Meeting at Nancy's in February

Hi everyone,

Don't forget that our next book club meeting will be on February 6th at 5:30pm. We will be gathering at Nancy's home. It's always a delight to spend an evening there sharing our thoughts and enjoying a wonderful meal. Looking forward to seeing everyone then!

COUNTED AGAIN

I recounted our books. With Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, that was Book 97 and so we are on target. :)

Gerry and Marie, thank you for a lovely Christmas dinner. It's always enjoyable. Marie, you always put so much love and detail into your meals and are so gracious.

Barbara

December Gatherine

Our next meeting will be Monday, December 12th, 5:30pm at Gerry's home. Just a reminder that we will wrap gift books for local children in need, so bring gift books and wrapping materials. Also, we will have our secret book exchange. Looking forward to seeing you all at Gerry's.

We are getting close to 100!!

We are closely approaching the 100 books read mark! Now we just need to come up with a plan to celebrate!! And if my counting is correct, I think Barbara will be the person who will be choosing the hundredth book! It seems very appropriate, because, it was remembered that the whole reason this book club exists is thanks to Barbara's bringing the idea to fruition. What a happy coincidence! I also think that the month for this to happen is likely to be February. Please check my figuring, everyone!

Some ideas that were thought of for celebrating the event are:

Invite all past members of the We Really Read The Book

book club to join us.

Tell NCRL, and suggest a story in the newsletter.

Host somewhere a little larger than at one of our homes.

Invite spouses and partners - families too, I think.

And in addition, here's some ideas I will throw out:

Whatever book Barbara chooses, make it a

One Community book for the whole Entiat Valley.

See if we can get the author to either visit,

or to correspond with us somehow.

Celebrate with all who read as well.

Advertise with help from the Friends of the Entiat Public Library.

(These are just ideas from me, so let's just play with them and see if they sound like fun to you all or whether we should keep it simple!)

Thanks all for being such great guests at my house for the last dinner. I love that you are all game for not only reading such a diverse range of books, but for trying out my experimental cooking projects! It was interesting to read and discuss Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The rating turned out to be a solid 5.27. I will experience Seattle in a whole new light, and hope to visit the Panama Hotel the next time I am there.

In regards to our next meeting, I spoke to Claudia today and Wednesday, November 9 at 5:30 at her house is good (unless she gets called to jury duty, for which she is on call) .

Hi Everyone~

I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday, Sept. 26 around 5:30. Don't worry about bringing anything, except your appetites for both dinner and book discussion!

I wanted to post this link from the library. It may help in your future selections.

http://ncrl.org/_blog/Books!_Books!_Books!/post/New_Books/

Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

As I mentioned in my earlier "comment", Chris's choice - Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet , became available and you all will have that by this next meeting. I will now place myself to choose the next book. I've been a little slow about deciding anyway, so hopefully something will really grab me in the next few days! Sorry to miss the meeting at Chris's, and I hope to see you soon.

I just noticed that I am next to host - I would like to choose a weekday evening - if possible. I'm thinking maybe a Wednesday night on either the 21st or the 28th? Please let me know if one is better than the other.

I CAN'T BELIEVE!

I think I just counted 94 books that we've read since starting this book club. Simply amazing! That means 94 wonderful, delicious, thoughtful meals as well!!!! It's fun to go back and look at the old titles which sparks lots of memories.

Thank you to whoever has taken the time to post all the titles. :)

Barbara

August meeting

The August meeting will be 2 PM Sunday August 28 at Chris's house.


P.S.

Thanks so much for the wonderful dinner, Debbie! Baked Alaska really takes the cake!!
It was fun to read "Winterdance", and I think that Chris may have the tally on the rating of our book. I will check my email to find out. If you read this, Chris - I think that we can be squeezed in for "The Hotel at Bitter and Sweet", as our next book. If so, how about you and I just switch places for choosing a book?

I kind of want to choose a mystery... any suggestions?

We are now reading Debbie's choice, "The Hiding Place", by Corrie Ten Boom. I read this back in the late 70's. It's such a long time ago, that I remember the circumstances, but not all of the particulars. What a strange era the people in Europe lived through during the years of WWII. Hard to believe how people can be so brutal, and others can so willingly put their lives into such danger to protect others.

- Granny

July Meeting

Reminder that we'll be at Debbie's upriver at 2 PM Sunday July 31. Laughing and learning with Winterdance!

OOOPS!

I made a mistake in ordering the Wrong Book for what Barbara requested. She actually wanted a book by Gary Paulsen titled, "Winterdance". I just sent an email to Paula after noticing that there are multiple copies of that title in the book club collection. I am hoping that I will get it in by Monday!

Thanks for being patient with me!!

Books Have Arrived!

Hi Everyone,

I'm writing to let you know that the next books, "Brian's Winter", by Gary Paulsen and chosen by Barbara have arrived at the library. Please let me know if you need to have a copy either mailed to you are brought to your home. It is a very short book and I am confident will be a quick read.

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend holiday!

Lovely Evening

We enjoyed a lovely gathering and delicious meal at Barbara's last night. It was nice, but slightly breezy, dining and discussing al fresco at the Love Shack. We were treated with Rob and Barbara's very own Pinot Noir which was a hit with all of us - it was so very good. We were sorry to miss Annette, Esther and Gerry. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong was an interesting follow-up to our previous selection and provided, as always, interesting and thoughtful discussion.

We need to get both Annette and Lisa scheduled into our book selection list and our hosting list. Hopefully we will be able to get these worked out at our next gathering.

Our next book, which is Barbara's selection, is not available yet. Esther will contact us when she has the books, which is expected to be in a couple of weeks.

Debbie will be hosting our next gathering, which will be Sunday, July 31 at 2pm. The location is yet to be determined. It may be at Debbie's place in Wenatchee, it may be up river at Debbie and Terry's place, or it may be at the Columbia Breaks Interpretive Center. Debbie will let us know as we get closer to the meeting date. Where ever it will be, I'm looking forward to another fun gathering of friends. Planning on seeing you all then.

June Gathering

Thank you Nancy for another delicious meal! It's always so nice to gather with friends and enjoy great food and good discussions. The selection we read and discussed was Gerry's pick: Global Peace and the Rise of Antichirst by Dave Hunt. This book explained one view of the coming rapture and Armageddon and presented interesting ideas to consider and discuss. Our new friend Lisa was able to join us again, but we missed seeing Annette; hoping to see her at our next gathering. Speaking of which, our next meeting will be held at Barbara's home on Monday, June 13th at 6pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone then!

Next Meeting May 16th at Nancy's

Thank you Gerry and Marie for hosting our last meeting. As always, the dinner was wonderful and the evening full of friendship and interesting discussion. Nancy will be hosting our next gathering, which will be Monday, May 16th at 5:30pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Dinner at Claudia's and Next Month's Plan

The Hummingbird's Daughter, by Luis Alberto Urrea was rated 4.63 at our last meeting. Thank you Claudia for a wonderful Mexican dinner, and to all of you for interesting conversation. I feel so fortunate that we have such a congenial yet diverse and outspoken book club group. I think it is such a great opportunity for growth. I certainly feel challenged to read with more awareness in order to be able to express my reaction to the books we read. After finishing The Hummingbird's Daughter, I decided to read another book by Urrea - his nonfiction The Devil's Highway.

Our next book, chosen by Claudia has arrived. It is The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Please stop by the library or let me know if you need to have it mailed to you. We planned our next meeting to happen at Gerry's house, on Monday, April 11. I will let Annette know.

Cross your fingers for warm spring days!

Eggs available from Megan!

Hi All,

Megan Webster ( who lives upriver at about 12 miles) asked me to let everyone know that she has eggs for sale again! The chickens are back laying lots and lots, and you can drive up to her place for the best eggs you'll find anywhere, and for a VERY good price.

Esther

On to the next book!

It was so much fun to have all of you over for dinner! We missed Debbie, of course, but will look forward to getting the next book to her, and seeing her at our next meeting. I am so glad that The Brain That Changes Itself was so well received. I was sure it was going to fall flat, but knowing how open-minded, and thoroughly dedicated readers you all are, I should have known that you would mine gems of wisdom - no matter my own misgivings. It rated a 4.0!

The challenge is to find new ways of expanding our life experiences, and of course reading is one of our favorite ways. Chris chose our next book "The Hummingbird's Daughter", but Luis Alberto Urrea. We will meet at Claudia's on Wednesday, March 3.

I hope we can consider doing a small matching fund for our Summer Readers in connection with the incentive program I described at our last meeting. What if we were to contribute 10 cents for every hour read, and half would go to the Entiat Service Club, and half would go to Heifer International? I would estimate that the summer readers would likely read a total of about 1000 hours. That would mean that our contribution would equal $100 or $50 for each group. Split amongst 7 of us, that works out to a little more that $10.00 each.. Please comment or lets discuss this at our next meeting. Megan is also bringing up a similar proposal to the Entiat River Readers.

Have a great weekend!!