Hi Book club peeps!
Just a reminder that book club is tomorrow!
Hope to see you there :)
-Heather
Monday, November 14, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Book Club Recap 10/18/11
Attendees: Addie, Callah, Denise, Heather, Lauren, Lisa I., Rambo, Rhonda, & Tina (I think that I got everyone, but I may have missed someone and I am sorry!)
Sorry that this recap has been so late! I have been busy, busy, busy!
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin was our first book that we discussed. There were mixed feelings about this book. Some of us really liked it and some of us just thought that the book was okay. Callah said that the book was very predictable and I agreed with her. We all did agree that the book was a fast and easy to read book. We all felt really bad for Larry and for him having to take the blame of two crimes that he did not commit and the life that he had to live because of it. I can't remember what else we talked about it :(
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman was the other book that we read. There were only a few of us that read this book and we didn't really care for it that much. The main character was really self-centered and not a great heroine. I felt like the author was kind of writing about herself in the book and I would be interested to see if she is really like that. Lauren said that they made a movie out of the book that stars Natalie Portman and the movie wasn't good either. The book was easy and fast to read, which made it easier to get through.
After discussing the books we discussed many many things and had some good laughs. A lot of the laughs were because of Rambo and Rhonda. I have to say that since book club I have been much better about flossing more often :) We also learned that Rhonda and Tina are crocheting now and Rhonda brought out a scarf that she had finished. Lisa was able to make the scarf look very nice! Book club was a lot of fun and it was so nice having Tina there, even if it was because Denise guilted her into coming!
Here are the details for the next book club (which is fast approaching!)
When: Tuesday November 15 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
I do have to mention that Christopher was on a walk and saw a brochure on the ground that said that Rebecca Skloot was at CSUN on 10/18 giving a free talk about the book :( I'm really bummed that I didn't know about it and I missed it!
We also decided to not meet in December because of everything that is going on, but we will be meeting in January and we have already picked a book because it is a long one and we need a lot of time to read it!
When: Tuesday January 10, 2012
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
See you soon!
Heather
Sorry that this recap has been so late! I have been busy, busy, busy!
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin was our first book that we discussed. There were mixed feelings about this book. Some of us really liked it and some of us just thought that the book was okay. Callah said that the book was very predictable and I agreed with her. We all did agree that the book was a fast and easy to read book. We all felt really bad for Larry and for him having to take the blame of two crimes that he did not commit and the life that he had to live because of it. I can't remember what else we talked about it :(
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman was the other book that we read. There were only a few of us that read this book and we didn't really care for it that much. The main character was really self-centered and not a great heroine. I felt like the author was kind of writing about herself in the book and I would be interested to see if she is really like that. Lauren said that they made a movie out of the book that stars Natalie Portman and the movie wasn't good either. The book was easy and fast to read, which made it easier to get through.
After discussing the books we discussed many many things and had some good laughs. A lot of the laughs were because of Rambo and Rhonda. I have to say that since book club I have been much better about flossing more often :) We also learned that Rhonda and Tina are crocheting now and Rhonda brought out a scarf that she had finished. Lisa was able to make the scarf look very nice! Book club was a lot of fun and it was so nice having Tina there, even if it was because Denise guilted her into coming!
Here are the details for the next book club (which is fast approaching!)
When: Tuesday November 15 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
I do have to mention that Christopher was on a walk and saw a brochure on the ground that said that Rebecca Skloot was at CSUN on 10/18 giving a free talk about the book :( I'm really bummed that I didn't know about it and I missed it!
We also decided to not meet in December because of everything that is going on, but we will be meeting in January and we have already picked a book because it is a long one and we need a lot of time to read it!
When: Tuesday January 10, 2012
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
See you soon!
Heather
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Book Club This Week Tuesday 10/18
Hello fellow readers! I just wanted to remind everyone that we decided to have book club this week on Tuesday. I know that the reminder is a little late, but hopefully you can make it because it would be wonderful to see everyone!
Here are the details:
When: Tuesday October 18
Where: Rhonda's house at 7pm
What We Are Reading: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
-Heather
Here are the details:
When: Tuesday October 18
Where: Rhonda's house at 7pm
What We Are Reading: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
-Heather
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Book Club Recap 8/23/11
Attendees: Denise, Heather, Lauren, Lisa I., Michelle, and Rhonda. With a special appearance by Cooper.
First, I would like to welcome Lauren to our book club group! Christopher and I know Lauren and her family through some old co-workers of Christopher's. I really like Lauren and she likes to read and run and I thought that she would enjoy our book club. Hopefully, she did like us and wants to continue to come :)
The book that we were discussing was The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. This was a fiction book about Ernest and Hadley Hemmingway and their time together in Paris. Although this book was a work of fiction, most of it was factual. The author did a ton of research about their relationship and looked at a lot of their correspondence and other materials about them and got a feel for how they were and then she added in her own thoughts to how they would have behaved during this time in Paris.
We all liked the book (well Rhonda and Lisa were the only two that finished the book and I was 3/4s of the way done) and thought that it was an interesting read. For me I didn't think that the book was a page turner and when I put it down I could keep it down for awhile and I never had the feeling of, "I can't put this down." The book did make all of us interested in that time period and all of the people involved. It also made us want to read some Hemingway. We thought that Hadley was a very needy person and this bothered Rhonda a bit, but I kind of understood why she was that way because she was so out of place where they were living and who they were hanging out with. One of Lisa's complaints was how she didn't like how the book was told in the first person like an autobiography, but it actually wasn't (if you know what I mean). Rhonda and Lisa also did some private talking about the end, which was very considerate of them! So far my reviewing of the book sounds negative, but we didn't think that the book was that bad!
After and in-between the book discussion we got to hear of a delivery that Cooper did. Denise seemed completely mortified by the discussion! We talked a little about running, chickens, gardening, Rhonda's vacation, and I can't remember what else. Rhonda made this delicious corn salad, which I will need the recipe to. There were these yummy banana cookies and then my favorite Argentinian cookies, yum!
Since the Aedo clan will be out of town for most of September we are going to have our next book club in October. Here are the details:
When: Tuesday October 18
Where: Rhonda's house at 7pm
What We Are Reading: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
I hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
First, I would like to welcome Lauren to our book club group! Christopher and I know Lauren and her family through some old co-workers of Christopher's. I really like Lauren and she likes to read and run and I thought that she would enjoy our book club. Hopefully, she did like us and wants to continue to come :)
The book that we were discussing was The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. This was a fiction book about Ernest and Hadley Hemmingway and their time together in Paris. Although this book was a work of fiction, most of it was factual. The author did a ton of research about their relationship and looked at a lot of their correspondence and other materials about them and got a feel for how they were and then she added in her own thoughts to how they would have behaved during this time in Paris.
We all liked the book (well Rhonda and Lisa were the only two that finished the book and I was 3/4s of the way done) and thought that it was an interesting read. For me I didn't think that the book was a page turner and when I put it down I could keep it down for awhile and I never had the feeling of, "I can't put this down." The book did make all of us interested in that time period and all of the people involved. It also made us want to read some Hemingway. We thought that Hadley was a very needy person and this bothered Rhonda a bit, but I kind of understood why she was that way because she was so out of place where they were living and who they were hanging out with. One of Lisa's complaints was how she didn't like how the book was told in the first person like an autobiography, but it actually wasn't (if you know what I mean). Rhonda and Lisa also did some private talking about the end, which was very considerate of them! So far my reviewing of the book sounds negative, but we didn't think that the book was that bad!
After and in-between the book discussion we got to hear of a delivery that Cooper did. Denise seemed completely mortified by the discussion! We talked a little about running, chickens, gardening, Rhonda's vacation, and I can't remember what else. Rhonda made this delicious corn salad, which I will need the recipe to. There were these yummy banana cookies and then my favorite Argentinian cookies, yum!
Since the Aedo clan will be out of town for most of September we are going to have our next book club in October. Here are the details:
When: Tuesday October 18
Where: Rhonda's house at 7pm
What We Are Reading: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
I hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Book Club Next Week Tuesday 8/23/11
Details:
When: Tuesday 8/23 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
When: Tuesday 8/23 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Book Club Recap 7/26/11
This was one of our least attended book clubs, but it was a really good one!
Attendees: Callah, Heather, Lisa I., & Rhonda with appearances by Cooper and Raven
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan was our book that we discussed this go around. We all liked the book overall, but we had a lot of gripes about it too. We thought that the book was more like reading a whole bunch of short stories that never "tidied" up the storyline. We found that when reading a chapter we would get really invested in the characters only to have the chapter end and not find out what happened to all of the characters or we would want to know more information about them that was never revealed. Since the stories did go backward and forward in time and were each told from a different person's perspective it was sometimes hard to remember characters that would appear in different stories. Since some of us read the ebook we found it difficult not to be able to go back and search as easily to see who a person was. A lot of our discussion was trying to figure out what event happened when in the storyline. We all did agree that the book was easy and fast!
The next part of our book club was the best part. First, we talked about Rhonda's dog business and she showed us her new logo that she had made. It looks awesome and we really hope that Rhonda's business succeeds! I think when we were trying to come up with our next book Callah started talking about how her ex sister-in-law is writing a book about her ex-husband's family that she would want us to read when it comes out. Callah started to tell us stories about the family and her ex-husband that were crazy! It will definitely make for a very interesting read. When Callah was talking about these stories it was discovered that Callah's ex-husband worked for Lisa's dad! What a small world! Lisa and Callah even figured that they had been to some of the same events and probably met each other previously. The conversations were really interesting and I think that we have some of the best book clubs outside on Rhonda's patio (this is where we got to hear all about Rambo's family). To top of the book club, Callah made this delicious peach crisp! I had two servings!!! I also made some cream puffs that were pretty tasty too.
For our next book club here are the details:
When: Tuesday 8/23 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
I hope that everyone will be able to make it. We miss seeing those who can't come!
-Heather
Attendees: Callah, Heather, Lisa I., & Rhonda with appearances by Cooper and Raven
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan was our book that we discussed this go around. We all liked the book overall, but we had a lot of gripes about it too. We thought that the book was more like reading a whole bunch of short stories that never "tidied" up the storyline. We found that when reading a chapter we would get really invested in the characters only to have the chapter end and not find out what happened to all of the characters or we would want to know more information about them that was never revealed. Since the stories did go backward and forward in time and were each told from a different person's perspective it was sometimes hard to remember characters that would appear in different stories. Since some of us read the ebook we found it difficult not to be able to go back and search as easily to see who a person was. A lot of our discussion was trying to figure out what event happened when in the storyline. We all did agree that the book was easy and fast!
The next part of our book club was the best part. First, we talked about Rhonda's dog business and she showed us her new logo that she had made. It looks awesome and we really hope that Rhonda's business succeeds! I think when we were trying to come up with our next book Callah started talking about how her ex sister-in-law is writing a book about her ex-husband's family that she would want us to read when it comes out. Callah started to tell us stories about the family and her ex-husband that were crazy! It will definitely make for a very interesting read. When Callah was talking about these stories it was discovered that Callah's ex-husband worked for Lisa's dad! What a small world! Lisa and Callah even figured that they had been to some of the same events and probably met each other previously. The conversations were really interesting and I think that we have some of the best book clubs outside on Rhonda's patio (this is where we got to hear all about Rambo's family). To top of the book club, Callah made this delicious peach crisp! I had two servings!!! I also made some cream puffs that were pretty tasty too.
For our next book club here are the details:
When: Tuesday 8/23 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
I hope that everyone will be able to make it. We miss seeing those who can't come!
-Heather
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Book Club Next Week Tuesday 7/26/11
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to send out a reminder that book club is going to be in one week! Next Tuesday 7/26 at 7pm at Rhonda's house. We are reading A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
I hope to see lots of our long lost members there (and of course I look forward to seeing the regulars!).
-Heather
I just wanted to send out a reminder that book club is going to be in one week! Next Tuesday 7/26 at 7pm at Rhonda's house. We are reading A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
I hope to see lots of our long lost members there (and of course I look forward to seeing the regulars!).
-Heather
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