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Leif Enger reminded me of a great quote from Huck Finn when he was here signing So Brave, Young and Handsome, 

Atlantis Book Club book, Three Cups of Tea, was featured this morning on Karen Brown's radio program, Mississippi Edition. This Mississippi Public Broadcasting show airs each morning from 8:30-9 o'clock and features Mississippi news. Don't forget Atlantis will be meeting this afternoon at 5 to discuss Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Peguin Books, 2006, $15.00

The store's book club, appropriately named The Lost Book Club of Atlantis, meets the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 pm, and this upcoming Thursday, we will be discussing one of my favorite reads, Three Cups of Tea.

I first read this book when it was released in 2006 and LOVED IT! I am re-reading it now, and I am catching things this time around that either I didn't catch on the first reading or I simply have forgotten. It is a true story about Greg Mortenson, who was an avid mountain climber. In 1993 he was in Pakistan trying to climb K2 and on the way down he got lost. He ended up in a very remote village and was taken in by these amazingly hospitable villagers. He soon realizes that this village and many, many more like it have no basic schools for the children. So instead of drowning in depression for his failed attempt at K2, he makes it his life's mission to build a school for this village.

I don't want to spoil the story for you if you haven't read it, but I do recommend that you pick this book up and read it. I guarantee you will enjoy it! If you are in the neighborhood, we would love for you to come to our book club group this Thursday.

The Lemuria book club, Atlantis, is taking a break this February but will pick back up in March with a meeting about Geraldine Brooks' novel, People of the Book. Below, is a list of the Atlantis book club meetings for the spring:

Eat Pray Love is the current book for Atlantis (Lemuria’s Book Club), and I felt that though it is not a new one, this remarkable little book deserved a review. After her marriage finally collapses in on itself, Gilbert finds herself desperately seeking spiritual guidance and more importantly, happiness. She decides after a series of coincidences (or divine intervention? she wonders) to spend a year abroad, in search of love, happiness, spiritual guidance, and well, everything (hence the subtitle). Often laugh out loud funny, Eat Pray Love is a great book to fall into; Gilbert is a natural storyteller whose frequently hilarious and moving anecdotes keep this from being just another travel book. - Ciel Dafford