July's New Book Selection Take III

Kayleen Pemberton is our July hostess, and has determined that her first two choices have been out-popularized by The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights" by Cameron Dokey.  So, get your book quick because we will be meeting in just a couple weeks: July 15th to be exact!

 

Carmelle's Sweet Spread and Sweet Discussion

If you were at Carmelle Poor's house last Friday night, it was a guaranteed good time!  The book Same Kind of Different As Me was a huge hit.  The insights we discovered about homelessness and how there are other types of legal enslavement were a major shock to the majority of us.  Another gem in this book was the power of a Christian woman doing everything in her power to make a difference for good for no other reason than to do good.  She inspired each of us, especially when we reviewed how readily she forgave her husband and reinvented her marriage after it hit an all-time low.  Her fearless and consistent service was also very moving. 

The delectable ice cream buffet kept us coming back for more.  It was the works!  All types of fruit and candy bar toppings and delicious syrups were among the pickings.  Thank you so much, Carmelle (Happy Birthday today by the way)!

For July, we'll be reading The Storyteller's daughter..., see the next post. 

Do you have a copy to lend of Same Kind of Different As Me?

Melissa Lowry and I are still on the waiting list at the library for this month's book, thankfully we aren't meeting at Carmelle's until June 24th so there's still time left to read it.  For those of you who have read it, can you lend it or did you get the book from the library too?

July's New Book Selection

Kayleen has chosen Tess of the D'Urberville's
by Thomas Hardy, instead of Laddie for our July book club.  Remind your friends of the change, and get your hands on it soon because it's over 500 pages, and you won't want to put it down!

June Book Club 4th week at Carmelle's

Come to Carmelle's to discuss Same Kind of Different As Me, but not until the 4th Friday, June 24th 8 p.m.  Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Keri's Hospitality and Great Conversation

May's book club started with a tour of Keri's adorable Cottenelle puppies, newly painted chicken coop, and frolicking baby goats.  Then we warmed up from the Spring evening with multiple hot cocoa selections, and delectable donuts.  Best of all, our conversation surrounding the Red Tent quickly led to the ever so interesting discussion of the relationships women have with their mother and how it would be to live in Old Testament times with multiple mothers.  Thank you, Keri, for a great evening!  See all of you June 24th.

Keri's take: There were people that loved the book and others that didn't like it.  But it was good for some heated discussion.  My favorite part of the discussion was when we were trying to decided what part of the book was also in the bible. I would have liked to have had the book club outside, but it has been raining so much that we were not able to have our book club setting outside in a tent with the animals all around. We had fun anyway!