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
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