轰轰烈烈的爱 vs. 辗转难眠的夜

I don’t know if anyone sleeps well last night. How could you if you did after such a meeting? I really begin to love these meetings. We have the rare ability in turning any subject comical and hilarious, no matter how serious a subject our target book has.

Anyway let us give Qi our wholehearted thanks for her provocative questions and leadership; we owe our gratitude to Wenan for her up-close and personal “encounter with FLW”.

Big applause to both

Everyone konws April 1 but ...

Do you know International Edible Book Festival is held in April 1 annually? IU's first one was held today in Wells Library.
Here are only a few of them. It was fun to see how those book lovers created something of their favorite books.

Frankenstein

why does "the hotdog in a mug" represent the title?











The secret life of bees









Three cups of tea









One flew over the cuckoo's nest













Life of Pi









The Book Thief









Bible

A love story? A scandal?《Loving Frank》Leading You to a Ture Story of Early 1900

作者带你进入建筑大师Frank 为书中女主人公设计的庄园
Touring Frank for Loving Frank (video)

Taliesin on Wiki (The house in the story)

Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece home, Fallingwater. (it is not related to the story but for reference)
（video）

采访作者

小说第一章

讨论问题

Book Club Wrap-up

雪的思考问题：
“抛夫（妇）弃子”去寻梦是该同情还是该唾弃？
女权运动是否让这个问题的答案不一样？
社会对男人和女人在这个问题上的标准是否一致？
时代的变迁是否让世人的观点有所改变？
你内心深处是否有过女主人公的挣扎，那怕只是瞬间的？
若婚姻不再有爱，该维系还是该松绑？
若婚姻出现问题，你是会放下自尊去宽容去挽回，还是毅然告别，不再回头？
书中女主人公的感情从不觉，到压抑，到萌芽，到发展至最后爆发，你有否象作者一样经历了她的感情旅程？
这本书给你最大的启发是什么？

March is Women's History Month

I found it relevant in reading Loving Frank.

Anything is relevant concerning women :-)

FYI -- another book about FLW

"The Women is a fictional account of Wright's life, from the perspective of the women he loved: the young Serbian dancer Olgivanna; Miriam, the morphine-addicted and obsessive Southern belle; Mamah, whose life ended tragically in a massacre at Taliesin, the home Wright built for his lovers and wives; and his first wife, Kitty, the mother of six of his children. Narrated by a Japanese architectural apprentice named Tadashi Sato, the story is told in reverse chronology, beginning when Wright is an elderly man. "

Listen to the author
Listen/read on New York Times

Review on The Times

大家献给知情人

炼红

你有哲学家的深邃

又有舞者的轻快

你有领导家的大气

又有良友的体恤

炼红啊--

你是我们中间一台迷人的川剧

变不尽的风采

笑开了花

昨晚的读书会大概是最精彩, 最令人难忘的.
东方维纳斯领着我们走过《赎罪》的艰难历程，有困惑，有感慨，更多的是惊叹和深省。

三八妇女节是我们的传统保留节目。今年竹林子给大家一个惊喜。昨晚在回家的路上你是不是笑得合不拢嘴? 到了家还偷着乐？睡梦中笑醒了？

笑啊，笑吧，笑开了花。