A Letter and Thoughts

Dear Book Club,

I hope you have had a most awesome summer.

I miss you terribly.

Please let me see you soon.

Love,
C

Now some thoughts that will inspire our Book Club brains as the leaves get ready to turn. These thoughts are not random. They are most orderly.

1. September Book Club is in the works! Will post Monday with details.
2. The Poisonwood Bible for me started out lovely, then turned hated, and in the end I can say I liked it! I really really liked it!
3. Is any one reading Cease to Blush? Did anyone else think it was a crazy book? Like RANDOM?
4. I started early on Three Cups of Tea, got tired and left it.
5. I picked up Middlesex and WHOA, I love this book!
6. I got encouraging e-mail from well read Sister-in-Law that Three Cups of Tea I must not give up on, it will be worth it in the end.
7. I am back on Three Cups of Tea.
8. Next year I propose we do not A Years Worth of Books, rather 10 Months Worth of Books. Yes, Ladies. We take summer holiday July-August. To catch up on back books, or to read new faves, or just to stare at the clouds.
9. Next year I also propose we draw for months, rather than choose them way ahead. What you want to read in October could be very different than what you want to read in July.
10. Time Travellers Wife. Let's go have a good cry together, non? I hear that you'd better not wear mascara into that movie.

Thoughts on my thoughts? Lets hear 'em.

Friday Thought

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.- Ursula K. LeGuin

Ladies Nights

Movie Nights for Girls Only!

Here's a couple of movies that would be super fun to see together. Especially since I know that my husband is not into any of them!

1) Time Travelle's Wife
I know that it's almost here and we all talked about it before and sounded like we were all in agreement that we want to see it and we would all like to get together to see it. Opens on Friday and we've got book club next Friday... what do you ladies think about the end of August?? I like Eric Bana, especially after seeing Funny People

2) Lovely Bones (not out until December)
It's an Alice Sebold book that came before Almost Moon. I have to say that I really enjoyed this one. Not sure if any of you, besides Christine, have read it, but it's a good one, and Marky Mark is in it, so it should be pretty interesting. It's dark, but I don't think that it's as crazy whacked out as Almost Moon. Interest??

Can't wait to see you all next Friday. I've got the mother in law here for the next week. Have a great weekend all.. wait, it's only Wednesday. Agh... Back to watching SYTYCD Canada. I'm praying that Christine shows up on one of these auditions...

Malia

Cease to Blush

Hello ladies!
I am back from two weeks in the BC sunshine and late on our August book! I imagine this is probably fine with most as the July book was a tough one. I found after struggling through the first half I really enjoyed the second half and, while not on my list of favourites, it is a book that I will remember and am glad to have read.

On to our August book, Cease to Blush. Will Amber pull out another fab pick that all of us will love? I hope so! I started last night and love that I don't know anything about the plot. I'll leave it like that for all of you too, and only post the author's web page on the side bar.

Next meeting, shall we say August 21 at Quarter Tan Shan's?