Book Club
We had a great time in our 2009 book club reading four great books. So in 2010, we’ll explore and enjoy four more!
The first book of the 2010 Simple Living Book Club is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
Here are the details:
- starting date: the week of January 25, 2010 (exact schedule will be announced soon)
- pages: 390
From the description:
From the author of the #1 bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey’s new bestseller offers precious lessons in creating and sustaining a strong family culture in a turbulent world. No family is free from challenges. But a strong family embodies a problem-solving culture in which parents and children act interdependently, appropriately, and positively. It is a culture that enables all family members to experience the joy, satisfaction, and integrity of living their principles day by day.
In his first major work since The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey presents a practical and philosophical guide to solving the problems, large and small, mundane and extraordinary – that confront all families at one time or another.
With clarity and common sense, Covey demonstrates how the basic principles of the original book are the key to building strong families and strong communities. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families is an invaluable guidebook to the welfare of families everywhere.
Stephen R. Covey is recognized by Time magazine as one of North America’s twenty-five most influential people. He is chairman of the Franklin Covey Company.
Club Guidelines:
• Each week, new questions will be posted for the club’s weekly discussion, specific to the previous week’s reading assignment. You can answer questions, start discussions, and reflect with your fellow readers all the next week, and anytime thereafter. The platform for 2010 will be announced soon.
• While a proactive book club will benefit from timely reading, you should never let the schedule keep you from joining the group. Contribute to the discussion wherever you’re at!
In other words, the reading assignments and calendar are set in stone, but you can join in at any time. Discussions about chapter one will remain posted throughout the entire book assignment.
• The Book Club is open to anyone and everyone, though the discussions and application will be geared towards moms, home managers, and women in general.
• All the book club selections are in the Simple Mom Amazon Shop. By purchasing the books through these links (along with any other Amazon purchases), you’ll support this site. This blog being about simple and frugal living, however, I also encourage you to check your local used bookstores and libraries for these titles.
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Our 2009 reading selections:
- Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver
- Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv
- For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men, by Shaunti Feldhahn
