Three Cups of Tea

Classic City Readers April Selection:
Title: Three Cups of Tea
Author: Greg Mortenson
Year Published: 2006
Place on the top 100: "Our Choice" book
Awards Won: Includes Time Magazine Asia Book of The Year, People Magazine – Critics Choice, and Publisher’s Weekly – Starred Review.

The book describes Mortenson's transition from a mountain-climber to a humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and educating girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He did this by co-founding the "Central Asia Institute," which has built over 78 schools in the most remote areas of the countries

Discussion Meeting: Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 7pm
Host: Anna
Discussion Leader: Leasa

Publishing Meeting Results for April-July 2009

At our March meeting we decided that from now on, we will choose 3 books from the Top 100 list, and 1 book not on the list but that we believe should be/will become a classic. Here are the books we chose:

April: Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson ("our choice" book)
Discussion Leader: Leasa
Host: Anna
Meeting: Friday, April 24 @ 7pm

May: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Discussion Leader: Jenika
Host: Liz
Meeting: Friday, May 29 @ 7pm

June: Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Discussion Leader: Anna
Host: Leasa
Meeting: Friday, June 19 @ 7pm

July: Sophie's Choice, by William Styron
Discussion Leader: Megan
Host: Nayely
Meeting: Friday, July 31 @ 7pm

Of Mice and Men

Classic City Readers March Selection:
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
Year Published: 1937
Place on the top 100: 12
Awards Won: It was chosen as an official 'Book of the Month Club' title before it was even published; number 4 on the list of Most Challenged Books of 21st Century.

Two migrant field workers in California's Salinas Valley during the Great Depression—George Milton, an intelligent and cynical man, and Lennie Small, an ironically-named man of large stature and immense strength but limited mental abilities—come to a ranch near Soledad southeast of Salinas, California to "work up a stake." They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream, which he never tires of hearing George describe, is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm. George protects Lennie at the beginning by telling him that if Lennie gets into trouble George won't let him "tend them rabbits." They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed where they were run out of town after Lennie's love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched a young woman's dress.

Discussion Meeting: Friday, March 20, 2009 @ 5:30pm
Host: Jenika
Discussion Leader: Nayely