Open Forum Book List

Oops, I forgot to put on the book list at the end of the last post, so here it is.

Annette likes He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo
and was on the fence about Saints by Orson Scott Card

Jen likes Persuasion by Jane Austen
and didn't like Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Angela likes Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson w/ Cecil Murphey
and kind of dislikes Animorph book by K.A. Applegate

Sheri Lee Burnett likes The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
and didn't like Lord of The Flies by William Golding

Margaret Harper likes Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
and didn't like Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck
also didn't like The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

April to May

April book club was a lot of fun. We got started late, but it was a good night for all. We missed those of you who were unable to come. There were a number of books that people brought and we had a very good discussion of them. A list of the books will be at the bottom of this posting.

We discussed the future of the book club and made a change to our book club schedule. We've decided that we will have an open forum every three months, we will have an activity every three months and we will have a normal book club every three months. From the open forum we will choose a book to discuss, the following month we will have an activity and then have the discussion of the book the month following the activity, this will give us time to get the book and read it before discussing it. I think that this will make for a fun and exciting schedule for our book club.

We will be starting this new schedule immediately. Since we had our open forum this month, in May we will have an activity, then in June we will discuss the book we chose this month which is Saints by Orson Scott Card.

May 14th we will be going to Settebello, an Italian restaurant downtown about 260 S 200 W, for our activity. We neglected to discuss a time for this activity. There are a couple options; we could meet at 6:00 pm and go to dinner, or we could meet at 7:30 pm and go for dessert. What would be your preference? Please comment or email (respond to all if you reply to the email) so we can know what the majority wants to do. Thanks.

April Book Club THIS THURSDAY

Don't forget to come to Angela's house this Thursday at 7:30pm for our open forum night. Bring a book you like and a book you don't like. Hope to see you all there.

April Book Club is Coming Soon

April 2nd is the day for our next book club at Angela's house. We will meet at 7:30 for our open forum night. Bring a book you like and a book you don't like and be ready to explain why you liked or disliked the books. It was really fun last time and gave us all a good list of books to read or avoid.

We had a fun evening at my house at the last book club even though no one read the book. It was a fun night for all and I'm glad you all were able to make the trek and come clear out to Herriman for a bit of socializing. It was really fun to have you all here.

New Date for March Book Club

We have heard from many more people now that next Thursday the 12th will be a better day for all. Therefore, we have definitely changed the date of book club to be Thursday March 12th at 7:30 pm at Jen's house. It will take about 30-35 minutes to get there, so please meet at 7:00 pm to carpool. Can Annette drive? Everyone can meet at her house and then out to Jen's. Thanks for everyone's responses. I'm excited to have you all come over to my house. I will email my address and directions next week.

Don't forget that we will be discussing Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.

If you respond to this by email, could you please do "reply to all" so that we can all know what is going on? Thanks.

Change for March Book Club?

We have had many people respond that they will not be able to come this Thursday, and no one but Angela responded that they could come. Because of this we decided to change the day of the book club. Traci, since this was your book, would you be able to come next Thursday to Jen's house? Would everyone else be okay with next Thursday the 12th at Jen's house? Or would you prefer to do it somewhere closer to the majority? Please RSVP, email or call Angela or Jen as soon as possible to let us know so that we can plan.

Questions

We've heard from a few people that they won't be able to come to book club next week, but we haven't heard if anyone is planning on coming. So if you are planning on coming, please RSVP by comment, email or call Angela/Jen.

If we don't have enough people that can come we are considering changing the date or the location. If this would make it easier for you to come please RSVP by comment, email or calling Angela/Jen. Thanks.