Next Meeting Date

Hey Ladies,

Check your calenders and let me know if Friday, March 9 at 8pm would work for our next book club date.  The plan is to gather at Aunt Sharon's house in Palatine.  Once again, we did some "brainstorming" while drinking and tossed around the idea of hiring a limo to take us city dwellers out there and back.  I wanted to get a head count to see who might be interested and then I could get more of an idea about cost.  So, let me know if this date works and if you'd be interested.  All I have to say, is what other book club hires a limo??  None, the answer is none. Let's make history ladies :)  

P.S. I think my last post might have been a little confusing... just to clarify, we will be discussing Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at this meeting.

Fancy Pants Book Club

There is something about mimosas that makes me happy :)  Big thanks to Burke who provided countless bottles of champagne (actual count, five), not to mention the Irish Coffees, for our last gathering.  Nice work ladies!!  After much discussion and countless refills, we managed to plan out the next two book club meetings, including activities.  Ohhh get ready!!  For our next gathering, we will be reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.  I'm thinking that we will get together around early March (need to verify dates with Aunt Sharon), so keep a look out for that email shortly.  This is a short book and an easy read, according to Ang and Erin, so we should have no trouble getting through it quickly.

Then, our next meeting will take place on Sunday, April 15 where we will have our first ever BWBMYKSBC outing!!!  (Miska gets all the credit for finding this one!)  Elmhurst College is hosting a lecture with Erik Larson, where he will be partly discussing his book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin.  This book is pretty lengthy, so I figured I would give everyone the heads up, if they wanted to get a jump on it.  More information about the "outing" will follow, once we get  a head count.  But, we were thinking that we could meet up at a restaurant beforehand for apps and some cocktails then head over for the lecture. The event is FREE, thats right FREE, but we would need to get there about 40 mins before the lecture to get seats (according to the gentleman I talked to).  Break time is over people!!  It is time to get back to reading, once again!!

The Main by Trevanian



REMINDER!!!!!

Just a reminder that we will be getting together at Burke's apartment, this Saturday, February 8 at 11:00am to discuss The Main.  As shocking as this may seem, there are no discussion questions for this book (I need to stop doing this to myself) and I am only on page 40... sooooo, please bring discussion questions, if you have any, and I will do my best to knock out this book and get some up here before Saturday.  If that doesn't happen... MIMOSAS FOR EVERYONE :) See you all then!!!!!