When Myrtle Creek Library was still a public library back in 2016 there was an announcement for a book club. Unlike Salt Lake county that has several copies of many books, Douglas county had multiples of approximately 8-12 books. I remember the librarian passing a list of suggested titles and a brief description. The most unanimous we for A Light in the Wilderness by Jane Kirkpatrick.
It appeared to be easy reading and we
each took home a copy (I think there were eight of us) and would meet the
following week or two (I don’t remember) and while the storyline did seem
interesting, most of us found the book to be very one dimensional as characters
would be mentioned but not developed. It
wasn’t so hard to keep track of as it just seemed to leave out enough detail
that it was hard to imagine . . . if that makes any sense.
Latitia Carson was buried in Pioneer Cemetery
upon a hill just behind the gas station we often stop to have our car
filled. Roland and I have been to
pioneer cemetery only once. I searched
among the headstones to see if I could find one for Latitia but I did not find
one. Most of the “markers” are unmarked –
bearing a leaf but no other information.
Those that include a name or date are so badly weathered that it is hard
to read (see here).
For the second book we read it was suggested that instead of having everybody read the same thing, why not read something that we would not normally read and each give our review on what we had chosen. The library was then having a book sale and I somehow felt myself drawn to a book called When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eliosa James. I HATE romance novels, I despise them. I picked it up not only because it is a genre I avoid, but because it had a giant font which I thought would be easier to read than most books.
It
was hilarious! I thought it was
anyway. Yes, it did occasionally drop a
hint of grossness but nothing that made me want to vomit (as most romance
novels do). I could read other books by Eliosa
James if that was indeed her style. When
I looked at the review four years ago, it did not seem well favored by her fans
as she had stayed away from her usual.
Okay, that makes sense that I would enjoy something that the avid
romance reader would not.
When
I looked up the Title today it fell under fairytale 2 and I can no longer find
the indecent review which I found before.
But I don’t see the book as a fairytale per se. I think I would have been more disappointed
with it if I had been expecting a fairytale.
I
remember there were a couple that gave reviews and it peaked my interest but
for the most part I didn’t care for the descriptions of the books that the
others had read – nor do I recall any further meetings for the book club that
seemed to vanish quicker than did the library (here)
When
we had first moved to Myrtle Creek Jenna and I had gone to the library all the
time. And then I received my position on
the board. Funny how I plugged for the promotion of voting to save the
libraries and was active as a volunteer for a few months and just stopped going
after a while. I got busy with school and then 2020 took over. I need to go back someday.
