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Schedule

OK ladies, we have 5 more months to fill up. I know that you have great tastes so please share :) Some options may be to look at the library's BookClubExpress section and see what is available for the month that you want to lead the discussion.

PLEASE email me or leave a comment for when you'd like to host or lead the discussion.

I was thinking that we should take July off but if you want to meet I am game.

Some other ideas I have bounced off of some of you are:

*Cookbook- I read cookbooks, I'm a nerd. I thought that someone could pick a cookbook and we could all read and cook some of the recipes. ( My Father's Daughter by: Gwenyth Paltro, Double Delicious by: Jessica Seinfeld.)

*Classics- We've done a few but I am open to more. ( Jane Eyre by:Charlotte Bronte)

*Non-fiction- biographies (Thomas S. Monson, God's Bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by: Rebecca Skloot, Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA)

* Poetry- Everyone could just bring their favorite and we could have a poetry night or we pick an Author (Pablo Naruda, Edgar Allen Poe, Shel Silverstein, Maya Angelou)

*Books our kids are Reading- Many of you are involved with the youth or have youth or feel like youth so why not?

5/19 Enchantment by:Orson Scott Card (Ashley Glissmeyer) Katie Norris

6/16 Book: Hunger Games Trilogy (discussion) Hostess: Kris Tolman

7/21 Book: ???????? Hostess: ??????

8/18 Book: _________ Hostess:_________

9/15 Book:_________ Hostess: ________

10/20Book:ROOTS by: Alex Haley (Katie Norris) Hostess: _________

11/17 Book: __________ Hostess: ________

12/15 Book: __________ Hostess: ________

(Please leave feed back. This is NOT my book club, it is ours. As I will be preparing to go back to school I will still be a part even if I can't come every month so PLEASE let me know what you want to do. I am just a messenger YOU are what make this book club amazing, not me.)

Enchantment by: Orson Scott Card

For the month of May we will be meeting at my (Katie's House) and Ashley Glissmeyer has chosen our book; Enchamntment.

If you are having a hard time locating the book please click on the link above. At this link the book is online by chapters. I know, not the best way to read a book, but it is an option.

So for a bit of information about the book and the author from the Barnes & Nobel Review:

Remarkably, with Enchantment, Card has carved out new territory for himself as he capably takes his narrative voice and love of research to new heights of charm and satisfaction. Card's particular fusion of magic — usually incorporating folklore, witchcraft, and American history — now breaks new ground with the addition of Judeo-Christian history and Russian fairy tales. He creates a detailed account of Russia's early religious struggle and skillfully carries out this greatly appealing tale of, well, enchantment....

In creating Enchantment, Card has done his homework. He gives us an incredibly authentic and thought-provoking tale that spans 1,000 years, yet he also allows the reader the comfort of his familiar dry wit and allusions to current events. Card fuses Judeo-Christian historical references, Russian history, folklore, and myth into so fine a blend that we're never totally sure when one discipline ends and another begins.

For me this is my first Orson Scott Card book. Yes it's true and equally as awful as the fact that I still have yet to read Harry Potter. As some of my most trusted literary friends have raved about this book I am excited to read this book.

For more information about Orson Scott Card please go here

April's Book Club

Well ladies it was another amazing book club. Thanks so much to Amy for allowing us to meet in her lovely home. You are such a great hostess and we are truly blessed to be able to be in your home.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Cindy for choosing Still Alice. I know that from our discussion this book choice had an amazing impact on us all. From Cindy's profound experience with her grandmother and being willing to do what she knew was best for her grandmother to Jenny and her being able to better understand her mother's experiences with her grandmother.

I know Cindy was concerned about this choice of book but from all of us we express our gratitude for sharing this with us. If this is your first book- which I somehow forgot- I am so excited for the next one that you choose.

Let me just say that though our numbers may be small it is a joy to get to know you all and share thoughts and insights. I know that I am so blessed to have all of your influence in my life.

Oh and a special thank you to Randy Schmidt for being so gracious to serve our treats.

For those of you unable to attend, please know that we miss you. (Aimee, everyone asked about you. Maybe when the new addition is here you can bring him.)

I am wondering if we should swap weeks to allow the gals whose husbands have Stake Meetings on the third Thursdays to attend or are Thursdays just bad in general. DISCUSS.

A final thought on Still Alice:

Jill Moyer: "I thought this book was so well written. I could feel the powerful emotions Alice went through and the losses she struggled with. What a terrible disease to deal with, for both the person and their family."