Frankenstien

We are reading Frankenstein for our book club. What a depression story. Interesting that they call it Horror because it is not scary at all. Half the story is spent with Dr. Frankenstien lamenting that he created the monster. "Get over it and take responsibility for it already!!" lol :-)

The Dr. is a narcissitic jerk if you ask me about it. Whatever. It is interesting to know that the author Mary Shelley was the daughter of some "free thinkers" in the late 1700's. Her parents didn't believe in marriage, though did so because of the children. Then Mary eloped with a married man, and his wife commits suicide. There's more tragedy in her life as well, so I guess the book is a reflection of her life.

What I've taken from it is, if you leave God out of the picture than "anything goes." When that happens, you don't have a good future because God designed the universe and gave us rules for our happiness. If we reject that, then great sorrow is the result, among other things.

This book is a great illustation of what NOT to do with your life.

Book Club

Jor and I are in a Classic's Book Club with some of our Home School friends. It has been fun to discuss some interesting (and not so interesting) books. I just love to discuss things with people! Some of the books have been a big snore to me and there have been a few that I just couldn't make myself read. But once I was there for the discussion, that part was GREAT.

We take turns hosting the book club and picking the book off a book list. In October I get to choose and I'm choosing Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton. I picked C. S. Lewis' Weight of Glory last time awhile ago now.

So far we've read: Art of War, Magnificent Obsession, The Law, Lotte's 2nd Treaties on Government, Animal Farm, Screwtape Letters, Alas Babylon and Jane Eyre. It has been an enriching time. We are reading Frankenstein for this month.

Reading is fun, discussing is even more fun.