We will be reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas for the next couple of months. It is one of my favorite books of all time. If long classics aren't your thing, I've also recently enjoyed -
Saturday, December 14, 2013
December and January
Hi Ladies,
We will be reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas for the next couple of months. It is one of my favorite books of all time. If long classics aren't your thing, I've also recently enjoyed -
We will be reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas for the next couple of months. It is one of my favorite books of all time. If long classics aren't your thing, I've also recently enjoyed -
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
July and August Book Clubs
Hi Ladies! I think it has been a crazy summer for everyone but I wanted to make sure we all had plenty of time to prep for book club so here is the plan for July and August.
July
Kami Brown will host July 31st. Her address is 1172 Summer Harvest in Draper. If you have been to her house before don't go there! She has moved across the street. She wants to read "The Same Kind of Different as Me" or the follow up book "What Different Do It Make?" We'll plan on meeting at our regular 7:00.
August
Alicia West and I will tag team. We will have it at my house (Tara's)on August 28th at 7:00. Hopefully that won't conflict with anyone's back to school night. Alicia has chosen Erma Bombeck's "If Life is a Bowl of Cherry's then what am I doing in the Pits"
Hopefully everyone is staying sane and enjoying your summer. See you in a few weeks!
Monday, July 8, 2013
Is There a Book for July?
Hi ladies. I had heard a few suggestions flying around for July but did we ever decide on what the book was and who was hosting?
Thursday, April 25, 2013
BOOK FOR MAY!!!!!!!
Hi ladies! Although I have been AWOL for the last 2 months, you have all been in my thoughts, and I'm so excited that I can actually 1--come to book club in May, and 2--choose the book and host!
So, having said that, I had chosen Dickens' Great Expectations, but I have since changed my mind. we are going to read The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie is coming out next month and I thought that it would be very interesting to read it while it is front and center in the media. So, its The Great Gatsby ladies!
So, having said that, I had chosen Dickens' Great Expectations, but I have since changed my mind. we are going to read The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie is coming out next month and I thought that it would be very interesting to read it while it is front and center in the media. So, its The Great Gatsby ladies!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Book Club Tomorrow
Hey Everyone! Don't forget about Book Club at my house tomorrow at 7:00. 14073 Pine Mesa Dr.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Just a few Book Club related thoughts this fine Spring morning:
I heard David Sheff on NPR yesterday talking about his new book, Clean, which sounds like a well researched look at addiction in the US.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/03/175939127/a-father-tells-the-story-of-his-sons-struggle-to-stay-clean
When we read Beautiful Boy, Sheff's 'voice' was not the compelling part of the story for me. In the radio interview, I really enjoyed listening to him and found the research and information he presented fascinating. When I have more than 2 minutes to talk to Kevin-maybe when we are empty nesters- I plan to discuss it with him and compare it to what he works with in the Church's ARP program here in the valley.
And...I am about 1/3 of the way through Clara's selection for this month, In My Mother's House- I think we will have PLENTY to discuss about family dynamics, history, oppression of the working class, etc, etc. I found an interesting Utah/ musical reference about a man named Joe Hill mentioned in the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill
Highlights include:
Hill was memorialized in a tribute poem written about him c. 1930 by Alfred Hayes titled "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", sometimes referred to simply as "Joe Hill".[25
Chumbawamba's song about Joe Hill, "By and By", appears on the 2005 album A Singsong and a Scrap. It incorporates the first stanza of Alfred Hayes' poem.
Wallace Stegner published a fictional biography called Joe Hill in 1950
Lastly, ripped from the headlines:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/04/news/companies/fast-food-new-york-strike/index.html?source=cnn_bin
Looking forward, as always to be with you all in a few weeks!
I heard David Sheff on NPR yesterday talking about his new book, Clean, which sounds like a well researched look at addiction in the US.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/03/175939127/a-father-tells-the-story-of-his-sons-struggle-to-stay-clean
When we read Beautiful Boy, Sheff's 'voice' was not the compelling part of the story for me. In the radio interview, I really enjoyed listening to him and found the research and information he presented fascinating. When I have more than 2 minutes to talk to Kevin-maybe when we are empty nesters- I plan to discuss it with him and compare it to what he works with in the Church's ARP program here in the valley.
And...I am about 1/3 of the way through Clara's selection for this month, In My Mother's House- I think we will have PLENTY to discuss about family dynamics, history, oppression of the working class, etc, etc. I found an interesting Utah/ musical reference about a man named Joe Hill mentioned in the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill
Highlights include:
Hill was memorialized in a tribute poem written about him c. 1930 by Alfred Hayes titled "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", sometimes referred to simply as "Joe Hill".[25
Chumbawamba's song about Joe Hill, "By and By", appears on the 2005 album A Singsong and a Scrap. It incorporates the first stanza of Alfred Hayes' poem.
Wallace Stegner published a fictional biography called Joe Hill in 1950
Lastly, ripped from the headlines:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/04/news/companies/fast-food-new-york-strike/index.html?source=cnn_bin
Looking forward, as always to be with you all in a few weeks!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Book for April
Book Club will be at my house April 24th. I chose "In My Mother's House" by Kim Chernin. It is a matriarchal story about 3 or so generations of Russian/ Jewish/ American women and their politics, work, and family relationships. It also has a interesting poetic undercurrent. I hope you like it!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Time to Laugh
It's Business Time
The Boom King (you can skip the 1st minute or so)
You can thank (or berate) me later.
The Boom King (you can skip the 1st minute or so)
You can thank (or berate) me later.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
March Book Club at Daphne's
Hello Friends!
We just had a great night discussing The Snow Child at Emily's house tonight. We had plenty of yummy treats and good conversation.
Rachel and I are doing a switcheroo for March book club, so here are the options... First of all, the last Wednesday of the month falls during Spring Break, and I don't know if we'll get many to attend. Instead, I'd like to have it onWed., Mar. 20th, giving us 3 weeks to finish the book.
Book options... Tonight at book club, I mentioned reading Alias Grace, choice #2, but thought there might be some who would be scared off by the story of a "celebrated murderess" in the 19th century. So, for those of you weak at heart (you know who you are), may I suggest this delightful novel, The Princess Academy.
Choice #1
I read this book this month and really loved it. It is, obviously juvenile fiction, so be prepared to have the urge to pull your kids in and read it to them too!
Choice #2 Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace
This book was given to me years ago, and I've finally gotten around to reading it. I've been completely sucked in by the language, and poetry woven throughout the novel. I am also intrigued by the real events which compelled the author to write this story.
We just had a great night discussing The Snow Child at Emily's house tonight. We had plenty of yummy treats and good conversation.
Rachel and I are doing a switcheroo for March book club, so here are the options... First of all, the last Wednesday of the month falls during Spring Break, and I don't know if we'll get many to attend. Instead, I'd like to have it onWed., Mar. 20th, giving us 3 weeks to finish the book.
Book options... Tonight at book club, I mentioned reading Alias Grace, choice #2, but thought there might be some who would be scared off by the story of a "celebrated murderess" in the 19th century. So, for those of you weak at heart (you know who you are), may I suggest this delightful novel, The Princess Academy.
Choice #1
Book Description
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have
quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests
have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's
time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of
the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every
teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
I read this book this month and really loved it. It is, obviously juvenile fiction, so be prepared to have the urge to pull your kids in and read it to them too!
Choice #2 Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace
This book was given to me years ago, and I've finally gotten around to reading it. I've been completely sucked in by the language, and poetry woven throughout the novel. I am also intrigued by the real events which compelled the author to write this story.
Book Description
In Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her
most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since The
Handmaid's Tale. She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the
most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century.
Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.
Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?
Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.
Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?
Thursday, January 31, 2013
2013 Schedule
I just got the 2013 schedule up on the right sidebar ---) over there. If you can't see it and you are on a phone or tablet, scroll down to the bottom of the posts section and push the "view web version" button and it should come up along with the prettier version of our blog. :)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Les Mis
Hi Ladies!
I checked with Amanda last night and she feels like meeting at my house Wed rather than hers-can't imagine why...:) I am excited to discuss Les Mis, so I hope you will come no matter where you are at in the story- finished it, reading it, looking at the Cliff's Notes, saw the musical ,saw the movie, singing along with the soundtrack, etc.
I especially want to discuss the chapter where Victor Hugo, literary giant, turns into a perv-y guy named Vic and writes something relatively creepy before returning to his regularly scheduled brilliance.
Let's plan on 7:30pm Wed, so I can get my boys home from BBall and file them upstairs.
See you then.
Emily
I checked with Amanda last night and she feels like meeting at my house Wed rather than hers-can't imagine why...:) I am excited to discuss Les Mis, so I hope you will come no matter where you are at in the story- finished it, reading it, looking at the Cliff's Notes, saw the musical ,saw the movie, singing along with the soundtrack, etc.
I especially want to discuss the chapter where Victor Hugo, literary giant, turns into a perv-y guy named Vic and writes something relatively creepy before returning to his regularly scheduled brilliance.
Let's plan on 7:30pm Wed, so I can get my boys home from BBall and file them upstairs.
See you then.
Emily
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Dinner On Saturday
We are trying to do dinner on Saturday at 6:00pm at the Blue Nile in Salt Lake City. Even if you aren't joining us for the whole weekend - please come meet us for dinner!
Monday, January 7, 2013
This Weekend
Hi Ladies-
Just wondering if anyone has figured out their plans for this weekend. It would be nice to start getting an idea of who is going, who isn't, who wants to meet us on Saturday for dinner in Salt Lake etc. Right now it sounds like Clara, myself, Alicia and maybe Emily are going on Thursday night. I know some people said they might be coming Friday morning. So if you know what you are planning please let me know. If you aren't sure, we would be happy to have you last minute as well. Any ideas on where we should eat on Saturday evening?
Just wondering if anyone has figured out their plans for this weekend. It would be nice to start getting an idea of who is going, who isn't, who wants to meet us on Saturday for dinner in Salt Lake etc. Right now it sounds like Clara, myself, Alicia and maybe Emily are going on Thursday night. I know some people said they might be coming Friday morning. So if you know what you are planning please let me know. If you aren't sure, we would be happy to have you last minute as well. Any ideas on where we should eat on Saturday evening?
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