The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love: A Novel by Beth Pattillo

The Sweetgum Ladies Knitlit Society meet once a month to discuss books and knit. This month's theme is love and to knit an item that goes with each book. Each of the members have had their share of life's up and downs. Each of their circumstances dealing with either loss or finding new love or friendship. All in all the ladies unknowingly help each other through the good times and bad times in life. A really nice story and well worth the read. This book will be released for sale on June 2, 2009.

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

Question: In Doris Lessing's novel, The Golden Notebook, writer Anna Wulf suffers from writer's block. She claims that world events have overwhelmed her until she feels that her words are an insignificant weapon against the injustices and tyrannies of the present day. How do you feel that this sort of writer's block may have affected writers - and novelists in particular - after the terrorist attacks on 9/11?

Books to be discussed

The beginning books to be discussed are:

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier


• Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky


• Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay


• The Golden Notebook by Doris May Lessing

Have you read one of these books? Tell us what you thought of it! Did you like or dislike it? Why or why not? Would you recommend the book you read to a friend?