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 >>
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. This last week,… Read More >>
Last week we had book club. This month I was the host and we were discussing the book I selected called The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke. It was one of the fastest reads we’ve had so far. The discussion was great! We had 9 of us there and everyone had an opinion.… Read More >>
We met last night for our book club to discuss “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen. We were missing half of our group, and sadly, none of us had time to finish this book before our meeting. It’s a bit lengthy, upward of 600 pages. I have to admit that I continued reading it today and am… Read More >>
