In my last post I brought up choosing books for future meetings by assigning “homework” to it’s members and coming up with a few titles themselves. Well, we didn’t do that, this isn’t because the meeting didn’t go well, because we did get three new members but the last three from the previous month where […]
Tonight is the second meeting of our book club, and depending on how it goes i.e. the turnout we’ll open for compling a list for future picks. If all goes well at the end of the meeting we’ll give “homework” to the group by choosing a few book ideas to bring to the next […]
David Sedaris’s short stories have me laughing out loud with people turning the heads to look. I can just hear them saying/thinking “What’s wrong with that girl?” Nothing is off-limits for this author, his parent’s dog replacing their children, being taught to play guitar by a midget so his father can put a jazz bad […]
Last night, I had my first book club meeting held at my town’s local coffee shop. I guess I should start off by saying how many people took the bait and showed up, (we plastered posters everywhere so had no idea what the turn out to be). Well, to get back on track we had […]
Featuring: Death, A Young Girl, Hiding, A Love Of Books Death serves as our narrator in this chilling novel. He quickly explains that he does not in any way look like the grim ripper that pop culture has perceived him to be, such as wearing a black cloak and carrying a scythe, but instead is […]
My mom and I went down to the coffee shop today where we wish to hold our book club, and gave a presentation to the two owners of the establishment. Here is what we came up with: My mother was elected moderator as she is the most outspoken and able to keep discussion going. We […]
I am in the process of putting together a “real life” book club. I am doing it with a few girls who work at a local coffee shop and will be posting a flier and also hosting it there. This is being done for two reasons, A, I like to read and B, it could […]
First Impressions Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay was incredibly sad and no matter how fictional tears your heart. Impressions While Reading First, I thought Tatiana de Rosnay did a good job describing the backdrop of that time in history. She excelled in getting the point across of these horrid times. Through Julia, we get […]