Booker Babes is not an exclusive club, but simply a bunch of good friends who enjoy reading and meeting once a month to share their lives and their love of books.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Where Would Your Shack Be?

The Shack by William P. Young--The Product Description from Amazon is as follows: Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.  Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend.  Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into hs darkest nightmare.  What he finds there will change Mack's world forever.  In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?"  The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him.  You'll want everyone you know to read this book!Last Wednesday found our book club eating at a wonderful Mexican restaurant in Washington. We had margaritas, dauquaries, and sodas and enjoyed the tasty Mexican fare.  Following the meal we journeyed to Susie's lovely home.  The Shack by William P. Young was our book to discuss and discuss we did!   No matter the rating we gave the book we all agreed it led to a great discussion.  

This book was Jackie's suggestion and she led the discussion.  We tried using the bear help keep us from speaking all over one another, but our enthusiasm got the best of us and the bear went by the wayside.

Many times some we  were deep in thought.

There were a few tears, but a lot of laughter too!

Susie always shares her thoughts. :)

And we rated the book on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best.
HEY, WHAT'S FRANK DOING IN HERE???  HE'S NOT A BOOKER BABE!  Ahhh, but he did read the book and discussed it with many of us in the lounge.  So, for this month he is an honorary Booker Babe!!  Just wait until we read a juicy one, Frank!