Book Club At Shannon's...

It will come as no surprise that we had another marvelous time at book club.  Brenda reviewed The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and Shannon provided quite the spread.

Most of us agreed that although some of the situations Flavia found herself in were a little unbelievable we really liked her and how precocious she was.

The Black Penny stamps from the book

Chicken Pesto Pizza with artichoke hearts.  I for one really want the recipe!

This blueberry pie is soooo good.  It even had a special "sweetness" at the bottom of the pie!

Here is the beloved rocker that Rebecca claimed as her throne.

Bethany, Shauna, Christie & Shephanie (holding her adhesives from the free-for-all)

Krisite, Shannon, Brenda & Britney

Heidi, Kara & Her Majesty Rebecca (Don't touch the chair!)

Thanks Shannon for hosting everything was perfect!!

See you next month.

The Tribe Has Spoken...

March (1st Tue.)
A year Down Yonder & A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

Lecture at the Library followed by mingling at Kara's house

April 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hosted by Britney

Reviewed by Kristie

May 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Hosted by Robyn

Reviewed by Rebecca

June

Ida B. ... by Katherine Hannigan and When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Hosted by Rebecca

Reviewed by Brenda & Christie

July

No Book Club - read by the pool

August

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Hosted by Stephanie

Reviewed by Shauna

September

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Hosted by Bethany

Reviewed by Heidi

A Couple of Last Minute Book Idea's...

These books don't seem as uplifting as most of the others you all have submitted-the title of the second book is a bit offensive but I'm hoping we can get past that...

Fugitive Pieces
by Anne Michaels

It's about a little boy who survives World War II-how he's rescued and how he grows up and gets past the tragedy of what he's been through. Where this book could seem like sad subject matter in contains possible and unlikely kindnesses of people one toward another.


ANOTHER BULL---- NIGHT IN SUCK CITY
by Nick Flynn

Flynn's memoir is about growing up in a tumultuous household after his alcoholic father abandoned the family. His dad became homeless, and though they were estranged, their paths did cross, in part because Flynn was working at a homeless shelter his father would occasionally duck into. The book seems rough and raw and real. Beautiful scenes of a boy coming of age and later, his falling in love after a divorce. Anne Michaels writing is supposed to be poetic and the story magical in an unikely way.