Furiously Happy and Other News

So I sent out the poll to decide the next meeting of book club (the link is in the email I sent and on our FB group. Please respond by 2/21/16.

In some EXCITING news, Laura entered our group into a contest which we won and she got us a free book to review.  I believe we need to do it in the month of April so we got reading Furiously Happy now so we can read the next book which is MOST WANTED, Lisa Scottoline’s upcoming novel.  Thank you Laura! 

Once Laura has the books, we'll get the word out to you all!

Finally, today is Heather's birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!

Brrrr..... Can I get a bufriedo?

Last night we enjoyed some Mexican food while going over in great detail quotes and ideas from John Green's first YA novel.  We mostly liked Looking for Alaska but are definitely ready for something more adult!  Kelly is hosting the next book club in early March.  The book is Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson.  I'll send out a poll for the meeting time.  

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