Jan. 21, 2009 Meeting.

Last night we had another good meeting of our club. Unfortunately we were missing a few members who were away enjoying the sun in Florida. Still the five of us present were able to have a good discussion about Three Cups of Tea. Everyone seemed to enjoy the book to varying degrees. All agreed it was an incredible story and very current considering the War in Afghanistan. We all learned a little about geography, the culture of the people and had a little more insight into Islam. Now it is on to our Classic, A Tale of Two Cities. Hopefully everyone will get something out of that novel as well.

Our Last Meeting

After five great meetings held at each others homes, we decided to combine our sixth meeting with a girls getaway. To that end we all headed up to Dilkusha, the LeGallais family cottage. Not only did we have a good time and discuss our current book, but we decided on some guidelines for the club. Verna brought some excellent suggestions with her that she had learned from another woman who had been in a Book Club for many years. It caused some great discussions and we adopted some ideas. We decided to plan our meetings in advance. We are now having meetings on the third Wednesday of each month. We also decided to expand ourselves by appointing certain types of books to each month. For example February will be a Classic and April will be Historical Fiction. When your turn comes up, you pick from the genre of the month. We also decided to give the month's hostess some power. It is her responsibility to keep the meeting on the subject. She will have a "Bell" to ring when she thinks it's going off topic. We all agreed to obey the Bell! We still have to get the Bell though? This should make for even better meetings.

Also, thanks to Danielle for creating this blog for us!

Upcoming Books!

Jan. 21 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Non-Fiction) - suggested by Pat

Feb. 18 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Classic) - suggested by Linda

March - NO MEETING

April 15 - The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (Historical Fiction) - suggested by Janet

May 20 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Fiction) - suggested by Fran

June 17 - Death in Holy Order. by P.D. James (Mystery) - suggested by Verna

July 15 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ..... suggested by Pat

Aug 19 - The Ice Man by Phillip Carlo (Biography) - suggested by Catherine

Sept 16 - The Book Of Negroes by Lawrence Hill , ( Historical Fiction ) suggested by Fran

Oct. 21 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, ( Fiction) suggested by Linda

Nov. 19 - The Shack by Wm. Paul Young ( Spiritual ) suggested by Janet

Dec. 9 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo ( Classic ) suggested by Verna

Jan. 13 - Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Self-Help) suggested by Debbie

Feb. 17- The Private Patient by P.D. James - (Mystery) - Catherine

March. NO MEETING.

April 21 - The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - (Classic)- Pat

May 19 - Fran - Fiction - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

June 16 - Cancelled

July 21 Linda -Fiction - The Lace Reader - by Brunonia Barry

Aug 25 - Debbie - Fiction -The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

Sept 22 - Janet - Non-Fiction - Princess - Jean P. Sasson

Oct. 20 - Vicki - Documentary - The Girls From Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow

Nov. 17 - Fran - Fiction - South of Broad - Pat Conroy

Dec. 8 - Bev - The Help - Kathryn Stockett

Jan. 19 - Pat - Cutting for Stone- Abraham Verghese

Feb. 16 - Linda - The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway

March - No Meeting

April 20 - Debbie - The Paris Wife - Paula McClain

May 25 - Janet - Provenance - Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

June 22 - Vicki - The Postmistress - Sarah Blake

July 20 - Debbie - The Swimming Pool - Holly LeCraw

Aug 17 - Bev - The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom

Sept. 21 - Pat - When God Was A Rabbit - Sarah Winman

Oct. 19 - Fran - The Shanghai Girls - Lisa See

Nov. 16 - Linda - The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

Dec. 7 - Janet - ?

Jan. 19 - Vicki - Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay

Feb. - Beverly - The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje

March. No Book

What we have read to date...

No Great Mischief by Alistair Macloed - suggested by Linda

Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens - suggested by Janet

Remembering the Bones by Francis Itani - suggested by Verna

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - suggested by Fran

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh - suggested by Catherine

One Fifth Ave. by Candace Bushnell - suggested by Debbie