July

The month of June was a month spent reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. While it wasn't the best book we've entertained ourselves with thus far...it was pretty dang enjoyable and Sara threw a great party for us.

Next up, for the month of July, is Suzanne's pick. Which has yet to be named.

But ya'll can bet it'll be a good one...

MAY

the newest book is The Secret Garden

so get yourself a copy of gram's favorite...

Monthly Breakdown

I finally found the note from Gram's house that has our 2011 Schedule on it!

Let me know if you'd like any changes:

March: Jessie's Baby Shower - Christine's house

April: Newes from the Dead - Brooke Jorgensen

May: Vicki

June: Sara

July: Suzanne

August: Julie

September: Haley

October, November, December: Up for grabs!

**When you know the book you'd like to do--even months in advance--let me know. We can post it early on, so those with difficult schedules can read ahead!**

2011

Well, ladies, 2011 is off to a great start:

After completing To Kill a Mockingbird, we met to have a southern dinnah (complete with cornbread that had BACON in it. go gram!) and discuss Aunt Julie's favorite book (perhaps only second to the illustrious Owen Meany).

In other news: Congratulations to our newest baby in the family: Brooks! and the coming Larson baby! Man, new book-clubbers are born all the time. Can't wait to recruit.

For MARCH, Brooke has announced the new read: Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper

I, for one, have never heard of it, so here's blurb from Amazon.com:

“Newes from the Dead” was the name of a pamphlet that circulated in England in 1650 after a teenage housemaid, hanged for the crime of infanticide, awoke on the dissecting table. Hooper uses this case as the basis for a historical mystery that is creepy in the best Edgar Allen Poe tradition, as well as thought-provoking about sexual harassment and abuse. The story opens in a coffin, as the reader listens in on poor Anne’s frantic coming-to-terms with where she is and how she got there: her days as a servant, her seduction by a young lord, the accusation of murder. Anne’s thoughts, from coffin to dissecting table, are juxtaposed with a third-person narrative, centering on a nervous young surgeon who is on hand to witness and assist in the young woman’s dissection. Hooper explains that surgeons were allowed to conduct autopsies on criminals, and it's just such intriguing tidbits of Cromwellian history that add heft to this suspenseful novel. Give this to readers who prefer their historical mysteries straight up—without an overlay of fantasy. "

Pardon me, but DAMN this sounds good.

I just ordered mine from Amazon for six bucks...so here are a few links for you to do the same, if you wanna buy online:

amazon, half.com, and barnes & noble all have it! click the links to compare prices, or head to a bookstore and git 'er bought!

Check back here soon, for more details on the dates of upcoming meetings and, should you already know the book you're looking at for your month, don't hesitate to send me an email!

thanks gals! and happy reading...

SlackerFest 2010

I'm pleased to announce that I, el presidente of this little club, was awarded the SLACKER Award in 2010, due to my complete abandonment of the book club I so desperately wanted initiated.

If I'm guilty of anything, it's laziness, my dear friends, but I am here with a renewed vow:

Book Club 2011, I Will Not Abandon You.

our next meeting is at gramma's house, reading a classic (and favorite) of many in the group: To Kill A Mockingbird

I'm only about thirty-pages in, but I can tell this little beauty is quite the pick.

let's hear it for the Wells' Women! woo, woo.

come to our next meeting in FEBRUARY - whether you've read or not. it's gonna be a good time.

sincerely, and with renewed vigor,

haley