Book Club: 2nd Steep - Three Cups of Tea

I just read the story you were referring to about Mortenson. I printed out the article too. As a former investigative reporter/journalist, I get a kick out of reading stories like this. I’m more excited to read this than Hunger Games (which is the book I am currently reading)!

@twing – you touch on something that always strikes a chord with me. (Don’t worry, it’s not political.) There are plenty of cases out there like Stephen Glass and Jayson Blair, journalists who opted for fiction instead of journalism. (Or perhaps they were influenced by yellow journalism.) Plus articles can be construed as propaganda, etc. I fought – often against my editor – to be honest and fair. The only time I would “correct” a quote is if someone used poor grammar and it would showcase them in a bad light. This was rare, but it did happen. “It don’t work like that,” would be “it doesn’t work like that.”

I got frustrated at my newspaper when a new hotshot editor took over and had the philosophy that making up a scandal – or overemphasizing a point here and there – was journalism. I reported on a small town, so people would tell me in the grocery store if there was a problem in the paper.

My point is that even though I am a creative writer and a journalist, I always managed to keep the two separate. I’d win awards for creative writing pieces and still write my mundane small town news. This should be a basic philosophy of ALL writers. (I wrote about this for a journalism magazine and had my letter published. You can find it if you google me: Carolynne Fitzpatrick [my maiden name]).

I’ll be following this case to see how it ends up. But it’s my experience that an 89-page investigative report may be pretty accurate.

That is funny, perfect timing! Glad to be relevant today!

I keep hearing about the movie (The Hunger Games) so I grabbed the book on my last Amazon order. :)

So I was thinking of books for next time around. How about these?

Tea Shop Mysteries: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_3?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=tea&sprefix=tea#/ref=sr_nr_p_lbr_two_browse-bin_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Atea%2Cp_lbr_two_browse-bin%3ATea+Shop+Mystery&bbn=283155&keywords=tea&ie=UTF8&qid=1303402619&rnid=2317246011

Sweet Tea & Jesus Shoes: http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Jesus-Shoes-Sandra-Chastain/dp/0967303508/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303402721&sr=1-1
Tempest in the Tea Leaves: http://www.amazon.com/Tempest-Leaves-Fortune-Teller-Mystery/dp/0425242757/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303402827&sr=1-23

I just searched “tea fiction” @Amazon.com and came up with these, plus others.

I’ve read a bunch of them already – all are decent and fun. How about just starting with the first one, Death by Darjeeling?

It’s on!

Should we start a new thread?

Also, I believe the book has a recipe at the end. Perhaps we can try to make the dish and sample, as a reward for finishing the book? Just a thought. :)

I have already read the first chapter!
It is good and right up my alley…

See ya on the new thread!

And, the reward at the end sounds perfect.

I’ve ordered it from the library, but there is someone ahead of me, so I might catch up at the tail end.