I am doing something a little different for book club this month. I have just started a new little business of selling jewelry for Lia Sophia, which you are probably all tired of hearing me talk about. :) Anyway, since I am just starting up, they have offered me incentives to do a particular number of shows in my first five weeks as an advisor, and I am only short one!! So this month for book club, I will also have my display of jewelry out so I can count it as another show. Maybe it's cheating, but at least I can get my quota!! Ha ha! Anyway, I just wanted you all to know there is no pressure to buy anything, just come to the book club meeting!!!!
We will be meeting at my house (10606 10th Dr SE) on Thursday, February 24th at 8:00 pm. The book we are reading this month is Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson. I have just started it and am really enjoying it. There is still time for you to try to get it read before the meeting!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
February Book
After much debate, the book has been chosen which we will be reading for February! This one comes highly recommended from JoLyn, so you know it's gotta be good! Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson is the book. I hope you all find the time to snuggle up with this one this month!
Here's the synopsis:
"Major Ernest Pettigrew, retired, of Edgecombe St. Mary, England, is more than a little dismayed by the sloppy manners, narcissism, and materialism of modern society. The decline of gentility is evident everywhere, from tea bags, to designer sweaters, to racism masquerading as tolerance.
Mutual grief allies him with Mrs. Ali, a widowed local shopkeeper of Pakistani descent who has also resigned herself to dignified, if solitary, last years. The carefully suppressed passion between these two spawns twitters of disapproval in their provincial village, but Pettigrew hasn't time for such silliness: real estate developers are plotting to carpet the fields outside his back door with mansionettes and his sister-in-law plans to auction off a prized family firearm. Meanwhile, Mrs. Ali's late husband's Muslim family expects her to hand over her hard-won business to her sullen, fundamentalist nephew, a notion she finds repellant and chauvinistic.
It's a testament to Simonson that in this delightful novel, Pettigrew must navigate the tragic, the absurd, and the transcendentally joyful aspects of a familiar life turned upside down by an unfamiliar and unexpected late-life love affair. That two people from opposing and mutually distrusting worlds are able to bridge every gap with unerring respect and decorum serves as a quiet suggestion that larger conflicts might be avoided or resolved in much the same way. Finally, a way forward that Major Pettigrew would approve."
Here's the synopsis:
"Major Ernest Pettigrew, retired, of Edgecombe St. Mary, England, is more than a little dismayed by the sloppy manners, narcissism, and materialism of modern society. The decline of gentility is evident everywhere, from tea bags, to designer sweaters, to racism masquerading as tolerance.
Mutual grief allies him with Mrs. Ali, a widowed local shopkeeper of Pakistani descent who has also resigned herself to dignified, if solitary, last years. The carefully suppressed passion between these two spawns twitters of disapproval in their provincial village, but Pettigrew hasn't time for such silliness: real estate developers are plotting to carpet the fields outside his back door with mansionettes and his sister-in-law plans to auction off a prized family firearm. Meanwhile, Mrs. Ali's late husband's Muslim family expects her to hand over her hard-won business to her sullen, fundamentalist nephew, a notion she finds repellant and chauvinistic.
It's a testament to Simonson that in this delightful novel, Pettigrew must navigate the tragic, the absurd, and the transcendentally joyful aspects of a familiar life turned upside down by an unfamiliar and unexpected late-life love affair. That two people from opposing and mutually distrusting worlds are able to bridge every gap with unerring respect and decorum serves as a quiet suggestion that larger conflicts might be avoided or resolved in much the same way. Finally, a way forward that Major Pettigrew would approve."
An Evening With the Pickles
We had a lot of fun at our last book club meeting!! It was a great turnout at Carrie's house. Thanks to everyone who came and helped participate in the conversation!
Those in attendance were Carrie Howell, Anne Bodily, Laura Schilaty, Melissa Espin, JoLyn Thompson, Dyan Thornton, Audrey Sisco, Caroline Rowe, Michelle Norlie, Sarah Williams, and myself. Thanks Carrie!!!
Those in attendance were Carrie Howell, Anne Bodily, Laura Schilaty, Melissa Espin, JoLyn Thompson, Dyan Thornton, Audrey Sisco, Caroline Rowe, Michelle Norlie, Sarah Williams, and myself. Thanks Carrie!!!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Pickle Meeting
Greetings Pickles,
We will be having our own version of the Persian Pickle Book Club at my house (2832 104th Pl SE) on Thursday January 27th @ 7:30 pm. I promise not to make Rhubarb Pie!
If anyone needs a copy of the book I have one you can borrow! If you haven't read it you are more than welcome to come, but be warned that we will be discussing the ending - how can you not with this book?
See you then!
Queenie Bean (oh I mean, Carrie Howell)
We will be having our own version of the Persian Pickle Book Club at my house (2832 104th Pl SE) on Thursday January 27th @ 7:30 pm. I promise not to make Rhubarb Pie!
If anyone needs a copy of the book I have one you can borrow! If you haven't read it you are more than welcome to come, but be warned that we will be discussing the ending - how can you not with this book?
See you then!
Queenie Bean (oh I mean, Carrie Howell)
Snow and Italian Ice
We ended up postponing our meeting until Tuesday, January 11th and met up at the Capri Italian Restaurant. What a night! We had a fantastic turn-out, enjoyed the ambiance and deliciousness of Italian food, and talked about The Wednesday Letters! To cap the night off, it started to snow hard, leaving the roads slick and dangerous so we called it an early night.
Thanks to everyone who came!!! Those in attendance were Caroline Rowe, JoLyn Thompson, Michelle Norlie, Laura Schilaty, Audrey Sisco, Carrie Howell, Anne Bodily, and myself. It's always a great night when we spend it together!!!
Thanks to everyone who came!!! Those in attendance were Caroline Rowe, JoLyn Thompson, Michelle Norlie, Laura Schilaty, Audrey Sisco, Carrie Howell, Anne Bodily, and myself. It's always a great night when we spend it together!!!
Monday, January 3, 2011
January Book
Carrie Howell will be hosting for January. The book we will be reading is The Persian Pickle Club, by Sandra Dallas.
Here is a brief synopsis:
"It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad."
Here is a brief synopsis:
"It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad."
Meeting for December's Book
Book: The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
Date: Thursday, January 6th, @ 7:00 pm
Location: Capri Italian Restaurant, Mill Creek Towncenter
Date: Thursday, January 6th, @ 7:00 pm
Location: Capri Italian Restaurant, Mill Creek Towncenter
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