February Book

For February we will be reading The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley. Here is a synopsis:

"In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia’s family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. 'I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.'

"To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story—of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school’s tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder—but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse…."

Next Meeting

Many of you have winter birthdays and we thought it would be fun to celebrate them together! We will be meeting this Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm for a combined Book Club Meeting/Birthday Party at the Hot Iron Grill in Mill Creek. The address is: 15418 Main St, Mill Creek, WA 98012.

Please let me know if you plan on coming so we know what to plan for at the restaurant!!!

January Book and Next Meeting

Hello Ladies!

Have you been wondering if we were ever going to meet again???? You're not alone! What a crazy few months, but hopefully things will start to settle back into the normal range of craziness now that the holidays are almost over!

I am planning on setting our next book club meeting for Thursday, January 5th. Just wanted to give you a heads up so it could be put on your calendars! Time and location will follow soon. I can't wait to meet again and discuss some of these books! The latest one, Prized, by Caragh M. O'Brien, had some surprising issues brought up, which I would like to be able to talk about!

If you are already ahead of the game, here is what we will be reading in January!!!


Matched, by Ally Condie

"Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow."


Enjoy the rest of your break, and....

Happy Reading!

December Book

December's book will be the newly-released second book of Caragh M. O'Brien's Birthmarked Trilogy, called Prized.  Here is a synopsis of the book:

"Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime. In order to see her sister again, Gaia must submit to their strict social code, but how can she deny her sense of justice, her curiosity, and everything in her heart that makes her whole?"

November Book

Sorry it has taken me a few days to get the November book organized!! We will be reading a book that has long been collecting dust on my shelf, just waiting for me to get around to it! It is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It came highly recommended to me, so I am confident it's a good one! (Word of warning: I just finished reading the first several pages and there was some profanity, so be prepared for it.) Here is a very brief synopsis for those who are interested :)


"Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.

This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years."


Hopefully you were all able to finish up last month's book, Birthmarked, by Caragh O'Brien. The second book of this trilogy, Prized, is scheduled to be released this month, so we will be reading it in December. Just a heads up to those of you who want to read ahead!

October Book

It has been a little challenging to get our book club meeting scheduled for September, so now we are in October!! I hope everyone has had a chance to read our book from last month, Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, by Jessica Day George. Let's plan on meeting this week to discuss it! I am scheduling the meeting for this Thursday, October 6th, at 9:00 pm at Applebys on Everett Mall Way. I know it's late, but they have half-price appetizers at that time! :) I will try to be there at 8:45 to get us a table if anyone wants to join me! Please let me know if you can make it!

Frances recommended the book for October. I have already started it and I am hooked so far! The book is Birthmarked, by Caragh M. O'Brien. Here is a brief synopsis:

IN THE ENCLAVE, YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART, and the newly born will change the future.

In the future, in a world baked dry by the harsh sun, there are those who live inside the walled Enclave and those, like sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, who live outside. Following in her mother's footsteps Gaia has become a midwife, delivering babies in the world outside the wall and handing a quota over to be "advanced" into the privileged society of the Enclave. Gaia has always believed this is her duty, until the night her mother and father are arrested by the very people they so loyally serve. Now Gaia is forced to question everything she has been taught, but her choice is simple: enter the world of the Enclave to rescue her parents, or die trying.

A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine, this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish.

Heaven at Dairy Queen

Last night we had a great time, talking about heaven and angels over our Dairy Queen Blizzards.  It was fun to hear everyone's personal insights and ideas from the book we just read, Heaven is for Real.  Thank you to everyone who came, it was a great time!

Those in attendance were Amy Colson, Caroline Rowe, Dyan Thornton, Anne Bodily, Heidi Ellerbeck, JoLyn Thompson, Laura Schilaty, myself, and our newest addition to the club Alise Quayle.  Thanks ladies!!