Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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