Hello ladies!
It's been a while since I posted. I've been busy ya know. Weddings and such. That is all over now and I'm ready to get back into a more regular existance on weekends. Which includes movies! And books! And speaking of the two I happened to watch Twilight on Friday night. I have to say it left me with two thoughts...I wonder what the hype is all about...and I have to read the book to find out! Has anyone else read or watched Twilight?

We've got a full week ahead of pretty crappy weather so lots of reading should get done. You have to look on the bright side, ya know?

I'm excited that I may have a new book for my list of favourites. I am loving Edgar Sawtelle...the setting, the atmosphere, the characters and conflicts, and the style of writing. Once it's officially "May", I'll add lots of links for Sawtelle. Love her or hate her, the Almighty Opes will have a lot of good material on this book I think.

Shall we say 7:00 at Diner Deluxe on Friday May 8? I'll call ahead to be sure we can reserve a table for 8. I'll keep you posted...

Don't let the flakes get you down...
CD

p.s. Unrelated material...I am blogging from the couch tonight, while watching a Canadian Geographic special on the Canadian Beaver. Cute lil buggers. Did you know there used to be a Giant beaver the size of a black bear that went extinct 10,000 years ago? True story. You can Google that shiz. Hmmm wonder if my next book pick could have something to do with the Giant Bever or life on Ellsmere Island.

June's Book

Hello ladies,

I know that I am totally jumping ahead of myself here, but I was ordering a prezzy for Christien from Chaperts online and was going to pick up the James Frey book for our June read. Just found out that it's coming out in paperback in May. The 6th or the 12th. So for those of you who haven't bought it yet, or enjoy paperbacks more then hardcover, it'll be out soon. Just thought that I would share. Have a wonderfully, fantastic, sun shiney weekend!

Malia

Midmonth Update

Hello ladies...Sawadee Ka Kristin!

Hope you are enjoying Thailand and staying away from political uprisings! I was quite concerned by the images on the TV until BD explained it to me this way..."It's kinda like Stampede Week in Calgary, if you stay away from it, you'd never know it was happening." Hopefully you are reaching new levels of tan on the powder sand beaches drinking out of a bucket.

What are your thoughts on our current book? I got stalled on Chapter 7 but I am hoping to get back into it this week...planning a weekend away, taxes, birthdays, weddings, spring cleaning and errands have all got me distracted!

Next meeting is still up for debate as to the where & when...but we do know it's out on the town. Thoughts? Suggestions? Keep me posted.

What a Fabulous Bunch...

Hey Gals...

BIG thanks to Alana for the Meatatarian-Movie Book Club! Food was super fab (sad again I didn't bring camera for visual documentation - next time it is a must). The movie brought mixed reviews, am I right? It followed the book, yes...but if you hadn't read the book I'm sure that you would think it the weirdest, most crazy ass movie you'd ever seen. Rocks? Death by Chocolate Pudding? Cherry Daquiri? WTF.

Overall thoughts on the book were mixed...like what can you make of it? However, based on the fact that we all read and finished reading it...I'd say it was a success! Great pick KD! We missed you KD as we ate our kebabs!

I was reflecting on our fabulous book club and how the best part of meeting monthly is to witness the changing of the tides, so to speak. One month is the perfect increment it seems to always have some big and fabulous news. Since the inception of our book club we have done the following (in no particular order)...

Travelled to:
Mexico (3 or 4 times)
Thailand (2 times)
Vegas (3 times)
Hawaii (4 times)
Africa !!!!
Halifax
London
Croatia
And yet one more fabulously European country for Shannon that my memory is failing
(Did I miss any?)
Gotten engaged (2 times)
Gave BIRTH !!!
Bought homes (4 times!)
Renovated homes (3 times)

That is the lives of 8 gals over 18 months...I'd say that is mayjah.

Not to say there haven't been a lot of hard times through the months, but the support and friendship through those times as well has been remarkable. Thanks ladies!

Have a great Easter Weekend! Eat Chocolate!

And BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Malia and Amber. Another year is definitley something worth celebrating. LOVE YA!

Another Month, Another Book

Friends,
We meet tomorrow, Friday the 3rd, at Alana's. This is the third consecutive Book Club on the first Friday of the month! We are getting some consistency in our meetings, which is awesome. Looking forward to your thoughts on Choke...and to starting Wolf.

I've got a few links to A Wolf at the Table and Augusten Burroughs on the side bar. I love that name. I don't have much experience with this author other than seeing the movie Running With Scissors. Has anyone else seen that or read the book? I remember thinking it was a pretty good movie at the time. Apparently A Wolf at the Table is about the time period in his life before Running With Scissors, when he goes to live with his mother's shrink!? WTF. It's so crazy.

Also I just finished The Queen's Fool, another Phillipa Gregory. It's pretty good if you are at all interested in the relationship of Elizabeth I and her half-sister Mary and how Elizabeth came to be Queen.

Has any one else been doing any extracurricular reading you'd recommend??

I'd say the one downside to ordering a years worth of books at a time is I don't get into Chapters to see what's on the shelves much...but that does save me probabably a lot of money.

BD is reading Angels and Demons right now. I quite liked it, almost better than DaVinci code. This movie comes out next month and we plan to see it...any one up for making that one a double, triple, quadruple...(I don't know what comes next) date? Let's make it happen.

So much to discuss...till tomorrow...