Okay ladies! We are terrible about chatting up a book after we've read it! Here's what I thought about Zippy and I want to know what you all liked. What was your favorite part?
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And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith; - D&C 109:7
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ~Edmund Burke
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- January: Annette
- February: Emily
- March: Joanna
- April: Tricia
- May: Nancy
- June: Annette
- July: Emily
- August: Joanna
- September: Tricia
- October: Nancy
- November: Annette
- December: Emily
Now Reading...
Thanks Joanna! Our book for the month of August is: Austenland by Shannon Hale. Don't forget to pick it up!
What We've Read...
- The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
- The Alliance by Gerald Lund
- Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Marley and Me by John Grogan
- The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
- The Covenant by Beverly Lewis
- All Moms Go to Heaven by Dean Hughes
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
- It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village by Colleen Down
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Contributors
- Annette
- Emily
- Hailey
- Joanna
- Nancy
- Tricia
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Rule #2: Keep it clean. We're all ladies here...
Rule #3: Keep it fun and insightful.
2 comments:
Okay, I thought this book was pretty funny, too. I also thought it read like Junie B. Jones--only better because it wasn't made up stuff. At first I thought the chapters were pretty random, but then I could see it all fitting together. My favorite chapter by far was the one were her dad gets all the dogs howling and barking in the backyard. I laughed and laughed over that one. Also liked when she eats all the carrots and then goes down to the diner and throws up evrywhere.
My favorite paragraph would have to be this:
"The last entry (in her baby book) is dated four months before my third birthday: This weekend we went camping. After dinner little Zippy was running in circles around the campfire, drinking from her bottle, and Bob decided she'd had it long enough. He walked over to her and said, 'Sweetheart, you're a big girl now, and it's time for you to give up that bottle. I want you to just give it to me, and we're going to throw it in the fire. Okay?' This was met with many protests from Danny and Melinda and me; we all felt that there was no call to take something away from one who has so little. The baby looked at us; back at her dad, and then pulled the bottle out of her mouth with an audible pop, and said clear as daylight, 'I'll make a deal with you.' Her first words! Bob didn't hesitate. 'What's the deal?' She said, 'If you let me keep it, I'll hide it when company comes and I won't tell no-body.' He thought about it for just a moment then shook his head. 'Nope, no deal.' So she handed over the bottle, and we all stood together while Bob threw it in the fire. It was a little pink bottle, made of plastic. It melted into a pool.
Now that we know she can talk, all I can say is: dear God. Please give that child some hair. Amen"
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