The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

Our December 2011 Book Club Pick was The Christmas Train by David Baldacci.

Our Book Club meeting was at Joy's Home, December 27, 2011.

In Attendance:
Rachel, Cortney, Jamie, Moana and Joy










Upcoming for January Mockingbird by Kathryn Erksine
We will meet at Rachel McGovern's home Jan. 25, 2012.

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt - 8/30/2011

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman came highly recommended by Molly Koch and Sarah Ohki!

~ from goodreads.com:

Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel

sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom.

Our August meeting was at Joy's home where we had a fun time going through reading group discussion questions.

In attendance:

Lety, Sarah, Cortney, Jamie, Sally, Joy, Rachel and a BIG WELCOME to Jennifer Aiton!
There was such a wonderful spread of delicious foods. I made my great-grandmother, MaMaw's Peach Cobbler and my grandmother, Nannie's Summer Slaw. We also had mini chicken salad sandwiches, a seafood dip from Lety, Sarah made Chocolate Chip Cookie Pecan Pie and a savory dip to spread on sour dough bread and Cortney made Mint Julips for us all to drink! It was all so yummy!

~*~*~*~some favorite quotes~*~*~*~

“That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.”

“Don't grow up too fast, Darling. Age is inevitable, but if you nurture a childlike heart, you'll never, ever grow old.”

  “But if you have so much fun, then why don't you get together more than once a month?'
She looked at me like a wise old owl and winked. 'Do something too often and it stops being special.”

 wouldn't be complete for discussion without post-it-notes


It turned out to be a really fun month, too! On Friday, August 12, 2011, nine of us attended a 7:30pm showing of "The Help".
The Help by Kathryn Stockett was our April 2010 pick.

 

 Tori, Rachel, Jamie, Sarah, Joy, Cortney, Barbie, Kainui, 

and not pictured - Sally(made a quick get-away!)

We also have a list of our books for the remainder of the year!

 
September & October:

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

Meeting: October 25
Where: Cortney Nadig's Home

November:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Meeting: November 29
Where: Sarah Ohki's home

December:

The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
Meeting: December 27
Where: Joy Paet's home











January: 
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Meeting:

Where: to be announced

If you are interested in hosting please let me know.

Much love and aloha! ~Joy

The Simple Truth 1/20/05

At De Dotson's Home.

The Simple Truth by David Baldacci

In attendance:
De Dotson
Tami Sorensen
Sheri McEntire
Joy Paet
Sarah Ohki

We gave David Baldacci another try. He wrote our first book club pick: Wish You Well. For the most part, we gave The Simple Truth an 8 out of 10. Not bad, Not Magnificent.

Wish You Well 9/2/03

At Sarah Ohki's home.

Wish You Well by David Baldacci.
A book set in rural Virginia.

In Attendance, (in order around the room):
Sarah Ohki
De Dotson
Sally Christensen
Sheri McEntire
Jennifer Croft
Heather Bernal
Moana Piena
Kelly Paller
Joy Paet


Sarah shared with us a Poetry Moment. We had mixed reviews about "Wish You Well" and decided we may give the author another chance down the road because this book was a depart from the style he normally writes.

Next Book: "At Home In Mitford" by Jan Karon
Sheri McEntire's home Sept. 30.