January

Melissa A. has offered to host the January meeting.  She has selected The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  The is a very popular series.  We will meet on January 19th at 6:30.  For directions to Melissa's house, you can email her here.  We will use Vine Street Cellars as an alternate location if needed due to weather.

On a side note- Tar.get has a special in the ad this week with this book.  If you purchase two of any of the books shown in their ad (Big Nate Series, Twilight Series, Hunger Games Series, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series) you get a $5 gift card. 

November Book Selection

Marcy will be our hostess for November.  She has selected November 16th at 6:30.  The selection will be We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.  Contact Marcy here for questions or directions.

Book Lovers Night Out

Tonight we had four members of our book club that attended the Book Lovers Night Out event at the local wine shop.  This was an event put on by our public library and several different book clubs were invited to share about their group.  I think there were 5 different clubs present. 

Once we got started, a representative from each group took a few minutes to tell about how long they have been meeting, what they read, how they make their selections, etc.  Some shared their best book for discussion or other favorites.  Some of these that we wrote down to look into reading were:  We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Weight of Silence, The Hunger Games, Day After Night, and Wesley the Owl.

It was so interesting to hear about how each group is run.  As you can see in these pictures, there were ladies of all ages there tonight!

The lady (who appears to be at a table by helself (all of her friends had just happened to but up at the time!) was 100!  How neat was that for her to still be a participant in the book club and to have joined us!  I hope to be as active as her in body and soul when I am 100! Her group has been meeting since 1980.  They sign up about a year in advance for the books and it usually only ends up that you host every 2 years.  They each give a report on books they have read during the last month at each meeting.  One member commented that she liked how she hears about different genres of books that she doesn't read herself from the other members.  They have some who like to read horror and some who read mysteries etc.

One of the groups named themselves the Book GALS (Glen*** Area Literary Society)  How clever!  In this group, the hostess decides what the book is going to be for the upcoming selection and someone else is the host for that book.  This book group also collects $3 at each meeting and at the end of the year donates it to a favorite charity.  This past year they bought books for all of the 1st graders at the elementary.

Other interesting info:
Some groups stated that they choose the hostess alphabetically.
Some groups serve dinner, some finger foods, and some just cookies.
One group has chosen an author and every member reads a different book by the same person.
One group has someone write and share a synopsis of the meeting and any recipes from the night.

Tonight in our little group of four, we talked about different ways to choose the hostess, holding our gatherings in a different location other than a home, and how fun the synopsis could be- and helpful!  We could share the good wines that we have!

Looking forward to our next meeting on the 28th!  Hope to see you at Katie's!

Wine & Books-- Book Club Informational Gathering

This Wednesday, the 31st, the Glenwood Public Library has invited several book clubs to a one time informal gathering at Vine Street Cellars at 5:30 PM.   The groups are being asked to share about their book clubs and information such as:

- what types of books do you read/ how are books selected?
- how often do you meet/ where do you meet?
- do most of your members use paper books or electronic books?
- and more!!!

This sounds like such a fun way to learn about how the other book clubs in town are run and possible get new ideas for ours.

Vine Street Cellars offers a delicious selection of wines.  Flat bread pizzas are also available.   Wine tastings are only $5 if you are interested in a sampling of what they have to offer.

On the Nightstand

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is our selection for September.  This book is being hosted by Katie on Wednesday, September 28th.  Hope you can make it!

Where we've been...

Here are the books that have occupied our time.  These are in no particular order.

Memoirs of a Geisha- Hosted by Angie S.

The Friday Night Knitting Club- Hosted by Amber D.

A Thousand Splendid Suns- Hosted by Angie S.

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons- Hosted by Becca

Eat, Pray, Love- Hosted by Melissa A.

The Good Earth- Hosted by Jacque

The Glass Castle- Hosted by Melissa O.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- Hosted by Jen Y.

The Last Lecture- Hosted by Melissa A.

Icy Sparks- Hosted by Amber D.

The Heart of a Woman- Hosted by Melissa O.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- Hosted by Krystal W.

The Bean Trees- Hosted by Krystal W.

The Red Tent- Hosted by Amy R.

The Next Thing on My List- Hosted by Krystal W.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog- Hosted by Stephanie P.

Same Kind of Different as Me- Hosted by Amber D.

The Secret Life of Bees (our starter book!) Hosted by Monica

Water for Elephants- Hosted by Becca G.

Welcome!

Thank you for stopping by our Little Book Nook.  We are a ladies group book club who have been meeting since July of 2008.  Our meetings are held every other month to give us plenty of time to live life and get a book in now and then.  The hostess selects the book and provides the refreshments and snacks, as well as the discussion questions.  We don't have a lot of requirements for book selection, we just ask that it not be a brand new book since many of us take advantage of borrowing books from our little local library.   Let us know what you have been reading and your thoughts on any of our selections!  Happy Reading!

Contact us here with any questions!