Busy Busy Busy

Thanks to Laura for picking a really fun book for Halloween!  I think we were all creeped out by Shirley Jackson!  The next book club will be January (meeting poll coming later).  Jody is hosting and has three books for us to vote on:

Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick

Please vote by November 13th here!!

November Book Club

So we did not have a huge turnout for Never Let Me Go...Maybe we did not love this book....  Thanks to Bridget for hosting two times in a row! 

In honor of Hallow's Eve, Laura has picked The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson as our next book.  The next meeting is scheduled for Monday Nov 2nd.  Hope to see you all there!!!!

Next Meeting Sept 28th

Overwhelming 6 votes for Monday Sept 28th.  Bridget is hosting and will give us a location next week.  Hope to see you all there!

September Book Selection... The Winner is:

It was a tie between Never Let Me Go and A Man Called Ove.  Laura randomly drew from a basket (with Kelly observing) and picked Never Let Me Go.   We're aiming for mid-September.  I will send out a meeting poll in a few weeks so hopefully by then everyone has their schedules worked out...

Book Voting for September's Meeting

It was decided we will do a vote for the next book club.    Here are the candidates:

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
The Evelyn Project by Kfir Luzzatto
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman

Please vote for your TOP 2 since it's a long list.  If we have to break a tie after voting, I will randomly pick out from a hat the tied books so we don't have to re-vote. Please vote by FRI JULY 24th!!!   Link to vote:  http://doodle.com/qrvddqkhi2t24wyp

Revealing Our Secrets

Well if you missed the last book club, you missed our discussion of The Husband's Secret which was a long discussion on grief, forgiveness and how well you really know your spouse.  General consensus was that the book was enjoyable read.  It made us a little teary and somewhat confused (too much Berlin Wall).  The next book club selection will be a vote amongst the group.  So please email me (or post on FB) a book you're interested in doing in book club no later than Friday July 17th!  I will get out a poll for you to vote on this weekend.  We're looking to do book club probably mid September......

Thanks again to Bridget for hosting!!!!  We appreciate your hospitality!

July Book Club

The Husband's Secret won! Next book will be Mon July 13th.  Happy Reading!

Summer Book Choice

July Book Club

Thanks to Kelly for an entertaining book choice!  Bridget is hosting the next book club set for July.  We need to vote on the book selection here and the date and time here.

Book Choices are:
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
or
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

Both interesting choices!  Please vote by Tuesday May 26th!  Poll will close promptly Wed 5/27.  We need a quick turnaround time on the vote so we have time to get the book.

And that was fun.....

Thanks to all who could make it out to Chill to talk about the Graveyard Book.  It was a touch noisy but the libations were delicious.  Consensus was we enjoyed the book mostly.  Some quibbles about the ending but in general we enjoyed it.  Kelly volunteered to do the next book club.  She already has a book selected:  North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both by Cea Sunrise Person.  Since we don't have to vote on a book, we're going to try and meet before Memorial Day if it works for everyone.  I'll send a poll shortly!

March Meeting Poll

Please vote by this Wednesday 2/18.  Thanks!
http://doodle.com/9ctk58656nkbhhfm

March Book Selection

Thank you Lisa for picking an inspiring book!  The consensus was the book was moving and powerful.  We voted for our next book at the meeting.  Our next book is Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.  Meeting will be the 2nd or 3rd week of March (before Spring Break).  I will put out a date poll.  We're going to meet at Chill for a martini.....