Oprah's book club pick

So I decided to give it a go. I'm reading A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, and I joined Oprah's online class which begins on March 3. I am currently on page 49, and I have already highlighted so many points. It's amazing to me how much common sense is written here, just in a different light. Anyone who has read The Secret or other spiritual books can probably find the similiarities.

I have to finish this book before the class starts so I need to find more time to read! I'm also hoping to squeeze in Garden Spells before then too.

Oprah's book club

I'm almost halfway through Crow Lake by Mary Lawson; and so far I'm liking it. It was a book club pick on the Today Show, but I've heard very conflicting reviews of the book.

If you noticed on my list of 101 books, I do have a few older and more recent picks from Oprah's book club on my list. I'm a faithful viewer of her show, and when she announced her new pick on the January 30th episode - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle - I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. Then I thought well, I really wanted to challenge myself this year, so I picked up the book today, and I already joined the online class that she and the book's author, Eckhart Tolle, will be teaching on Mondays beginning March 3. I must say, her choices are getting more and more eclectic, but that's okay. I really think people should step outside of their normal genre every now and then and really challenge themselves. Will anyone else be reading this pick and joining the online class?

3 more books to add to my list...

Yes, I admit, I hoard books. I just can't seem to stay away from bookstores! Thankfully I still have a gift card for Barnes and Noble from Christmas, and I have some credit at a local used bookstore. In the past week, I've gotten these 3 books:

• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
• The Dive from Clausen's Pier - Ann Packer
• The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve

I've heard so many great things about the first two books, but I've heard conflicting opinions about Shreve's book, which was an Oprah Book Club pick back in 1999. I read Shreve's A Wedding in December 2 years ago, and absolutely hated it. What compelled me to pick up The Pilot's Wife, I have no idea. I hope it's worth it!