Dear Book Clubbers,
This week’s meeting to discuss Cutting for Stone was a major success. The book received a relatively high average rating of 4.35! Elizabeth and Karla did an amazing job of keeping the discussion lively, and Terry was a superb hostess. On top of the great chat and food, we also had a lot of laughs, reflecting how comfortable with one another we’ve become. Thanks to everyone who brought goodies, but especially to Terry, Karla and Elizabeth.
In keeping with our plan to do a book a month (with the understanding that everyone may not be able to read all the selections), our next meeting will be at 7 PM on Wednesday, February 15th at my house. The book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Kathryn will lead the discussion. Appetizer volunteers are Elizabeth, Karla and Jill. Desserts are Kathryn and Jen. Marty, Linda, Pam and Jen will bring wine. This book is a quick and engaging read. Please do not get turned off by the fiendish sounding plot summary. It really is quite good. Let me know if you are attending.
Following that we will meet on March 14th to discuss A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer at Grace’s. Marty will lead the discussion.
We voted on our long classic read and ended up with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Linda will once again lead this meeting, but the date is still to be determined.
In other news, we all cheered for Jackie’s great showing in the recently concluded Buffalo News short story contest. When she is in attendance next month, Jackie will read us her story, and we will briefly discuss it and congratulate her in person.
Unfortunately neighbor and former club member, Ann Britain, was recently in a very serious car accident just after concluding rehab for extensive back surgery.
We seem to be in a bit of a spin regarding getting volunteers to host. Many have said that it is easier to do this if they don’t have to also lead the discussion. If you feel your home is too small to hold our group, please consider partnering up with someone else by offering to moderate. A few members have also asked me to clarify that it is all of our responsibilities to call the hostess a couple days prior to the meeting to let her know that we will be attending so that she can prepare accordingly. The rare exception to this is when we are having a more involved gathering and we pass around a food sign up sheet ahead of time.
Hope the long overdue arrival of the snow has you enjoying our winter paradise, perhaps doing a winter sport or curled up by the fire with a good book.
Jan
