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!!