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Monday, January 21, 2013

Why I like Book Group . . .

Most of the time we read the most amazing books . . .

But the truth is, most of them I probably would not pick up and read if it wasn't a selection decided upon by the "Book Group".  It's one of my favorite aspects of belonging to a book group . . . that everyone has such different taste in reading adventures, and it's a great experience to find a good book you wouldn't normally have read.

That's how I feel especially about our book for the month of February.


It actually appears to be kind of a long and difficult read . . .


by Candice Millard

And it is 432 pages.  I have been postponing beginning the read . . . I was feeling a little intimidated by the subject and length of the book.

It's described as -
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.

The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.

After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and Brazil’s most famous explorer, Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Roosevelt accomplished a feat so great that many at the time refused to believe it. In the process, he changed the map of the western hemisphere forever.


AND NOW - 

That I"ve started it . . . I can't put it down . . . it really is the most interesting story and it grabbed my attention right from the very beginning.  I'm finding it very inspiring and sparked my interest in Theodore Roosevelt . . . someone whom I previously hadn't found very interesting (shame on me!).

So if you're like me . . . and hesitate to jump into something outside your favorite genre.  I'm going to suggest you give this one a try . . . I highly recommend it!

You can see all the book on our 2012 - 2013 schedule at this blog post!




5 comments:

mCat said...

I think I need to start going back to book club. Certainly need to expand my reading horizons!

Susan Anderson said...

That's one I would never have chosen, either. On your recommendation, I'll have to try it!

=)

Mrs. Tucker said...

MAkes me want to start a book club!

Andrea said...

I love that about book clubs! That one does look good, although I probably wouldn't have chosen it myself. I'll go see if my library has it on their website.

Amy said...

I seriously love that about the book club I belong to as well! We all have different tastes so I'm able to read books I never would have pulled from the shelf otherwise. Thanks for the suggestion!

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