Have I mentioned I'm in a Book Club? I had been in another BC prior to having kids that was really just a wine-drinking club, which would have been fine if we had also read and discussed books, but we rarely (never) did, so once things with my girls settled down a little bit I decided I wanted to be part of an actual BC, where we actually read and discuss books (while drinking wine and chatting about non-book things). So I contacted four of my good girlfriends and they contacted 1-2 of their good girlfriends and we came up with a game plan and our BC began! That was back in March and we have been going strong and meeting monthly and reading and discussing lots of books ever since. Since I formed the group, I hosted the first get together and that means I also got to pick the first book, which was
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand:
What an amazing story!
Nine months later it's my turn to host and pick the book again and this time I chose
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley:
We have not met to discuss it yet, but I finished it last night and it was terrific! Happy, sad, historical, romantic, sad, happy, romantic, and just great! I hope everyone else likes it as much as I did.
Other books we have read include:
A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (which we followed up with the movie & loved as much as the book!)
The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain
Zeitoun (Vintage) by Dave Eggers
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
My friends and I are also starting a Craft Night, in which we all get together (probably just seasonally) and the host comes up with crafts for all of us to do together. We are starting next week with 3 Christmas crafts, which I will be sure to post the results of next week. Fun fun! I hope you are also part of some groups you find enjoyable!
