Member: lmcguirk

I enjoyed Water for Elephants a lot.

posted by Cherylk at 5:20 pm (EST) on Jan 31, 2009

Hi-

You may recall that my daughter is from China. Craig sent me manuscript pages of Lucky Girl to get some early thoughts. I loved it! The story is really fascinating and it is wonderful that she is journalist, because she tells the story so well.

Anyway, I sent Craig my review and decided to post it here already (minus the bookseller talk) in hopes to get some buzz about it. It was hard to sum up in a few sentences, but here you go:

"As the mother of a child adopted from China, I found Mei-Ling Hopgood's Lucky Girl an enlightening look at some of the things my daughter may face as she grows older. But even more than that, as human being, I found Hopgood's honest questions about family and the world we live in very refreshing. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always thoughtful, I cannot wait to share this wonderful memoir with friends and our customers."

Nancy

posted by alphaorder at 11:34 am (EST) on Nov 8, 2008

Thank you, Lindsey! Twas a happy Monday to come home and find a PACKAGE! And it is THE MUSIC TEACHER from you! Thank you so much and as soon as I finish living with Edgar Sawtelle (well it seems like it and I love it but it is long and with grades due this week, my reading time is cut somewhat) I shall start the music teacher. Have a great evening and you certainly made my day special!

posted by Kanellio at 6:20 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2008

Thanks for the invite, but I've a lot on right now- no spare brain cells for more discussions! I do think that having a group theme like this is fantastically brilliant. Best of luck to the group!
Miss Woodhouse

posted by MissWoodhouse1816 at 7:39 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

Thanks for the invitation. I think I would like discussing books with this group.One of my favorite books is Water for Elephants and I was hooked before everyone else heard about it. I was a one woman cheering squad all over school. TTYL Donna

posted by WisteriaLeigh at 6:51 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

Thanks for the invitation. The books we share are some of my faves. If I don't already own them, they are on my wish list. Eerie! Looks like this is the right place for me.

posted by Jooly at 2:20 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

Sorry you just got tagged as a spammer. It would expire soon anyway, but I'll make sure it does now.

posted by timspalding at 1:21 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008