Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 6/27/2012

It was a great evening of laughs and

Our July & August Book Club Pick:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

***Ender's Game will be made into a movie was set to be released March 13, 2012 but is now pushed back to November 1, 2012! ***waiting***waiting***

Happy November Palehua Book Club!

11/08/11 I just finished our book for the month, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. If you only have the opportunity to read one sci-fi book, this is the one to choose. It's so different from nearly anything I've ever read, however, there is so much to talk about.
If you are finding it challenging, please stick it out, finish the book, there is so much for us to discuss!

 

 ***Update***

On Tuesday, November 29th at 7 PM we met at Sarah Ohki's home.

Thanks Sarah!

also in attendance:

Me!

Jennifer Aiton - Thank you for the book recommendation!!

Cortney

Jamie

Sally

Tori

Dee
Wendi Phillips - We wish you safe travels! Have a wonderful adventure for you and family!!

There were so many wonderful refreshments. They were all delicious! Sarah even made Molly Koch's famous mint brownies.

Cortney, Tori, Sarah, Dee, Jamie, Wendi, Joy, Jennifer

Some of our favorite quotes were those in the introduction of Ender's Game given by the author, Orson Scott Card, and readers' reaction to Ender's Game:

The highest praise I ever received for a book of mine was when the school librarian at Farrer Junior High in Provo, Utah told me, "You know, Ender's Game is our most-lost book." (intro. pg. xx)

Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language -- or at least I hope that's not our reason. I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we are hungry for another kind of truth:  The mystic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about ourself. (intro. pg. xxiv-xxv)

The story of Ender's Game is not this book, though it has the title emblazoned on it. The story is one that you and I will construct together in your memory. If the story means anything to you at all, then when you remember it afterward, think of it, not as something I created, but rather as something that we made together. (intro. pg. xxv-xxvi)

And the favorite quote of the night pointed out by Cortney:

(Peter says to Val - he, Locke and she, Demosthenes) This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is in flux and the right voice in the right place can move the world. (Chapter nine pg. 128)

 

Also, Saturday, November, 19th at 6:30PM The Relief Society will be shown the 3rd movie in the Love Comes Softly series, "Love's Long Journey".

And the wait is over!!!
  Nov. 19th, Saturday at 11AM we saw the matinee for The Twilight Saga: BREAKING DAWN at REGAL THEATERS Pearl Highlands.
~*~*~AWESOME~*~*~

**12/11/11**UPDATE****
Our December Book Club pick is The Christmas Train by David Baldacci. We will be meeting at Joy Paet's home Tuesday, December 27th at 7PM.

Wishing you and your family

a very Merry Christmas

and Happy New Year!!

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - 5/24/2011

Thank you Rachel for hosting this month's book club meeting at your beautiful home.
For May we read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.

We also wished Lynn Lambert a Happy Birthday and Aloha 'Oe. We love you Lynn and you will be greatly missed though only an email, status update, tag or tweet away!!

In attendance:
Rachel, Cortney, Sarah, Joy, Jamie and Lynn.

We are in need of some suggestions for the Summer. Feel free to suggest away!

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 6/23/2010

Sarah Ohki hosted this evening in her lovely home.

Our June book club choice for the month was
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel.
A vivid depiction of the life of women in a far away time. The practices of foot binding and woman's worth, though understood as culture, are still jaw dropping to read.

"A true lady lets no ugliness into her life. Only through pain will you have beauty. Only through suffering will you find peace."

"Raising a girl and marrying her off is like building a fancy road for others to use."

A very nice reader's guide was included. I liked the interview with the author. It was between Lisa See and her mother, author Carolyn See.

We had to bid farewell to two beautiful members of our Palehua Book Club.

Molly Koch and Trisha Sessions

Molly, Trisha, you will be greatly missed. We love you and wish you the best in all your endeavors.

*Congratulations to Veronica Peterson for the arrival of Carl Rueben Peterson born at 7:23AM 8lbs 9.3oz June 23, 2010.

The Lucky One 2/18/09

Happy Valentine's Day! Love is in the air!

Thank you Cortney for hosting our meeting in your warm and inviting home.

This evening in attendance:
Cortney Nadig, Lynn Lambert, Arielle Klingler, Trisha Sessions, Molly Koch, Sarah Ohki, Jane Gorton, Kaui Ching, Ann Toilolo, Shirley Chu and Joy Paet

In addition to the farewell for Arielle Klingler, and presenting Lynn Lambert with a gift for the pending arrival of her son Masen, at tonight's meeting we discussed the book:

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Synopsis: Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories only a master such as Sparks can write.

We shared words of love in the form of:
Jane shared a poem Grow Old with Me by Micheal Rew
Cortney shared a sweet Valentine's Card given to her by her husband Aaron. (AWE!)
Joy shared the lyrics to the song A Groovy Kind of Love. *grins*
Arielle shared the following scripture with the word Love substituted for Charity: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Cortney shared The Song of Solomon 8:6-7

~*~*~ Wishing Arielle a fond Aloha 'Oe for her family
on their move to Maryland. ~*~*~










Lynn, we wish you great love as we all anticipate Masen Robert Lambert's arrival.


Lynn showing off the adorable onsie and booties made by Arielle Klingler. Oh, how we are going to miss your talents Arielle!








Lynn Lambert and Shirley Chu





***UPDATE*** Congratulations on the arrival of Masen Lambert. He weighed 8 lbs. 15.8 oz (sounds like 9 pounds to me!) and was 21 inches long. He was born at 6:37 a.m March 7, 2009.

For March:
Newbery Honor Book Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Our next meeting will be on the fourth Wednesday of March, the 25th. We will meet at Joy Paet's home. Our next book is Princess Academy by Shannon Hale.

This is such a refreshingly, tender, sweet, empowering, impressive, lyrical tale - just chock full of words of wisdom.

Love Comes Softly and a Farewell to Elizabeth

Thank you Rhona for opening your home for our book club meeting. Our meeting this month allowed us to bid Aloha 'Oe to Elizabeth Baldwin. We'll miss you so much! Thank goodness for email! Cyberspeakingly, you'll still be close! I was about to list all the gals that have moved away that we still keep up with, however. . .there's just too many and I'd end up bawling!!!

This was a great meeting for book discussion. We talked about "Love Comes Softly" by Janette Oke. This is the first book of 8 in the series:
The first date is the book publication date the second is the date the book was made into a movie.

1. Love Comes Softly (1979) (2003)
2. Love's Enduring Promise (1979) (2004)
3. Love's Long Journey (1982) (2005)
4. Love's Abiding Joy (1983) (2006)
5. Love's Unending Legacy (1984) (2007)
6. Love's Unfolding Dream (1987) (2007)
7. Love Takes a Wing (1988) (2009)
8. Love Finds a Home (1989) (2009)

***update9/20/2011***ALL the books have now been made into Hallmark movies. The most recent Love Finds a Home(2009) And now there is a 9th movie called Love Begins(2011) a prequel to Love Comes Softly*** AND  a 10th movie Loves Everlasting Courage(2011) premiering on the Hallmark Channel October 1, 2011 - which is also a prequel to Love Comes Softly.
They are really beautiful stories. So read, then watch or just watch. ;-)

For February we will be reading "The Sunflower" by Richard Paul Evans and the February 19th meeting will be at Joy Paet's home. Yehaw! ;-)

****9/20/2011 update*** Ladies of the Palehua Ward Relief Society had a retreat this past weekend and we watched Love Comes Softly(2003), ate snacks and just enjoyed each others' company like we do so well. Such a wonderful movie and a fine adaptation of the book***

Jane Eyre and Farewell for Debbie Sell - 10/16/07

Thank you Trish Sessions for opening up your lovely home for our get together.
Molly Koch, Tori Sessions, Elizabeth and Ethan Baldwin,
Trish Sessions, Sarah Ohki, Jessica Rogers, Moana Piena,
Codee Franco, Jane Gorton, Amber Standage, Cortney Nadig,
Debbie Sell, Leticia Davis, Val Diamond, Keri Magaoay, Joy Paet















Our October Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

"'You have saved my life: I have a please in owning you so immense a debt. I cannot say more. Nothing else that has being would have been tolerable to me in the character of creditor for such an obligation: but you: it is different;--I feel your benefits no burden, Jane...I knew,' he continued, 'you would do me good in some way, at some time;--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not...strike delight to my very inmost heart so for nothing...My cherished preserver, good night!'" Chapter 15

November's book:
A Girl Named Zippy - Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel

Thanks Molly Koch for offering your home!

**THIS JUST IN** from Moana Piena:

PEANUT BUTTER HERSHEY KISSES

I first tasted these at a Relief Society movie night thing and later got the recipe from a friend. Sinfully delicious!

1 bag (13 oz.) Hershey’s kisses

1 c. Karo light corn syrup

½ c. sugar

2 c. peanut butter (18 oz. jar)

5 c. Rice Krispies

Unwrap Hershey’s kisses. Put Rice Krispies in a large mixing bowl. Simmer syrup and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add peanut butter and mix. Pour over cereal and mix. Flatten small portion of mix, place kiss in center and shape into balls.

*Congratulations to Val Diamond and her family! Krystal Diamond arrived on October 24, 2007!*

Farewell for Caddie Welling 7/31/07

At Jane Gorton's home.



Caddie Welling, Molly Koch, Jessica Rogers, Jane Gorton, Leticia Davis, Sarah Ohki, Codee and Herbie Franco, Debbie Sell, Rhona Slingerland, Joy Paet

We also wanted to share our goodbye's for Melissa Snow. We all hope she is doing well now in Idaho! And congratulations on your baby!

Candle in the Darkness 3/15/07

At Sarah Ohki's home.

A Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin

Book Suggestions:
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

Farewell to Angela Mueller 3/3/2007

Proof of our farewell for Angela Mueller at Aunty Pasto's in Kunia. (albeit a blurry one)
Cortney Nadig, Molly Koch, Joy Paet, Rhona Slingerland, Caddie Welling, Sarah Ohki, Angela Mueller, Debbie Sell, Jane Gorton; not pictured

Tuesdays with Morrie 8/9/06

At Joy Paet's home.



Jane Gorton, Claire Shook, Joy Paet, Sarah Ohki, Molly Koch, Rhona Slingerland, Cortney Nadig

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

The book was adapted to a made for TV movie in 1999.

This was an Aloha 'Oe for Clair Shook. We hope she and her family are doing wonderful in Texas.

Sheri McEntire Farewell 8/10/05

Thank you Molly for opening your beautiful home to the largest Book Club turnout since Sheri's baby shower!


Angela Mueller, Ann Toilolo, Sheri McEntire, Jane Gorton, Heather Bernal, Rhona Slingerland, Molly Koch, Sarah Ohki, De Dotson, Joy Paet, Sally Holstein, Moana Piena, Dawn

It was so wonderful to see everyone there! AND 4 new babies.
Congrats to the new mothers and welcome back to Book Club.
WE'VE MISSED YOU!!!

Sarah Ohki & Max (Makoto) June 9th
Molly & Braden Kai - June 20th
Angela Muller & Jessica - July 3rd
Moana Piena & Makoa - July 8th

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
The movie is set to be released November 21, 2008
~*~*~*~*~SEPTEMBER'S BOOK~*~*~*~*~*~
SAHARA by Clive Cussler

Here is a list of other books, in no particular order, that were made mention at August's Book Club. . . possibly up for vote in future meetings. I gathered a 0-5 star rating from Amazon.com to give you an idea what 'mainstream' people think of these books.
The books are listed in no particular order:

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank (4 1/2 Stars)
Pope Joan by Donna Cross (4 1/2 Stars)
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik (4 Stars)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (4 1/2 Stars)
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (4 1/2 Stars)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (4 1/2 Stars)
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (4 1/2 Stars)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (4 stars)

Here are some resources on the Net that may be of interest:
Welcome to Chinaberry
Online Literature Library - Classics at the Online Literature Library
The Official Web Site of Bestselling Author Dan Brown
Questia - The Online Library of Books and Journals
Free eBooks by Globusz Publishing

Tisha 5/18/05

At De Dotson's home.

Tisha by Robert Specht

In attendance and book rating 1-10 around the room:

Sheri McEntire - 7 1/2
De Dotson - n/a
Tami Sorensen - 8
Molly Koch - n/a (1st time!)
Rhona Slingerland - 7
Sarah Ohki - 9
Keri Magaoay - 10
Tina Gamez - n/a (1st time!)
Joy Paet - 9

What a fascinating book! This was an amazing story of hardship, sacrifice and survival. Most definitely a book that made us grateful for the comforts we have.

Sadly, the May Book Club Meeting was the last in Hawaii for Tami Sorensen, however we sure hope to keep her posted with the books we are reading so that she will comment on them from Tennessee! ;-)

Book Suggestions:
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd **July 2005**
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rolling

Angels and Demons 6/04

At Tami Sorensen's Home.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

In Attendance (in order around the room):
Tami Sorensen
Heather Bernal
Jenny Croft
Joy Paet
Moana Piena
De Dotson
Frances Ammon review by email
Sheri McEntire review by email

This was making out to be exciting summer! After just reading Tell No One by Harlan Coben last month and then to dive into Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, my heart was going a mile a minute! Angels and Demons was terrific! WE were all impressed! I will put in a disclaimer that some were put off by the violence. However, it was exciting to find a book we all enjoyed so much. AND most of us moved right on to The Da Vinci Code this summer, even though it was never 'technically' a book club pick of the month.

This book club was also a farewell to Jennifer Croft who along with her family moved back to Canada.

There's a movie version coming out in 12/19/2008 5/15/2009! Whooohooo!
update 6/17/2009
**Our Movie Night June 17, 2009**

Trisha Sessions, Terry Evans , Danica Palmer, Joy Paet, Laura Smith, Sarah Ohki, Molly Koch, Jane Gorton, Marci Palmer, Moana Piena, Sally Holstein, Ann Toilolo