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March 10, 2009
My Cup of Tea
Well, I'm back home and back into my normal routine. For the past two years, that has included a monthly book club/women's group/Bible study. (We really need a name for our group.) Each month one of the members takes turn hosting us for dinner and selecting the book. This time we were hosted by my dear friend Adrianna, who I met during our freshmen year of college at MU (we lived down the hall from each other) and now lives just a couple of neighborhoods over from me (!)
She selected Three Cups of Tea as our bookfor the month. I cannot say enough good about this book. It's the true story of an American mountain climber who builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He starting in the early 90's and he was there (in Pakistan, I think) on September 11. It's not a political book in the sense of Republicans or Democrats, but I love its message of how education, not military action, is only way that we can ever have peace in the world.
For dinner we had some yummy couscous and hummus and pita. The point of the meal was to go along with the theme of the book, but it was no goat entrails and rancid yak butter tea. (You would have to read the book to know what I'm talking about.)
Of course, no book club is really all about the reading (or even the food!) Since we started, we have three new unofficial members! Here are the two that graced our meeting tonight (although one of them had a6:30pm bedtime so he didn't stick around too long.)
Posted by zarah at March 10, 2009 7:50 PM
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What a great club. I have that book from paperbackswap.com. Sounds great. I'll have to get going on my other books so I can read it.
Posted by: Nell at March 15, 2009 5:09 PM
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