January: Nicole:
February: Angie/Kelly
March: Jackie
April: Marla/Rebecca
May: Liz
June: Becky
July: Jenny
August: Bonnie
September: Darla
October: Penni
November: Kemra
December: Kim/Sonja
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Christmas Book Club 2015
We read the Twelve Clues of Christmas for book club. We had dinner: a taco bar with all the fixings.
Then we played two games: the first I had come up with synonyms for a number of book titles of books we have read over the years and everyone had to try to decipher them and figure out the real titles.
For example,
A Home in a Suburb of Salt Lake: House at Riverton
Awe, Amazement: Wonder
The Tale of Navidad: The Christmas Story
Twelve Ways to Solve a Murder at Noel: 12 Clues of Christmas
Protecting my Son: Defending Jacob
Murdering the General: Killing Patton
A Male Protected from the Rain: Umbrella Man and other stories
Getting Rid of the Dirt: Coming Clean
The second game was like Telestrations. We had sets of index cards. The first card had a word or phrase on it that was somehow related to Twelve Clues of Christmas. You looked at the word, then turned to the next card and drew a picture of it. Then you passed it to the next person who looked at your picture and wrote what they thought it was on the next card. And so on. Draw, pass, write, pass. Many of them stayed pretty true to the word or phrase, but some of them turned out very funny.
We also did our annual book exchange and talked and laughed and exchanged gifts and enjoyed each other's company.
Then we played two games: the first I had come up with synonyms for a number of book titles of books we have read over the years and everyone had to try to decipher them and figure out the real titles.
For example,
A Home in a Suburb of Salt Lake: House at Riverton
Awe, Amazement: Wonder
The Tale of Navidad: The Christmas Story
Twelve Ways to Solve a Murder at Noel: 12 Clues of Christmas
Protecting my Son: Defending Jacob
Murdering the General: Killing Patton
A Male Protected from the Rain: Umbrella Man and other stories
Getting Rid of the Dirt: Coming Clean
The second game was like Telestrations. We had sets of index cards. The first card had a word or phrase on it that was somehow related to Twelve Clues of Christmas. You looked at the word, then turned to the next card and drew a picture of it. Then you passed it to the next person who looked at your picture and wrote what they thought it was on the next card. And so on. Draw, pass, write, pass. Many of them stayed pretty true to the word or phrase, but some of them turned out very funny.
We also did our annual book exchange and talked and laughed and exchanged gifts and enjoyed each other's company.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
2015 List
2015 Book List:
January:
Killing Patton by Bill O’Reilly
February:
In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree by Vaddey Ratner
March:
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
April:
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
May:
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
June: The
Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
July:
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
August:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
September:
Defending Jacob by William Landy
October:
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Bakman
November:
Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller
December:
Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Friday, August 8, 2014
Book Club at the Cabin
On July 31, it was Book Club. It was Becky's turn to host, and we held book club at Jackie's sister-in-law's cabin up near Oakley (past Park City). It is beautiful up there. Not everyone was able to make it due to illness and vacations, but the seven of us that went had a wonderful time. We missed Kemra, Kim, Penni, Marla and Liz. Becky had us each read a different book that featured a character diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (books: Marcelo in the Real World, The White Bicycle, The Kitchen Daughter, Colin Fischer, Mindblind, and The London Eye Mystery). We discussed the unique gifts and interests that our characters had due to this syndrome as well as the challenges it presented for them and for those that loved them. We had a great discussion. We talked and laughed and ate. Becky made delicious chocolate cake. So yummy. We stayed up until 3:30 AM talking.
Everyone was up by around 7:30. Then we ate breakfast (bagels, coffee cake, yogurt, fruit, oj, milk...all provided by Becky). About 10:30, we headed back to Salt Lake. It was such a fun trip. We hope this will become a new tradition.
Here's a few pictures. I am sorry the first one is so blurry.
Everyone was up by around 7:30. Then we ate breakfast (bagels, coffee cake, yogurt, fruit, oj, milk...all provided by Becky). About 10:30, we headed back to Salt Lake. It was such a fun trip. We hope this will become a new tradition.
Here's a few pictures. I am sorry the first one is so blurry.
Monday, January 20, 2014
2013 Gift Books
Here are the titles of the books that each person received at our December book club:
Marla: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Penni: The Memory Thief by Emily Colin
Jackie: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Nicole and Becky: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Bonnie: A smash book
Angie: Rosetti Letter by Christi Phillips and Gita Yuliani K.
Jenny: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Kemra: I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins
Darla: Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Kim: Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Liz: The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner
Marla: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Penni: The Memory Thief by Emily Colin
Jackie: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Nicole and Becky: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Bonnie: A smash book
Angie: Rosetti Letter by Christi Phillips and Gita Yuliani K.
Jenny: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Kemra: I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins
Darla: Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Kim: Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Liz: The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner
2014 Book List
2014 Schedule:
January: Jackie chose Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
February: Angie chose The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton by Coonie Wooldridge and Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
March: Liz chose Across a Star Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
April: Bonnie chose The Invisible Wall: A Love Story by Harry Bernstein
May: Kim chose The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
June: Jenny chose The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley
July: Becky chose a theme: Aspergers: The London Eye Mystery, Colin Fischer, Mindblind, Marcelo in the Real World, The White Bicycle, The Kitchen Daughter
August: Kemra: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
September: Penni Unsaid by Neil Abramson
October: Darla Agatha Christie books
November: Marla
December: Nicole The Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
January: Jackie chose Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
February: Angie chose The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton by Coonie Wooldridge and Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
March: Liz chose Across a Star Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
April: Bonnie chose The Invisible Wall: A Love Story by Harry Bernstein
May: Kim chose The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
June: Jenny chose The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley
July: Becky chose a theme: Aspergers: The London Eye Mystery, Colin Fischer, Mindblind, Marcelo in the Real World, The White Bicycle, The Kitchen Daughter
August: Kemra: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
September: Penni Unsaid by Neil Abramson
October: Darla Agatha Christie books
November: Marla
December: Nicole The Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
December Book Club at Darla's
We read Christmas Jars. We wore ugly Christmas sweaters. We ate delicious food. We exchanged books. We laughed. We missed Becky.
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