The House at Riverton

For September and October we read The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

Summer 1924

On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.

Winter 1999

Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories - long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind - begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story. 

This mystery had a lot of intrigue.

Thank you for hosting Cortney!

We loved the Halloween themed spread! Everything was delicious!
Thanks Cortney for bringing out the chocolate fountain. Yes, I said chocolate fountain! YUM!

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

Happy 8th Anniversary!!!

We have a book for August!

 

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman comes 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.

This will be a book with much opportunity for discussion.

**8/16**Update****

Our August meeting will be

Tuesday, August 30, 2011.

7:30 PM at Joy's home

It will be an excellent opportunity to share book titles and suggestions for the rest of the year.
We will meet at 7:30PM at my home. Email me for directions! joyfulpie@aol.com

For example:

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

I'm reading this now, it was passed on to me by Sally Holstein. It's astounding and very special.

**update 8/6/2011** Really sweet book and a quick read.

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosna 

This suggestion is from our very own Sarah Ohki. I've had this on my 'to read' shelf for a couple years and think this will be a captivating read. *On a side note, this book was recently made into a movie and is in select theaters now.

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine certainly looks intriguing and is a suggestion from Rachel McGovern. It's also been on my 'to read' list and one I think would garner some fascinating discussion at book club.

It would be wonderful to have the remainder of 2011's book choices mapped out. I am especially interested in what anyone would have us read as an October(Halloween) book or December(Christmas) book.

The possibilities are truly endless! I am so excited to get together with everyone again!

Happy Reading!!

 ~Joy