book club books......

ok, so i am plowing through the book club picks......finished the perfect mile yesterday....a quick pageturner, which is surprising for a work of non-fiction....especially one in which one already knows many of the particulars in advance.......like the fact that roger bannister was the first to break the 4.0 minute mile........and i have moved on to ken follett's historical thriller......the pillars of the earth....i must admit that this book reminds me of others set in the same time period (1135, during the english civil war between those who backed empress maud and those who backed king stephen)....the 20-volume brother cadfael series written by ellis peters......and acted out by derek jacobi for british television.......in fact, many of the intrigues from the cadfael series are blended together in this 1000 page novel.......only with a lot more sex and violence than ellis peters ever owned up to.......curiously, the two fellows who suggested this book...for november.....want to do it as a costume event.......with readers dressing up as their favorite character......12th century garb........omg........surely they are joking.......so far these have been good selections.......and i have not had the urge to put either of them down.....in the way that i put down so many books this year......a memory of running....the kite runner.....a long way down.....they are still here...waiting for me to put aside my ambivalence......so many books.....so little time.....