MAY MEETING, 2014

I wasn't able to attend the May meeting at Barb's house due to the early and unexpected arrival of my first grand baby. If someone could give me a short synopsis of what happened at the meeting I will post the information.

April Meeting, April 22, 2014

Our April meeting was at Gloria's house. The book was The Great Divorce by Sinclair Lewis.

We had a philosophical discussion about Heaven and Hell. The book discussion was about making choices that lead to going to Heaven or Hell. The book follows the journey of a man who is from Hell and his trip to visit heaven and get the chance to stay there. In the end the man awakens from a dream and he finds himself still in Hell.

We enjoyed a delicious barbecue dinner with fruit and veggies. We also enjoyed Angel Food Cake and Devil's Food Cake for dessert. The food was the perfect pairing for the theme of the book!

March Meeting

Our March 25th meeting was co-hosted by Mary Ann and Karen M. Mary Ann served a pie bar with coffee and soft drinks. It was a make your own pie station with lots of yummy choices. Following dessert we discussed the book, Gone Girl. No one liked the main characters but there was certainly a lot to discuss. What kind of mind thinks up information for a book like this one? We had great participation with only Corrine and Angie missing from the discussion group.

February Meeting 2014

Our meeting was at Diane's home on Feb. 25th. The book discussed was Letters from Skye by J. Brockmole. It is a story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s debut novel captures the ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart.

 

March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye. So she is astonished when her first fan letter arrives, from a college student, David Graham, in far-away America. As the two strike up a correspondence—sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secrets—their exchanges blossom into friendship, and eventually into love. But as World War I engulfs Europe and David volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait for him on Skye, hoping he’ll survive.

 

June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspeth’s daughter, Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Her mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an admonition Margaret doesn’t understand. Then, after a bomb rocks Elspeth’s house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspeth’s whereabouts. As Margaret sets out to discover where her mother has gone, she must also face the truth of what happened to her family long ago.

January Meeting 2014

Our January meeting was held at Angie's home. After some delicious poor boy sandwiches and salads we enjoyed cake and coffee and then began to discuss the book, The Language of Flowers.

Several of us had different opinions about the main character and how she delt with aging out of the foster care system. We had a great discussion and Angie was a wonderful hostess.

Book Selections for 2014

WOW 2014 Book Selection and Meeting Dates

DATE	DAY	HOSTESS	BOOK	AUTHOR
January 28	Tue	Angie	Language of Flowers	Vanessa Diffenbaugh
February 25	Tue	Diane	Letters from Skye*	Jessica Brockmole
March 25	Tue	Marianne	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn
April 22	Tue	Gloria	The Great Divorce	C. S. Lewis
May 27	Tue	Karen T.	Kitchen House	Kathleen Grissom
June 22	Sun/2 pm	Barb	And the Mountains Echoed	Khaled Hosseini
July 22	Tue	Stephanie	Killing Jesus	Bill O’Reilly
August 26	Tue	Linda	Poet of Loch Ness	Brian Corrigan
September 23	Tue	Sharon	The Book Thief	Marcus Zusak
October 28	Tue	Debbie	State of Wonder	Ann Pachett
November 23	Sun/2 pm	Joyce	The Weird Sisters	Eleanor Brown
December 14	Sun/2 pm	Karen M.	Planning Party

I recommend the audio book.

December Meeting, 12-15-13

Karen M. hosted our December meeting which was on Sunday afternoon at 2:00. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Karen provided the main dishes and drinks and our members brought appetizers, side dishes and desserts. Karen set a lovely holiday table. We had a wonderful meal and then selected books for 2014. We decided against our ornament exchange this year and instead we donated books to Christ's Haven for Children in Keller. I think we will continue this next year as it seemed very popular with our members. Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures so these will have to do for now. If anyone took pictures please send them to me and I will replace these.

  Diane and Barb, Angie and her Mom, Karen and Linda