Hello!
I just wanted to remind everyone that book club is in a week and a couple of days on Tuesday July 6th. We are reading and discussing the book The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall. Even if you have not read the book we would love to see everyone!
Tuesday 7/6/10 @ 7pm at Rhonda's house!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Book Club Recap 6/8/10
Attendees: Christopher, Heather, Lisa I., Michelle, Rhonda, Valesca, with appearances by Cooper, Nathan, and Raven :)
We first discussed the book/journal The Artist's Way. Rhonda told us that Callah is doing a great job at following the advice in the book and that she is taking a lot of classes to "enhance" her artist! Great job Callah! Rhonda said that she has stopped doing the Artist's Way because she was very hostile at the author for making her write three pages a day and Rhonda didn't have the time to do that. Valesca is going through "the program" and is working on writing a feature film. The rest of us haven't done it.
Next we talked about Switch by the Heath brothers. Rhonda, Christopher, and I read the book. Rhonda and Christopher thought that some of the ideas in the book were really helpful and were things that they could apply to their jobs. Rhonda has even implemented some suggestions the book has to her work situation (like no phones in meetings). I didn't think that the book was very applicable to me because it mostly discussed situations that applied to companies and not stay-at-home moms. All of us enjoyed the book.
Now we got to the good stuff! This is when we discussed all of the non-book club goings on. I will just let you imagine what we talked about :) I will let you know that Rhonda is already thinking about what to do for her 50th birthday party and was thinking of possibly doing some destination birthday! Sounds like a lot of fun!
We would love to see everyone else at the next book club!!!! Julie, you will be here in spirit :)
Our next book club is Tuesday July 6th, 2010 7pm at Rhonda's house.
We will be reading two books (or one or zero if you don't have time, but still want to come!). They are: Little Bee by Chris Cleave http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bee-Novel-Chris-Cleave/dp/1416589643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276145372&sr=8-1 and The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Life-Edgar-Mint-Novel/dp/0375719180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276145405&sr=1-1
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
We first discussed the book/journal The Artist's Way. Rhonda told us that Callah is doing a great job at following the advice in the book and that she is taking a lot of classes to "enhance" her artist! Great job Callah! Rhonda said that she has stopped doing the Artist's Way because she was very hostile at the author for making her write three pages a day and Rhonda didn't have the time to do that. Valesca is going through "the program" and is working on writing a feature film. The rest of us haven't done it.
Next we talked about Switch by the Heath brothers. Rhonda, Christopher, and I read the book. Rhonda and Christopher thought that some of the ideas in the book were really helpful and were things that they could apply to their jobs. Rhonda has even implemented some suggestions the book has to her work situation (like no phones in meetings). I didn't think that the book was very applicable to me because it mostly discussed situations that applied to companies and not stay-at-home moms. All of us enjoyed the book.
Now we got to the good stuff! This is when we discussed all of the non-book club goings on. I will just let you imagine what we talked about :) I will let you know that Rhonda is already thinking about what to do for her 50th birthday party and was thinking of possibly doing some destination birthday! Sounds like a lot of fun!
We would love to see everyone else at the next book club!!!! Julie, you will be here in spirit :)
Our next book club is Tuesday July 6th, 2010 7pm at Rhonda's house.
We will be reading two books (or one or zero if you don't have time, but still want to come!). They are: Little Bee by Chris Cleave http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bee-Novel-Chris-Cleave/dp/1416589643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276145372&sr=8-1 and The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Life-Edgar-Mint-Novel/dp/0375719180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276145405&sr=1-1
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Book Club Tuesday June 8th
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to remind everyone that book club is this Tuesday June 8th at Rhonda's house. So far Rhonda, Christopher, me, and possibly Michelle and Lisa K. will be there. If you are coming can you please let Rhonda know? She doesn't want to go overboard on the food if only three of us are going to be there.
We will be discussing Switch by the Heath brothers, but if you haven't read it you can still come for the evening!
Hope to see you there!
Heather
I just wanted to remind everyone that book club is this Tuesday June 8th at Rhonda's house. So far Rhonda, Christopher, me, and possibly Michelle and Lisa K. will be there. If you are coming can you please let Rhonda know? She doesn't want to go overboard on the food if only three of us are going to be there.
We will be discussing Switch by the Heath brothers, but if you haven't read it you can still come for the evening!
Hope to see you there!
Heather
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Book Club Recap 4/27/10
Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Julie, Keo, & Rhonda.
This book club we met at Barnes & Noble in Encino to hear Ed Lin do a reading of his book Snakes Can't Run, which was our book choice for this month. Ed read three passages in the book and he was very animated during his readings! He likes to do voices. There were mic troubles, but luckily that didn't stop Ed :). After the reading there was a Q&A and some of our members asked questions about the book and Ed's process of writing (of course I don't remember the specific questions and answers!). After book club some of our members chatted for a little bit and then we all left. We didn't really talk about the book among the members, but I think that it was well liked!
**Below are the details for our next book club**
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath here is the link to amazon that tells more info about the book http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273092237&sr=8-1
Book club will be on Tuesday June 8th at 7pm at Rhonda's house
Just as an FYI, I went to put a hold on this book at the library and I was #65 in the list and there were only 18 copies. This means that I wouldn't get the book until after book club :(
-Heather
This book club we met at Barnes & Noble in Encino to hear Ed Lin do a reading of his book Snakes Can't Run, which was our book choice for this month. Ed read three passages in the book and he was very animated during his readings! He likes to do voices. There were mic troubles, but luckily that didn't stop Ed :). After the reading there was a Q&A and some of our members asked questions about the book and Ed's process of writing (of course I don't remember the specific questions and answers!). After book club some of our members chatted for a little bit and then we all left. We didn't really talk about the book among the members, but I think that it was well liked!
**Below are the details for our next book club**
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath here is the link to amazon that tells more info about the book http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273092237&sr=8-1
Book club will be on Tuesday June 8th at 7pm at Rhonda's house
Just as an FYI, I went to put a hold on this book at the library and I was #65 in the list and there were only 18 copies. This means that I wouldn't get the book until after book club :(
-Heather
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Book Club TONIGHT 4/27/10
Hi all,
I have been a little busy and completely forgot to send out a reminder email about this. Tonight is book club an we are having it at a new location! We are meeting at Barnes & Noble to hear Ed Lin, the author of Snakes Can't Run, do a reading and signing there.
Here is the information:
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin
Date & Time: Tuesday April 27th at 7:30 (the reading is at 7:30, so we should get there a little earlier)
Where: Barnes & Noble 16461 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, 818-380-1636
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
I have been a little busy and completely forgot to send out a reminder email about this. Tonight is book club an we are having it at a new location! We are meeting at Barnes & Noble to hear Ed Lin, the author of Snakes Can't Run, do a reading and signing there.
Here is the information:
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin
Date & Time: Tuesday April 27th at 7:30 (the reading is at 7:30, so we should get there a little earlier)
Where: Barnes & Noble 16461 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, 818-380-1636
Hope to see everyone there!
-Heather
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Book Club Recap 3/30/10
Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Julie, Lisa K., Rhonda, Tommy, & Valesca. With appearances by Nathan, Raven, and Cooper :)
Lisa K. it was so good to see you at book club because it has been such a long time!
First book up for discussion was Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. Everyone that read this book was disgusted at how much the US covered up what happened to Pat Tillman. They were shocked that they would tell so many lies and tell so many people to tell lies about what happened. I know that there was more that we talked about this book, but I can't remember, sorry! It seemed like everyone enjoyed this book and I am only 100 pages in and I am enjoying it.
Next was Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. First, we all wish that Keo was there so that he could pronounce some names for us in the book. We are pretty sure that we all butchered the names pretty good! We all really liked the book and talked about how at that time everyone thought that you could get leprosy by just being in contact with a person and how because of that thinking these people were sent to a leprosy colony away from everyone they love. It seemed as though there was a lot of crying that was done by members in our group when they read this book; there were definitely some sad moments. A lot of us want to go to Moloka'i and visit the leper colony there. Again, we talked more about it, but I don't remember it all. It was a historical fiction book and we got to learn a lot about what was happening around that time. If you would like to know more on leprosy (like you wanted Denise) here is the link to the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy
For our next book club we are switching things up a bit. Denise's friend Ed Lin just had his second book released this past week. We previously read his book This Is A Bust and we all enjoyed it. Ed even came to a book club and talked about that book and his new book. He even gave us a sneak preview reading of the new book. Ed is going to be at the Barnes & Noble Encino store doing a reading on April 27th at 7:30 and we thought that we would meet there for book club to hear the reading of Snakes Can't Run and to talk with him and everyone else about it afterwards. http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Cant-Run-Ed-Lin/dp/0312569882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155116&sr=8-1
Here is the info:
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin (I don't know if this will be in an audible format Julie)
Date & Time: Tuesday April 27th at 7:30 (the reading is at 7:30, so we should get there a little earlier)
Where: Barnes & Noble 16461 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, 818-380-1636
We also decided to read and do the workbook of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron/dp/1585421472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155141&sr=1-1 It is a 12 week program and we thought that we would try it out and discuss how we are doing at each book club that we have. To get more info on the book you can go to the link I sent or do a Google search for the book.
Just as an FYI, I was recently introduced to a great used book website. It is www.thriftbooks.com. The books are cheap and there is free shipping in the US! If you don't mind a used book to buy this is a great site. I know that it won't have Snakes Can't Run because the book just came out.
See you in a less than a month!
-Heather
Lisa K. it was so good to see you at book club because it has been such a long time!
First book up for discussion was Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. Everyone that read this book was disgusted at how much the US covered up what happened to Pat Tillman. They were shocked that they would tell so many lies and tell so many people to tell lies about what happened. I know that there was more that we talked about this book, but I can't remember, sorry! It seemed like everyone enjoyed this book and I am only 100 pages in and I am enjoying it.
Next was Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. First, we all wish that Keo was there so that he could pronounce some names for us in the book. We are pretty sure that we all butchered the names pretty good! We all really liked the book and talked about how at that time everyone thought that you could get leprosy by just being in contact with a person and how because of that thinking these people were sent to a leprosy colony away from everyone they love. It seemed as though there was a lot of crying that was done by members in our group when they read this book; there were definitely some sad moments. A lot of us want to go to Moloka'i and visit the leper colony there. Again, we talked more about it, but I don't remember it all. It was a historical fiction book and we got to learn a lot about what was happening around that time. If you would like to know more on leprosy (like you wanted Denise) here is the link to the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy
For our next book club we are switching things up a bit. Denise's friend Ed Lin just had his second book released this past week. We previously read his book This Is A Bust and we all enjoyed it. Ed even came to a book club and talked about that book and his new book. He even gave us a sneak preview reading of the new book. Ed is going to be at the Barnes & Noble Encino store doing a reading on April 27th at 7:30 and we thought that we would meet there for book club to hear the reading of Snakes Can't Run and to talk with him and everyone else about it afterwards. http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Cant-Run-Ed-Lin/dp/0312569882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155116&sr=8-1
Here is the info:
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin (I don't know if this will be in an audible format Julie)
Date & Time: Tuesday April 27th at 7:30 (the reading is at 7:30, so we should get there a little earlier)
Where: Barnes & Noble 16461 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, 818-380-1636
We also decided to read and do the workbook of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron/dp/1585421472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270155141&sr=1-1 It is a 12 week program and we thought that we would try it out and discuss how we are doing at each book club that we have. To get more info on the book you can go to the link I sent or do a Google search for the book.
Just as an FYI, I was recently introduced to a great used book website. It is www.thriftbooks.com. The books are cheap and there is free shipping in the US! If you don't mind a used book to buy this is a great site. I know that it won't have Snakes Can't Run because the book just came out.
See you in a less than a month!
-Heather
Monday, March 22, 2010
Book Club Postponed Until Tuesday 3/30
Hi all,
Due to popular demand we will be moving book club back a week to Tuesday 3/30. We hope that with this new time we will get to see more members come! It will also give some of us more time to finish the books :)
See you next week!
-Heather
p.s. Rhonda since we were planning on dinner at your house tomorrow for book club can we still come over? Just kidding!
Due to popular demand we will be moving book club back a week to Tuesday 3/30. We hope that with this new time we will get to see more members come! It will also give some of us more time to finish the books :)
See you next week!
-Heather
p.s. Rhonda since we were planning on dinner at your house tomorrow for book club can we still come over? Just kidding!
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