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?)

Christmas Party 2009

We had our Christmas bash last night at my house.  It was a great time and I appreciate you all coming (and bringing such delicious treats).


Sarah handed out the new book:  The Sugar Queen.  There are extra copies if anyone didn't get one.

Below are some pictures.  I realized there are none of me.  That's fine, because I'm the least photogenic person in the free world but I do want history to know:

I was there.

Kim Bowley, Frances Collinwood, Janalee McKee and Suzanne Vance

Kirin Vreeland, Linda Lamprecht, Heidi Barker and Sarah Williams

Doreen Styler, JoLyn Thompson, Stephanie Johnson, Angi Pascoal, Ann Reynolds and Susie Larson

Frances Collinwood, Janalee McKee, Suzanne Vance and Helen Lawson

Also, I was able to get Ann's Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe for your enjoyment:

3/4 c sugar

1/3 c catsup

1 T soy sauce

1/4 t salt

2/3 c water

Boil together-add this mixture:

1/2 c apple cider vinegar

1/3 c water

3 1/2 T cornstarch

Add to boiling mixture and bring to a boil again stirring constantly until thickened.

Can add pineapple (drained), parboiled carrots and/or green pepper.

Easy dinner:  frozen chicken breasts and sweet and sour sauce.  Put in 9 X 13 pan.  Bake at 350 until chicken is done.  Serve with rice.

Thanks Ann!

Thanks everyone!  I love book club!

Meetings in December and January

The Christmas ornament exchange book club will be held on December 1 at my house.

Bring treats to share and an ornament to exchange.

On January 5 we will hold our first book club of 2010!

It will be at Sarah's house and contrary to what I wrote in a previous email, we will be reading The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen.

Sarah is buying some copies and I think it's available from the library too.

Contact Sarah if you're interested in a book!

2009

Becky Jackson
Escape by Carolyn Jessop

Ann Reynolds
Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark

Susie Larson
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Kim Bowley
Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Frances Collinwood
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

Chris Freeman
Pope Joan by Donna Cross

Stephanie Johnson
A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Linda Lamprecht
Train to Potevka by Mike Ramsdell

Kirin Vreeland and Doreen Styler
Looking Like the Enemy by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald

Suzanne Vance
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows

Thelma Davis
Ornament Exchange

2008

Susie Larson
#1 Ladies’s Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Stephanie Johnson
Hitch by Jeanette Ingold

Becky Jackson
Lion and the Lamb by Rand H. Packer

Janalee McKee
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Chris Freeman and Heidi Barker
The Eye of the Storm by John H. Groberg

Kirin/Doreen
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Ann Reynolds
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Linda Lamprecht
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Suzanne Vance
The Last Lecture

Frances Collinwood
Robert Frost Poetry

JoLyn Thompson
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Sarah Williams
Ornament Exchange

2007

Stephanie Johnson
The Color of Water by James McBride

Becky Jackson
Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt

Ann Reynolds
Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray

Kirin Vreeland
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Chris Freeman
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Teresa Baggett
Reader’s Choice

Janalee McKee and Suzanne Vance
The Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

Frances Collinwood
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Thelma Davis
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

Heidi Barker
Ornament Exchange

2006

Ann Reynolds
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart

Janalee McKee
Reader’s Choice

Anna Crosby
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Stephanie Johnson
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine

Linda Lamprecht
When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him

Kim Bowley
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Suzanne Vance
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

Chris Freeman
Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards

Frances Collinwood
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli

Janet Jorgensen and Thelma Davis
Breathing Lessons by Ann Tyler

Heidi Barker
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Sarah Williams
Book Exchange