Dear Oprah: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild Inspired My Book Club First

But it was Oprah’s original book club that inspired my Beyond Busy Global Book Club.

So I guess we’re even. 🙂

The day Wild arrived in the mail from Amazon, I was holding in it my hands looking down at it when I knew I needed to start a book club.

Why?

Because I knew without some peer pressure, I would never get around to reading Wild no matter how much I wanted to.

And I wanted to. So I started a book club.

Surely there must be other women out there, who are beyond busy and have trouble squeezing a little reading into their days, I thought.

And so The Beyond Busy Global Monthly Book Club was born. (Feel free to click on the link and join us.) As of today we are on our fourth book:

First, we read three wildly different memoirs in a row:

Wild, From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed LINK

Some Assembly Required, A Journal of My Son’s First Son by Anne Lamott LINK

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel LINK

And as of today, in June, we will read…IMAGINE: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer LINK

And then, what do you know, Oprah decided to jump on the bandwagon. On MY bandwagon. (This time.)

She decided to reboot her old book club because she was so inspired after reading Wild.

Well I can’t blame her. Here’s my Amazon review on the book:

The Archetypal Heroine’s Journey of the 21st Century For Every Woman, Young or Old

See the review on Amazon (Feel free to “Yes” it if you find it helpful!)

I am thrilled that Oprah decided to follow my lead. If she needs any more ideas, she knows where to find me.

I’ll be right here. Hosting The Beyond Busy Global Monthly Book Club.

Toodles, Oprah!