Tuesday, Oct 12 Meeting

"The Book Thief"

Tonight's meeting was at Denice's house at Useless Bay. She built a fire, where we gathered to enjoy the view of the moon over the water and our dessert, after the meeting. It was lovely! Thank you, Denice!

The meeting was interesting, too - Sarah did a great job as leader, and almost everyone liked the book and had plenty of comments.

We had a very productive meeting, choosing our year's worth of books, assigning Leaders and Hostesses and setting all the dates! Wow!

The new list is shown above - we have a wide variety of books to read.

Cathi, Karen and Madelyn enjoy Karen's deck.

Our reflections in the window behind Madelyn.

Karen talks to our two new members, Dawn and Denice.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept 14, at 7:00 at Karen's house. We'll send directions out later.

It is our book-choosing meeting, so gather up those great books you have read over the past year. Remember, the book needs to be out in paperback, and it must be something you have read!

We'll also be welcoming two new members to our group, so it is sure to be a good meeting. See you all there!

Summer Retreat 2010

Port Townsend fun - the group at the bell tower.

Protection Island from the tour boat - seals and eagles on the spit, in front of the Olympic mountains.

And we got to see a pair of Puffins!

It was also Jazz week, and there were bands and dancing in the streets.

Saturday Farmers Market - food!

The Marine exhibit.

And, finally, the Hostel where we spent the night.

I goofed up on the author of one of our books: Founding Mothers. We are reading the one by Cokie Roberts for our April meeting. So if you have already read the other one, I apologize!

I just finished The Bestiary, by Nicholas Christopher. Bestiaries are illuminated books depicting all manner of natural and unnatural beasts, and the hero of the book is in search of an elusive volume of lost beasts, those animals that were denied room on Noah's Ark.

Sarah has a couple of books she's reading to recommend, and I have one, too, so I thought I would add them to this blog as we think of it. Then, when we're ready to choose books next time, we'll have some all ready to look at.

Taking Life to Extremes: A Doctor Explores the Limits of Human Endurance by Dr. Kenneth Kamler

Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein

The Way the Crow Flies, by Ann-Marie MacDonald.