Here is the list of names of who gets to pick our monthly book!
Lisa -- September
Rhonda -- October
Michelle -- November
Tania -- December
Alissa -- January
Tina -- February
Laura -- March
Heather -- April
Julie -- May
Then we start all over!
Monday, August 1, 2016
July Book Club Recap
Attendees: Alissa, Julie, Laura, Lisa, Raven, Rhonda, Tina, and me via Skype.
The books we discussed were:
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The books we discussed were:
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Since I am way behind on this recap I think that the general consensus was that we liked the books, but they were not our favorites. We didn't talk about the ending of The Nest because there were still a couple of people that didn't finish and I think that would have been a good topic to discuss. Furiously Happy made Rhonda more anxious, but I think that for those of us (myself and Raven) that have anxiety it was nice to read about someone that has it worse. It was also felt that the first part of Jenny's book was funny, but then it just became a lot of the same thing over and over again.
Here are the details for next book club!
When: Wednesday August 4th at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's Casa
What we are reading: All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu
It is Lisa's turn to pick next!
Happy Reading!
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
March Book Club Recap
Attendees: Alissa, Julie, Lisa, Laura, Michelle, Rhonda, Tina, and me via Skype :).
First, I have to say that seeing you all outside and some of you in short sleeves made me very jealous! I look forward to the sun and heat coming this way (although it was sunny and warm today!).
The book that we discussed this meeting was The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.
Everyone in book club had read this book! Julie and myself previously read this book and we needed a refresher on what the book was about since it had been awhile. Michelle did an excellent job summarizing the book and all of the characters. We all really enjoyed the book and like Liane's writing. Michelle said that she figured out the secret right away, but there were others that didn't know what the secret was right away. We all felt really bad for the Colin (I can't remember if that name is right) character because he really got the short end of the stick for the whole book. Some members thought that the story of woman that left her cheating husband and went back home didn't fit that well into the book and could have been left out. We figured that Liane put her in because she likes to weave different stories together and that was one that she could do.
I read this book soon after reading two of her other books and it was too much for me. I think that her books are very similar and kind of remind me of Jodi Picoult's novels and one should read them spaced out, so that they don't get burned out on them :). Rhonda did mention that she thought it was really shitty that the one lady that gets pregnant at the end and doesn't know who the father could be didn't tell the PE teacher (Colin?) that it could be his.
We talked about Rhonda's new company, Tuscan Women Cook and it sounds exciting! Michelle talked about a vacation that her and Tania will be going on together. There was Girl Scout cookie talk, Julie talked about visiting her daughter after she has the baby, which is very exciting! At about this time I disconnected so I'm not sure what other fun conversations were had!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Wednesday April 13th, 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Laura and I are currently reading this. It is a Swedish book that has been translated and I believe that you pronounce "Ove" as "Ooo-va" (at least that is how I think the audiobook pronounces it).
First, I have to say that seeing you all outside and some of you in short sleeves made me very jealous! I look forward to the sun and heat coming this way (although it was sunny and warm today!).
The book that we discussed this meeting was The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.
Everyone in book club had read this book! Julie and myself previously read this book and we needed a refresher on what the book was about since it had been awhile. Michelle did an excellent job summarizing the book and all of the characters. We all really enjoyed the book and like Liane's writing. Michelle said that she figured out the secret right away, but there were others that didn't know what the secret was right away. We all felt really bad for the Colin (I can't remember if that name is right) character because he really got the short end of the stick for the whole book. Some members thought that the story of woman that left her cheating husband and went back home didn't fit that well into the book and could have been left out. We figured that Liane put her in because she likes to weave different stories together and that was one that she could do.
I read this book soon after reading two of her other books and it was too much for me. I think that her books are very similar and kind of remind me of Jodi Picoult's novels and one should read them spaced out, so that they don't get burned out on them :). Rhonda did mention that she thought it was really shitty that the one lady that gets pregnant at the end and doesn't know who the father could be didn't tell the PE teacher (Colin?) that it could be his.
We talked about Rhonda's new company, Tuscan Women Cook and it sounds exciting! Michelle talked about a vacation that her and Tania will be going on together. There was Girl Scout cookie talk, Julie talked about visiting her daughter after she has the baby, which is very exciting! At about this time I disconnected so I'm not sure what other fun conversations were had!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Wednesday April 13th, 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Laura and I are currently reading this. It is a Swedish book that has been translated and I believe that you pronounce "Ove" as "Ooo-va" (at least that is how I think the audiobook pronounces it).
Happy Reading!
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Monday, February 29, 2016
February Book Club Recap
Attendees: Michelle, Tina, Lisa, Laura, Julie, Raven, Alissa, and Rhonda.
The Japanese Lover was liked by all. We all really enjoyed the twist it took with the husband turning out to be gay.
We also liked all the little love stories in the book, the sister and her American guy, the grandson and Irina. A couple of us didn’t care for the sexual deviant part of Irina's story however, it felt sort of gratuitous.
Otherwise we talked about Alissa’s daughter selling girl scout cookies and the best news of all is that Julie’s daughter (who lives in NY) is pregnant! Julie has been waiting patiently for that news since they’ve been married like 5 years now.
Here are the details for the March book club:
When: Wednesday March 16th, 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What we are Reading: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Here is a list of who will be picking our books for this year:
March--Laura
April--Heather
May--Julie
June--Rhonda
July--Michelle S.
August--Tania
September--Michelle B.
October--Alissa
November--Tina
December--New member or we start over with Laura :)
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