Book Club Ideas for "Station Eleven" {by Emily St. John Mandel}

Wow...we had the most amazing time at our Station Eleven Book Club meeting.

 We planned things right having our meeting outside in the warm summer air which created the perfect ambiance for our discussion.

Part of this book follows "The Traveling Symphony" as they perform Shakespeare in different "towns" along their travels. We put up a couple small tents in Kellie's backyard to symbolize their life on the road. If you don't have your book club outside, you could still set up a small tent inside and achieve the desired effect. The exact tent which is shown on the cover of the book would be a bell tent but no one we knew had one we could borrow. (One can dream right?)

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Food Ideas for "Station Eleven" {by Emily St. John Mandel}

We read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel this past month.

The whole idea behind this menu was to think organic camping food. In the book there is a group of traveling actors and musicians that go from town to town performing for the people and bringing art and music to help lift their spirits. They are called "The Traveling Symphony".  So I wanted to do the food based around them. What would "The Traveling Symphony" eat while on the road. I wanted everything to be homemade, organic from a garden or scavenged from a house.

Book Review for "Station Eleven" {by Emily St. John Mandel}

TITLE OF THE BOOK: Station Eleven                                                                  

AUTHOR: Emily St. John Mandel                                                

PUBLISHER: Knopf

NUMBER OF PAGES: 336

YEAR PUBLISHED: 2014

READING LEVEL: Adult

GENRE: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic

                                                                  

SUMMARY: Station Eleven is a novel that moves back and forth through time. It spans over decades before and after the Georgia Flu hits, killing 99% of the world’s population in a matter of weeks. It’s the story of many different characters and how their lives are unknowingly intertwined with one another. Including, Arthur Leander, a famous actor and his life before the outbreak. Jeevan the man who tries to save him and how he himself tries to survive. Kirsten and the Traveling Symphony, a small group of survivors who travel though their territory performing Shakespeare to the different communities in the post-apocalyptic world. It’s a beautiful story of love, relationships, hardships, and survival.

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