March 7th at Debbie's home

Thank you, Nancy, for an enjoyable evening complete with hearts and flowers! And a special thanks to our chauffeur Charlie for meeting us and safely delivering us back to our vehicles. It just shows you that we are intrepid and won't let a little (!) ice stop us.

Our next hostess will be Debbie, and the meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 7th. Plan to arrive between 5:30 and 6pm. Esther will let us know when our read for this month comes in and is available for pick up. We will also be setting a date for a planning meeting for our community read 100th book this evening. Have a wonderful month and we'll all gather at Debbie's in March.

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.