Charlotte hosted August’s book, The Gifts of Imperfection, in her newly renovated dining room in Loomis. The food was amazing! Charlotte prepared Caprese salad, baked brie with garlic, chicken pasta salad, and her famous avocado and cucumber guacamole (I will post the recipe soon!). Dessert was fresh peaches and homemade whipped cream! It was a… Read More >>
Amy hosted July’s book, The Murderer’s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers, at her adorable house in Midtown. The book is about two daughters who are orphaned at a young age when their father murders their mother, stabs one of them, and is imprisoned for his crime. For thirty years, the daughters try to make sense… Read More >>
This month in our book club, we discussed “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher. ‘Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah… Read More >>
Kerry hosted the book ‘Can You Keep a Secret’ by Sophie Kinsella. I am forever hooked reading anything and everything by Sophie Kinsella. (I’ve since read the Undomestic Goddess and Confessions of a Shopaholic). Her sense of humor is fabulous. And after having been to London and the UK last year, these books now paint… Read More >>
I’m a bit behind on our book club, but I recently hosted back in April, and we discussed The Help. I had fun trying to keep with a Southern theme for food (thanks to Kim last month going with the French theme from Sarah’s Key). I made Harvest Chicken, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob,… Read More >>
This last month for book club, we met at Kim’s house to discuss Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. This book was about World War II, the Holocaust and contemporary Paris. In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv… Read More >>
At the end of the year, I mentioned in more detail what my own Happiness Project was all about. Last month, we just finished reading The Happiness Project as part of our book club. It’s one of those books that from time to time you need to re-read to and get new nuggets from that… Read More >>
Last night was our final book club of the year, well at least where we discussed a book, and the book was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I arrived a bit early to Natalie’s house to help with chili preparation. We made both a meat version and a veggie version. Chili in bread-bowls is… Read More >>
In September, we got together at Kerry’s house to discuss “Room” by Emma Donoghue. It was Amazon’s Best of the Month September 2010. The Room is about Jack and his Ma, living in a single room. For Jack, it’s all he knows, it’s his home. For his Ma, it’s a prison where she’s been captive… Read More >>
At the end of August our book club, we met to discuss the 2nd in the trilogy by Stieg Larsson, “The Girl Who Played with Fire.” I wasn’t able to make this get together at Kathy’s house, but I had finished the book anyway and I have already read the third book. I really enjoyed… Read More >>
