The Parade by Dave Eggers 

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