Skip the movie and dive into the book...

Book: Children of Men
Author: P. D. James
Question Due: February 27th
All Questions Listed: February 28th
Post Date: March 5
(need an explanation of these dates or information on the book club? Click here)

Why Children of Men: apparently the book delves into the topic of infertility and loss more than the movie where infertility is treated simply as a device for the plot. The book actually comments on how infertility is affecting the people who can't conceive. I thought it would be interesting to hear our reaction to the book and I've set up the book tour for maximum diversity of our responses. Read below...

Barren Bitches Book Brigade List (click on any of the links below on March 5th to take you to a stop on this book tour. Jump from post to post to read a plethora of opinions and thoughts on Children of Men. I will keep adding to this list until 11 p.m. on February 27th. The list is currently open)

Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters (Mel)
The Annex (Josh)
Wishing and Waiting (NCD)
Evil Mommy (Spyderkl)
King Baby (Jessica)
My Many Blessings (Tina)
The Iron Circle (Cathleen)
The Opposite of Knocked Up (Melissa)
Still Passing Open Windows (Carlynn)
Outlandish Notions (Sharah)
The Tragic Optimist (Ann)
Once (Ms. Once)
Infertility Sucks! (S)
Postcards From the Mothership (Danigirl)
My Inconceivable Life (Inglewood)
Beaten But Not Bowed (The Drowned Girl)

Not on the list and want to join? Drop me an email at thetowncriers@gmail.com. You can add yourself up until 11 p.m. on February 27th.

Side note: I bought the book at a used bookstore yesterday for $3! It was in the "mystery" section.

How the book tour works:

(1) leave a comment or send me an email (thetowncriers@gmail.com) saying that you're interested in participating.

(2) like the first tour, I will keep adding to this list of participants so people will know who is participating and where to go to read other reviews on "post day" (March 5). You can add yourself to the list up until February 27.

(3) read Children of Men by February 27 (a little more than 6 weeks).

(4) create a single question that would kick off a discussion (in other words, any question that leads to more than a "yes" or "no" answer where someone can express their opinion) and mail it to me on February 27th (or any time beforehand).

(5) on February 28th, I will post the list of possible questions. Everyone will choose 5 questions off the list and answer them in a blog entry (if we only have 5 participants, we'll all be answering the same questions. If there are more questions, we'll have more variation on the blog entries because people will choose to answer different questions).

(6) on March 5, everyone will post their entry. I will post my answers too and a reminder that it's post day so people can go around and read the entries and comment (start a discussion back and forth in the comments section). I think it will lead to an interesting discussion because even if people haven't read the book, they may have seen the movie and can still comment. Plus, the book speaks to the experience of infertility/loss.