January's meeting

We will be meeting at Andrea Wachob's house on January 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM to discuss "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls.

December's book

The next book we will be reading is "Christmas Jars" by Jason F. Wright. We will be meeting on December 4th, 2008 at 8:00 PM at Alli Louthain's home.

We will also be having a book and cookie exchange. Please bring a book (under $10) and a plate of cookies to contribute to the exchange.

Date moved up

We have changed the date of the next book club meeting to Thursday, October 30th. We will still be meeting at Becky McRae's home at 8:00 PM. We will be discussing "The Peacegiver" by James Ferrell.

November's Book

The next meeting of book club will be at Becky McRae's home on November 6th at 8:00 PM. We will be discussing "The Peacegiver" by James Ferrell.

October's Book

We will be meeting this Thursday, October 2nd at 8:00 PM at Katherine Richardson's home. We will be discussing the book, "Octavian Nothing".

Available copy

I have a copy of "These is My Words". Contact me if you want to borrow it.

Upcoming books

I've updated the sidebar with the upcoming books. Click on the picture to link to a description of the book.

We will be meeting the first Thursday of each month (except for January since the first Thursday is New Year's Day). We are going to be meeting at 8:00 PM rather than 7:00 PM.

September: "These is My Words" by Nancy Turner
October: TBD
November :"The Peacegiver" by James Ferrell
December: Book exchange and "Christmas Jars" by Jason Wright
January: "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls
February: TBD
March: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
April: TBD

September's book

September's book will be "These is My Words" by Nancy E. Turner. We will be meeting at Erika Pike's home at 8:00 PM on September 4th.

Another change

Due to popular demand, we've moved book club to August 7th. It will be at Ashley Hansen's house at 7:00 PM. The book is "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.

Summer break

We won't be meeting in June for book club so you should have plenty of time to read "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. We'll meet at Ashley Hansen's house on July 31st.

We are also going to talk about what books we would like to read in future months. In fact, we're also going to change how we run this book club. We would like to switch things up by asking for anyone willing to host for a particular month and have that person choose the book. This might allow for a little more participation for those who can't make it every month. We can settle the details later.

North and South Online

For anyone else that is having trouble finding a copy of North and South (by Elizabeth Gaskell, NOT John Jakes), the entire book is available to read for free online. I know it is not the most ideal reading conditions, but I have already read the first two chapters while I wait (for a second time) to receive my book in the mail. Here is the link if anyone is interested: North and South
Just click on the chapters on the left hand side to start reading. I believe it is the full version, but without a print version to compare, I'm not sure. Good luck reading!

Is there an extra copy I can borrow?

I just realized book club is this week! Does anyone have a copy of "Magic of Ordinary Days" that I can borrow? I can read it in a day or two. thanks, Ashley

Book club updates

We made some changes to the schedule for the next few months.

We've switched to The Magic of Ordinary Days by Howard Creel for April and changed the date. We will be meeting on April 17th at Sarah Enz's home.

For May we will be reading North and South by Elizabeth Gaskill. This book is a little hard to come by so try looking for it now. I will be getting a copy and will try to read it early so that I can pass it on. It is also pretty long so try to start early. We will be meeting on May 22nd at Becky McRae's home.

We've also changed the date of the June meeting but will still be reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. We will be meeting on June 12th at Ashley Hansen's home.

Does anyone have a copy of the book available?

Hey all! Just wondering if there is a copy of this months book floating around that I could borrow. I tried the library and it is checked out.

Extra Copy

I finished reading "The Solace of Leaving Early" and have a copy to lend out. Let me know if anyone would like to borrow it.

Change is good?

Okay so the consensus is that we are moving the book club back again to this Thursday, February 28th at Corissa's house at 7:00 p.m. Sorry for all the commotion! Please come even if you haven't finished the book! Thanks for your patience!

These is My Words

Here's a little request outside of book club. Does anyone have a copy of "These is My Words" that I could borrow?

You still have time to read!

The next book club meeting has been moved to Thursday, March 6, 2008. We will be reading "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Laura Schlessinger. We'll be meeting at Corissa Hanson's home at 7:00 p.m.

Here are your books

We have the next six books picked for book club. I've tentatively set the dates based on our usual schedule (4th Thursday of the month).

February 28th
Host: Corissa Hanson
Book: The Care and Proper Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger

March 27th
Host: Keri Edwards
Book: The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel

April 24th
Host: Becky McRae
Book: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskill

May 22nd
Host: Sarah Enz
Book: The Magic of Ordinary Days by Howard Creel

June 26th
Host: Ashley Hansen
Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

July/August (date TBA)
Host: Michelle Hunt
Book: Three Against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe

Jane Austen anyone?

I saw that you guys read a couple of Jane Austen books so I thought some of you might be interested in this news. Beginning on January 13th, PBS is playing adaptations of her six main novels. Check out this link. I think the channel here in Indy is channel 20 (WFYI) but I'm not sure for those that have real cable. Anyway, it starts at 9:00 PM every Sunday evening.

Available for Loan

I finished reading Fire of the Covenant, so if anyone needs to borrow it, email me and let me know.
erika_pike@yahoo.com

Oh, and I LOVED it!

Erika