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the art of having people over, Glen Hansard, and why European women don't hate their bodies
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I finished the audio version of The Calamity Club.
28 hours of audio, to be exact, but it didnāt feel like that at all. This audio version was one of the best Iāve heard in a long time. Each characterās voice was perfectly illustrated on each page by a dedicated narrator, with voice changes for other characters in between. I was never confused about who was speakingāa testament to the narration, which is so important when consuming an audiobook this size.
This made the ending of this book feel exactly that, that I didnāt want it to end. It was that good!
Author Kathryn Stockett is famous for writing the ever-popular bookāturnedāmovie The Help. With The Calamity Club, Kathryn answers the question of what happens when women of the Southern society decide to take back whatās theirs. This features women who rewrite their fate with Southern grit and small-town secrets. It shows how, no matter what we do or where we are, we all can find a circle of family.
The Reading Table Book Club - Begins August 2nd
Have you picked up or downloaded your audio copy of Yesteryear?
We will go LIVE and review what the in-person book club chats are calling āintriguingā , but I need your help with the days and times that would work best for you ā¬ļø
From our conversation in chat, we are looking at the last Tuesday evenings (CST) of the month. What say you?
This past weekend I watched The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan, and I actually liked it. Now let me explain: Greek Mythology is not my thing. I remember in high school and college, we were introduced to The Iliad, The Odyssey, and A Thousand Ships. I donāt think I read either of those books all the way through, and admittedly, I used Cliff Notes to help me write any assigned book report. Thatās how much attention I gave them.
One of the core messages in the movie, I felt, was that sometimes we are not to be removed from the battle, but Someone greater than ourselves enters beside usāhidden (beggar) in plain sight. Which is what gave me the courage to not just put the words I wrote this week into thought but into action.
Here is the best synopsis of The Odyssey. If you havenāt watched it, donāt push play ā Spoiler Alert šØā¬ļø
New posts this week! One about the dreaded question, āWhat Do You Do?ā and about the popular conversation of Going No Contact š
Here we go! Now over to this issue of The Friday Table:
Below the Paywall: What if you were richer than you think?, 8o-year-olds outsmarting us, why European women donāt hate their bodies, antichrists in pop culture, Glen Hansard, whatās being skipped over in streaming plus a whole lot more!