The Social Pages Book Club: February 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Welcome back ! Welcome new members!

Hello and welcome back to our members! Welcome, also, to our newest members; Peggy, Joan and Elizabeth.

I apologize for the tardiness of this post, girls. After the book club meeting on Friday night, my daughter came down with a horrible stomach virus that lasted the greater part of five days. To make matters worse, Mommy caught it and was down a couple of days as well. Fun for all.

I will type out and distribute a listing of all of our current members for our next meeting at Terry's. More to come on that one. Please enjoy browsing our blog and check "Current Selection" for information for this month's book.

I will post minutes from our meetings, information about our next meeting and our current selection on this page. Please let me know of any great ideas you have for our blog as it is still in the construction phase.

See you all next month! Robin

General Information about our club

We generally meet the first Friday of each month. We take turns hosting the meetings at our homes. The hostess is responsible for:
1. Beverages
2. Hosting :)
3. Posing a book suggestion for the next month
4. Coming up with at least one talking point/question about the book suggestion (or the book selected otherwise) for the next meeting. She would ask the question or suggest a talking point at the NEXT meeting.
5. In the past, hostesses have sent written or email invitations to the meeting; which is great, but not required (hostesses could even post an invite on the blog!). I will post meeting instructions here and email directions, etc. before the next meeting.

Members are responsible (generally) for reading the book of the month (or at least giving it a try) and for bringing one light appetizer to share at the meeting.

Umm...that's it! Not too complicated. I do have a few points to make as we begin again.

1. Most hostesses put a great deal of thought into the book suggestion. I know we'll all make an effort to read the book and come prepared to discuss it at the next meeting. We've been very good at this in the past; even when we couldn't finish the book or simply didn't care for it, we all made an effort to discuss it.

2. Don't stress as the hostess. If everyone brings something, it takes the pressure off and makes it a great night for trying and collecting new recipes! I can't see past my belly button because I'm near-sighted and I know for a fact a few other members just don't care, so don't worry if your house isn't spotlessly clean.

3. I looooove books and will frequently suggest other books for later or for fun. If you don't have a suggestion, just ask the "book junky" I can always think of something.

4. We will occassionally meet at a local restaurant to give the hostessing thing a break.

5. In the future, we may meet to watch a video of a book we have read as a club. What do you think?

6. I met with another local book club last year and they were very exicited about perhaps getting the two clubs together on occassion.

That's all for now.. forgive the rambling.

Past Selections

The Shell Seekers by Rosemunde Pilcher
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picault
A Year by the Sea
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
World Without End by Ken Follett
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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