Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

And we're back!  After some lazy blog upkeep and a few breaks here and there, book club is back in action.  I am very excited to again have purpose in my life.  We are currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.  We will be meeting Wednesday November 5th at 7pm at Rae's Lakeview Lounge.  Because I'm super classy and hosting our first meeting back at a bar we will not be viewing the film adaptation of the book.  Here is some more information about the author and the film.  Just to warn you in case you have not thought that far ahead, the description of the film may give some things away if you are busy trying to finish the book, as I am.  Full disclosure is important in adult life and I need more practice.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro
http://literature.britishcouncil.org/kazuo-ishiguro

Never Let Me Go
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334260/

Fall is Upon Us

Book club is back! After a fabolous summer break we came together in October to discuss Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. It was one of my personal favorites and it was also very interesting to compare to the movie starring Elijah Wood. I also found a great reading guide online that raised some interesting questions:
http://www.gradesaver.com/everything-is-illuminated/study-guide/short-summary/

We are currently reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. I will schedule a meeting for this month, November, to discuss this fabulous book. Send me a quick email or add a comment if you need a little extra time for this one. Fall is my favorite season and the perfect time to curl up with a good book. As always send me any suggestions for fabulous reads or new interests.

Happy Reading

The Book of June :)

Hey everyone! This months read will be:

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

I would really like any suggestions for our next book I've been considering a few The Tiger's Wife, The Poisoner's Handbook, The Forgotten Garden, Chasing the White Dog and many many more so if you have heard of something good or amazing and new please let me know! Thanks and I'll see everyone in July!

Happy Reading

June

Hey everyone I'm finally updating the blog! We will be meeting at my apartment Sunday June 12th at 4pm to discuss:

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

I will announce our next two books at this meeting and I hope to see you all there :)

Cheers

February

Hey everyone I had a great time at Megan's for the Eat Pray Love discussion thanks for hosting! I'm looking forward to reading our next book,

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Erin will contact everyone for meeting information. Brenna will be hosting after Erin and her book choice is,

Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

I hope to see you all next month and happy reading :)

January

The January book is Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Megan F. will be hosting within the first couple weeks of February. The February book is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Erin will be hosting the Three Cups of Tea discussion within the first couple of weeks of March. Send me an e-mail if you would like to sign up to host and as always happy reading to all!

December

Thanks to everyone for a great first year of our book club, I've had a great time! The cookie exchange was lots of fun and I really enjoyed this last pick. Our next host is Miss Lauren and her pick is:
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
She will contact everyone with a meeting date for January. To make things run a little more smooth I will be contacting each host and reminding them to send out an email with their meeting date at least 2 weeks prior to the book club date. We have been generally trying to have meetings within the first two weeks of the month working around big holiday weekends. I hope this will help everyone with their scheduling.

It has also been suggested that we announce the next two books at each meeting. So Miss Megan Fritts is the host after Lauren and she has chosen:
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Megan will be scheduling out meeting in February. And if you missed the last meeting but would still like to sign up to host just send me an email or a text and I'll sign you up for the next available month. Thanks again for a great year and here's to looking towards 2011!

Cheers and Happy Reading

November

Thanks to everyone who could make the last meeting, Gilly you have amazing baking skills! Jessica will be our host for December and we are planning to do a cookie exchange at that meeting to celebrate the holiday season. We will be reading The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe for next meeting. Jessica will contact everyone with the next meeting time and I hope to see you all there. Have a great Thanksgiving and happy reading.

Cheers

October

Welcome to the best month ever, hooray for fall! Thank you to Lindsey for having an awesome Swedish themed book club and showing the movie. Our next host is Miss Gilly Boardman and she has chosen the book, Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer. As usual she will update us with the information for the next meeting time. So I hope you all have a wonderful October and happy reading!

Cheers

September

Hey girls,
This months reading is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Lindsey is the next host so she will contact everyone with a meeting time. I'm hoping we can get enough people who finish the book early so we can go see the movie right before the meeting and compare it to the book. Happy reading to all!
Cheers,
Nikki

August is almost over!

Hey everyone I apologize for slacking on my blog duties. This months book is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I am the host for this book and since the first weekend in September is Labor Day weekend I'm going to shoot for the second weekend in September and will update you all when I have a date and time. I've heard very good things about this book from a lot of very different types of people so hopefully everyone will enjoy it. As always happy reading, cheers!

July Book

Hello! Our next host is Miss Megan Palm and she has chosen Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahnuik. Also we need a host for September so let me know if you are interested. Happy Reading everyone :)

June Book

I hope you all enjoyed The Carrie Diaries, we had a great discussion about it! Emily has chosen the next book which is,

'Whip Smart': Memoirs Of A Dominatrix by Melissa Febos

The meeting will be held at my house so once Emily and I arrange a date and time I will let you all know. I know everyone is starting to get super busy during the summer and 4th of July is coming up so we will attempt to arrange a satisfactory time for book club :) Happy reading everyone.

May Book

Hey everyone, I very much enjoyed the last book and hope you all did as well :) Our May book will be The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell. Miss Samantha will be hosting the meeting for this book in June and will inform everyone about that meeting. Also Sex and the City 2 comes out at the end of the month yay! Happy reading.

April Book

Yay we are onto the April book which was chosen by the next host Miss Lisa Sherland. The book is Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler. The meeting will be within the first couple weeks of May and Lisa will be contacting everyone with the details. Happy reading and cheers!

February Recap/March Book

I enjoyed Snow Flower and the Secret Fan very much and I encourage anyone to post comments about their thoughts on the ending if they would like :) Jessica is the next host and has chosen A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick to be the next book and she will be contacting everyone about the next meeting, happy reading!

February Book

The current book we are reading is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. Miss Lisa Andersen is the host for this book and she will be contacting everyone once she decides the time and date of the next meeting. Happy reading everyone :)

Febuary Metting - The Book Theif

Yay the next meeting is at Nikki Beck's house on February 13th at 6:00pm, you should have received an email with the details so if you did not please contact me and I'll fill you in :) Hope to see you all there there!

January Meeting Recap

Thanks to all who could make it, I was very pleased with the discussion. For those of you who were unable to come but still read the book feel free to post your comments. Miss Nikki Beck will be hosting the February meeting and the book chosen for that meeting is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Also I have a copy available for loan, first come first serve :) Happy Reading!!!!!

December book

The book chosen for December is Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.