Lovely evening at Judy's home

Thank you, Judy, for preparing a delicious Peruvian themed event for us to enjoy.  Dinner included a Peruvian style salad of greens with a selection of tasty things to add and four different dressing choices, sweet potatoes and two differently prepared potatoes (a Peruvian staple) and a delicious chicken (which differed from the Peruvian ones we read about as it WAS NOT stringy!).  Along with cornbread and a wonderful apple cake, no one left Judy's house hungry!  Instead of wine, Claudia prepared what seems to be the Peruvian national drink of choice - Pisco Sours.  (Peruvian national Pisco Sour day is always the first Saturday in February, so we celebrated a few days early). 

It was our first meeting at Judy's home, which is full of many mementos (some actually from Peru, such as a guinea pig painted gourd) and Judy has delightful stories for each treasure.  I love the details that Judy discovers in each book we read - for example, per our book, we enjoyed 80's music in the background during our evening.  She also makes sure to note the page that formulates the title of our books.  As always, our discussions are thought-provoking and insightful.

Thank you Judy for a lovely evening, and we are looking forward to the next time you host us! 

Thank you Judy, and next meeting

Will leave the details of our lovely evening at Judy's to Claudia, where we were treated to Pisco Sour cocktail of Peru, by Claudia! 
Our next meeting will be a potluck at the new Entiat Fire Station on Wednesday Feb.18 at 5:30 so you can mark your calendars now.
March 10 we meet at Entiat Library for a special presentation for book clubs and selecting books.
April 7 there will be a local Entiat community read gathering at the library for Boys in the Boat, prior to the county-wide meeting with the author April 9 in Wenatchee. Boys in the Boat will be Claudia's choice for our club read.

"Wild" - the movie....

Boy, was the theater crowded with people who were lining up to see "Unbroken" which had just opened.  Glad Chris suggested we purchase our tickets online.  Cost was $1 more (for processing fees?) but it was worth it to not stand in that line and to know you were getting in to see the show.  I enjoyed the movie but found I wasn't as angry with Cheryl as I was while reading the book.  I realize they had to edit some events to fit the story into the movie time-frame, and feel they really did do a good job presenting the major events and keeping the story true.  I felt more empathy for the movie Cheryl versus the author Cheryl, as they kept bringing her connection with her mother's death into the picture, so it was more obvious (to me at least; where's that 2x4 to whack me on the head!) how much she was dealing with and how much she overcame.  Maybe I was focusing more on how amazingly unprepared she was for her hike and all the mistakes she made while I was reading the book.  They did include some visual things which you recognize if you read the book.  Those who didn't read the book won't notice all these details, but would certainly be able to understand the story and enjoy her journey.

Thanks to Chris for organizing this fun outing!

PS - Don't think I want to see "Unbroken".  I'm sure they did a good job with that movie too, but I don't want to see all the torture that went on in the POW camp.  At least while I read the book, I could limit my imagination and edit out a lot of the gory stuff.