book club: January 2010

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Book Club January 2010

We got our fill of good candy and good conversation last night at Sarah's house. I loved reading and then discussing The Sugar Queen.

Our new book is by Michael Landon Jr. and Cindy Kelley. It's called The Silent Gift. Ann had a few copies last night and has some more on the way. If you are someone lucky enough to have a King Co. or Everett library card, you may want to look into checking the book out there.

Our next book club will be on February 2 at Ann's house. (Let's hope the groundhog doesn't see his shadow! Get it? February 2?)

Words to Live By

A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
--Thomas Kempis

You cannot open a book without learning something.
--Confucious

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
--Paul Sweeney

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
--Abraham Lincoln

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.
--Jim Rohn

There is no friend as loyal as a book.
--Earnest Hemingway

A book is a gift you can open again and again.
--Garrison Keillor

I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.
--Tim Vine

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.
--Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
--Frederick Douglass

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go.
--Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
--Austin Phelps

The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can't.
--Mark Twain

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
--Walt Disney