Talk About a Good Book: Drop Dead Healthy

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December 15--Coffee Chat

We had our Coffee Chat yesterday and many of our regular members attended. Some of our favorites from the 2014 book selections included:

Drop Dead Healthy	Jacobs, A.J.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald	Fowler, Therese Anne
Home Front	Hannah, Kristin
Good Dream	VanLiere, Donna
Wild	Strayed, Cheryl
Where We Belong	Giffin, Emily

Some of the books we didn't read for book group but were recommended by members included:

The Book Thief	Zusak, Markus
Century Trilogy	Follett, Ken
Fever Tree	McVeigh, Jennifer
Lei Crime series (on order @ LME Library)	Neal, Toby
The Martian	Weir, Andy

Our next book group meeting will be January 26, 2015 at 3pm in the Turner Room. All are welcome! We will be discussing The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.

Summary: When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life. Books are available at the LME Library desk. Discussion sheets can be picked up from the library or are avialable online.

IMRF Book Club

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has selected Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs as their fifth pick for the IMRF Online Book Club. Our book club read that back in February 2014 and the link to our posts is here.

If you'd like to participate in the IMRF Online Book Club, the link is http://www.imrf.org/retirees/book_club/imrfbookclub_main.html Feedback due date is April 3, 2015.

March 2014--Z by Therese Fowler

Our book group meet on 2/24 and discussed Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs. We had healthy snacks and everyone enjoyed the book.

Our next read is Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. Discussion sheets are available in the library. The online sheet will be available shortly. We'll meet on March 31 at 3pm in the Turner Room.

February 2014 - Drop Dead Healthy

Our next book group meeting will be Monday, February 24 at 3pm in the LME Library Turner Room. Our book selection is Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs. The discussion sheet is available online. All are welcome to attend!

Here is a short summary:
"Drop Dead Healthy teems with hilarity and warmth and pushes our cultures assumptions about and obsessions with what makes good health, allowing the reader to reflect on his or her own health, body, and eventual mortality."