Sunday, September 28, 2014

October Bookclub News

Dear Bookclub,
This Wednesday, October 1, we'll be discussing "Tell the Wolves I'm Home".




Terrie G will announce where we'll be meeting (she hinted that it would be local and  at 12:30).






Keep calm and read on,
LK

Friday, September 19, 2014

December Plans

Dear Bookclub,

It's official! We are repeating our retreating:






Autumnal equinox in Southern California means more than Santa Ana's, pomegranates and faded evenings. It's time to fret about the holidays! But first, let's carve out a little time for our Coronado retreat, December 1-3 (luncheon meeting on Wednesday, December 3rd). Please make your reservation for your desired stay... one night or two.. Beach beckons for slow reading, chatting, shopping, biking, walking, good eating, spa retreating.

 Ahhhhhhhhh,
LK

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

September 2014 Recap

Dear Bookclub,
Our September 3rd lunch on the patio at The Barrel Room brings to mind Valerie's bruschetta caprese which is really very unfair to the discussion of our much loved "The Boys in the Boat". (I need to make dinner.) Everyone was so enthusiastic about the book; descriptions of races are seared into our memories with Daniel James Brown's masterful storytelling sealed with the endearment developed for Joe Rantz. We loved it all!

Valerie, fortified by her savory lunch, presented us each with a page of write-ups for her four suggestions for our January selection:

"One Plus One: A Novel" by JoJo Moyes
"The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd
"The Romanov Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra"  by Helen Rappaport
"Home Leave" by Brittani Sonnenberg  *** chosen(not an easy decision)




The Slow Reading Club

Pictured above is a book club from Wellington, New Zealand. They meet weekly for an hour to merely be immersed in 'old-school reading'. Please explore this concept in the following:


http://online.wsj.com/articles/read-slowly-to-benefit-your-brain-and-cut-stress-1410823086

Does anyone want to do this? Intriguing.

Next up: "Tell the Wolves I'm Home" for Wednesday October 1st.

Happy Reading (slow, dangerous, whatever!)
 LK