Wednesday, September 21, 2011

September Meeting Recap

Thank you, Rosie, for graciously hosting us for the kickoff of our book club series for 2011-2012! Everything was delightful, from the Japanese-themed food and drink, to the twinkle lights, to the well-prepared questions to help guide our discussion.

We had a big showing of 13 members, including some new faces. Welcome Carol, Ellen, and Nancy to your first (or possibly second) meeting!

The robust discussion led, as always, to related books that could complement our newfound knowledge of WWII or interesting war/combat accounts, including No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, and Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters. And for those interested in going back to Louie's story, there's always his autobiography, Devil at My Heels.

Our next three meetings are:
We also discussed selecting a love story (in honor of Valentine's Day) for our February book. Two suggestions thusfar are Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonsen or The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. Any other thoughts for February or spring reads?

I've updated our book list with some of the new suggestions we shared for consideration in the future. Looking forward to seeing everyone next month!
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Kicking Off Our 2011-2012 Book Club Season!

Welcome, book club friends!

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful summer. I'm looking forward to hearing all about vacations, books and other summer adventures when we meet on September 20 at Rosie's house (7:30 p.m.) to discuss Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

I've developed this site as an online resource for book club members near and far (Anne!) so we can have our info in one place. Note that this is a public site, so I haven't included any last names, e-mail addresses, addresses, or other personal information. We could make this site private, which would require a password for members to sign in. Vote in the poll to the right if you feel strongly one way or another about public vs. private!

You'll also see a list of books that we've read as a group. I know I don't have an exhaustive list for what we've read - please keep me honest and send along the names of books I've missed and I'll add them to the list.

The What We'd Like to Read list includes titles that members have suggested in recent months. I'll update this section, and the What We're Reading Now section, after each meeting.

Along the bottom of this page you'll see links to other resources for book lovers! If you've discovered any book/reading related sites that you'd like to share with the group, send them to me and I'll post them.

Can't wait to kick off our season next week!
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