Hello everyone!
I just wanted to send out a reminder that book club is next week. Here are the details:
When: 11/14/12 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
We hope to see you there!
Heather
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Book Club Recap 10/10/12
Attendees: Denise, Heather, Karen (Christopher's sister), Lisa, Raven, Rhonda, Tania, and Tina.
Due to having so much to do this summary is going to be short, sorry!
We discussed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn first. We all liked the book and thought that it was a page turner. We also thought that the wife was a psycho and wished that the husband would have done something to her instead of staying with her.
Next a few of us discussed Stoner by John Williams. It sounds like it was a very well written book, but a little depressing. I just want to let everyone know that I just got my email today from the library saying that my e-copy is ready. Of course it would be ready the day after book club! I do think that it is pretty cool that you can check out a book from the library onto your Kindle or other e-reader device (I checked for our next book and it isn't available).
We discussed gardening, marriage, kids, jobs, gameshows and we hope Denise gets on the one she auditioned for, and I can't remember what else. It was fun though!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Wednesday 11/14/12 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Hope to see you then!
Heather
p.s. Rhonda made some delicious lox!
Due to having so much to do this summary is going to be short, sorry!
We discussed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn first. We all liked the book and thought that it was a page turner. We also thought that the wife was a psycho and wished that the husband would have done something to her instead of staying with her.
Next a few of us discussed Stoner by John Williams. It sounds like it was a very well written book, but a little depressing. I just want to let everyone know that I just got my email today from the library saying that my e-copy is ready. Of course it would be ready the day after book club! I do think that it is pretty cool that you can check out a book from the library onto your Kindle or other e-reader device (I checked for our next book and it isn't available).
We discussed gardening, marriage, kids, jobs, gameshows and we hope Denise gets on the one she auditioned for, and I can't remember what else. It was fun though!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Wednesday 11/14/12 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Hope to see you then!
Heather
p.s. Rhonda made some delicious lox!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Book Club Next Week Wednesday 10/10
Hello!
Just a friendly reminder that book club is next week on Wednesday 10/10 at 7pm at Rhonda's house.
We will be discussing:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Stoner by John Williams
Hope to see everyone!
-Heather
Just a friendly reminder that book club is next week on Wednesday 10/10 at 7pm at Rhonda's house.
We will be discussing:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Stoner by John Williams
Hope to see everyone!
-Heather
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Book Club Recap 9/5/12
Attendees: Callah, Denise, Lisa, Heather, Michelle, Raven, Rhonda, Tania, and Tina
Since Skippy Dies by Paul Murray was a bit on the long side I don't think many people wanted to read it. Lisa read about 500 pages of it and I read the whole thing. The overall impression of the book from both Lisa and myself was that it wasn't that great. We thought that he really could have condensed the story a lot and focused more on just the story of why Skippy died. We thought that the story was promising, but wasn't as engaging because he dove into a lot of different characters and what was going on with them. We thought that he was too wordy and used a lot of words that had to be looked up in the dictionary. We thought that the writing was really good, unlike 50 Shades! I also didn't like how I never got the answer of why Skippy died. I don't think that I missed that part in the book, but that is something I would have liked to know. Lisa and I both said that we wouldn't recommend it to others to read because it was too long and not a captivating enough story to want to pick it up and read it all of the time. Valesca, we are very interested to hear what you thought about the book!
Since there were only two of us that read the book the discussion was really short and we continued on to the more entertaining topics of the night, which were as follows:
-Denise and Rambo are like a grocery store these days! They make delicious food items and if you are lucky enough you can pick some up at their house :)
-Public school lunches/food. Callah said that the other day they were serving bean and cheese burritos for lunch, yikes!
-All of Rhonda's vacations
-Memory. Rhonda is convinced that she is going to get Alzheimers, but I'm not so sure!
-Rhonda & Tina's vacation. I think it's planned for the 28th-1st?
-Books & what we should read next
-Food and how this should be a food club instead of a book club
-SPANX
We decided for sure on one book (listed below), but because Michelle and I already read the book and since it was a fast read we decided on two books for this next month. Since I was the only one that read the book and because we couldn't decide what to read next I was given the task of picking book #2. Below is the information for the next book club!
When: Wednesday October 10th 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What we are reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and..........
Stoner by John Williams First, Tania I could not remember the title of the book that you recommended. I found some books about that "pilgrimage," but none of the titles sounded right to me. Perhaps we can read that book next time. The choice of our next book was between this and The Light Between Oceans. Both sounded really good, but Stoner had a little bit higher rating (both were in the 4 star range). Stoner is also only 288 pages and the shorter of the two. I also looked it up at the Los Angeles Public Library and Stoner has available copies, but the other book does not, which means there will be a long wait time.
I hope to see many of you there!
-Heather
Since Skippy Dies by Paul Murray was a bit on the long side I don't think many people wanted to read it. Lisa read about 500 pages of it and I read the whole thing. The overall impression of the book from both Lisa and myself was that it wasn't that great. We thought that he really could have condensed the story a lot and focused more on just the story of why Skippy died. We thought that the story was promising, but wasn't as engaging because he dove into a lot of different characters and what was going on with them. We thought that he was too wordy and used a lot of words that had to be looked up in the dictionary. We thought that the writing was really good, unlike 50 Shades! I also didn't like how I never got the answer of why Skippy died. I don't think that I missed that part in the book, but that is something I would have liked to know. Lisa and I both said that we wouldn't recommend it to others to read because it was too long and not a captivating enough story to want to pick it up and read it all of the time. Valesca, we are very interested to hear what you thought about the book!
Since there were only two of us that read the book the discussion was really short and we continued on to the more entertaining topics of the night, which were as follows:
-Denise and Rambo are like a grocery store these days! They make delicious food items and if you are lucky enough you can pick some up at their house :)
-Public school lunches/food. Callah said that the other day they were serving bean and cheese burritos for lunch, yikes!
-All of Rhonda's vacations
-Memory. Rhonda is convinced that she is going to get Alzheimers, but I'm not so sure!
-Rhonda & Tina's vacation. I think it's planned for the 28th-1st?
-Books & what we should read next
-Food and how this should be a food club instead of a book club
-SPANX
We decided for sure on one book (listed below), but because Michelle and I already read the book and since it was a fast read we decided on two books for this next month. Since I was the only one that read the book and because we couldn't decide what to read next I was given the task of picking book #2. Below is the information for the next book club!
When: Wednesday October 10th 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What we are reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and..........
Stoner by John Williams First, Tania I could not remember the title of the book that you recommended. I found some books about that "pilgrimage," but none of the titles sounded right to me. Perhaps we can read that book next time. The choice of our next book was between this and The Light Between Oceans. Both sounded really good, but Stoner had a little bit higher rating (both were in the 4 star range). Stoner is also only 288 pages and the shorter of the two. I also looked it up at the Los Angeles Public Library and Stoner has available copies, but the other book does not, which means there will be a long wait time.
I hope to see many of you there!
-Heather
Friday, August 31, 2012
Book Club Next Week Tuesday 9/4
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to remind everyone that we are meeting this coming Tuesday 9/4 at Rhonda's house to discuss Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. See you soon!
-Heather
I just wanted to remind everyone that we are meeting this coming Tuesday 9/4 at Rhonda's house to discuss Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. See you soon!
-Heather
Monday, July 23, 2012
Book Club Recap July
Hello everyone!
So I've been busy busy busy and haven't had time to get around to this. I'm going to do a short recap, so I apologize if you wanted to know more (next time you should just come to book club!).
Attendees: Addie, Denise, Heather, Lisa I., Rambo, Raven, Rhonda, and Valesca
We had book club at Denise and Rambo's house and they made a lot of yummy food!
Most of us liked the book. Many people thought that Cheryl was a little annoying and not telling the whole truth or embellishing a bit with the book (since it did happen so long ago). The group was in agreement that Cheryl's family was a bit dysfunctional. Some liked the relationship of her and her mom and some didn't. Some of us want to do the PCT, but I know that I would only be up for some day to three day trips. I actually talked to my friend who did a portion up here in Northern CA and she really liked it. I do plan on making it out to the trail sometime this week since I am so close to it. I also will be having ice-cream in Sierra City (one of the places she talks about in the book). We all agreed that she was not at all prepared for what she was getting into and it was kind of funny how much she overpacked and how heavy her bag was even after the purging.
There was talk about doing group hikes and Valesca suggested that we hike Mt. Kilimanjaro. It sounded interesting and fun, but I'm not much of a hiker :)
We were trying to decide on a book to read for the next meeting and we were having a tough time so Valesca and Rambo went on a web search for a book to read. The one that they found was Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. It is supposed to be one of the best books written and it was selected for many awards. Since we all seem to be super busy in August and this book is a little on the long side we decided to have book club the first Tuesday in September.
Here are the details:
When: Tuesday September 4th at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
-Heather
So I've been busy busy busy and haven't had time to get around to this. I'm going to do a short recap, so I apologize if you wanted to know more (next time you should just come to book club!).
Attendees: Addie, Denise, Heather, Lisa I., Rambo, Raven, Rhonda, and Valesca
We had book club at Denise and Rambo's house and they made a lot of yummy food!
Most of us liked the book. Many people thought that Cheryl was a little annoying and not telling the whole truth or embellishing a bit with the book (since it did happen so long ago). The group was in agreement that Cheryl's family was a bit dysfunctional. Some liked the relationship of her and her mom and some didn't. Some of us want to do the PCT, but I know that I would only be up for some day to three day trips. I actually talked to my friend who did a portion up here in Northern CA and she really liked it. I do plan on making it out to the trail sometime this week since I am so close to it. I also will be having ice-cream in Sierra City (one of the places she talks about in the book). We all agreed that she was not at all prepared for what she was getting into and it was kind of funny how much she overpacked and how heavy her bag was even after the purging.
There was talk about doing group hikes and Valesca suggested that we hike Mt. Kilimanjaro. It sounded interesting and fun, but I'm not much of a hiker :)
We were trying to decide on a book to read for the next meeting and we were having a tough time so Valesca and Rambo went on a web search for a book to read. The one that they found was Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. It is supposed to be one of the best books written and it was selected for many awards. Since we all seem to be super busy in August and this book is a little on the long side we decided to have book club the first Tuesday in September.
Here are the details:
When: Tuesday September 4th at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
-Heather
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Book Club Recap 6/5/12
Attendees: Heather, Lisa, Michelle, Raven, Rhonda, Tania, and Tina.
This book club had me laughing pretty hard with all of the hilarious stories that were told! We learned all about Rhonda's baking experiences at Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, MI and it sounded like it was a ton of fun. We talked about Rhonda's occasional vision problems :) Along with her not remembering people's names, which brought up some really funny stories from other people about being mistaken in certain situations. Tina told us a hilarious story about Paige and flying. I think that the funniest story to me was Rhonda's mom mistaking a water fountain for a check-in kiosk at a car rental place!
The book that we discussed this time was Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I think that the overall consensus was that we didn't like the book. It didn't seem like we hated it though. We were curious to know how the series ended and Michelle let us know a little about it. I honestly don't remember a lot about what we talked about with this book because the other funny stuff we talked about is what I remember. I know that we discussed who we thought should or would play the part of Christian Grey. There was this funny skit from SNL that I mentioned. I think that we thought that Anastasia was a bit unbelievable and I know that I didn't care for her character at all.
Only Rhonda read Loving Frank by Nancy Horan and she said that it was interesting learning about Frank Lloyd Wright. She said that the end was a shocker and I won't ruin it for anyone that wants to read it.
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Tuesday July 10th at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What we are reading: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
We hope that some of our absent members can make it to the next book club. The food, company, and conversations are always pleasurable. Plus, Rhonda usually has some delicious mini cupcakes for us! Rhonda is quite the treasure!
-Heather
p.s. Lisa Kaseff, we were thinking that maybe an August or September book club could be hosted at your place on the weekend during the day? Let Rhonda or myself know :)
This book club had me laughing pretty hard with all of the hilarious stories that were told! We learned all about Rhonda's baking experiences at Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, MI and it sounded like it was a ton of fun. We talked about Rhonda's occasional vision problems :) Along with her not remembering people's names, which brought up some really funny stories from other people about being mistaken in certain situations. Tina told us a hilarious story about Paige and flying. I think that the funniest story to me was Rhonda's mom mistaking a water fountain for a check-in kiosk at a car rental place!
The book that we discussed this time was Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I think that the overall consensus was that we didn't like the book. It didn't seem like we hated it though. We were curious to know how the series ended and Michelle let us know a little about it. I honestly don't remember a lot about what we talked about with this book because the other funny stuff we talked about is what I remember. I know that we discussed who we thought should or would play the part of Christian Grey. There was this funny skit from SNL that I mentioned. I think that we thought that Anastasia was a bit unbelievable and I know that I didn't care for her character at all.
Only Rhonda read Loving Frank by Nancy Horan and she said that it was interesting learning about Frank Lloyd Wright. She said that the end was a shocker and I won't ruin it for anyone that wants to read it.
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Tuesday July 10th at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What we are reading: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
We hope that some of our absent members can make it to the next book club. The food, company, and conversations are always pleasurable. Plus, Rhonda usually has some delicious mini cupcakes for us! Rhonda is quite the treasure!
-Heather
p.s. Lisa Kaseff, we were thinking that maybe an August or September book club could be hosted at your place on the weekend during the day? Let Rhonda or myself know :)
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