What a fun night! We welcomed Hank Early and his wife to our meeting. Thank you SO MUCH for coming!!! Thank you Terry and Sonny for hosting! Included in our group were some of the husbands which made the conversation even more interesting! Heaven’s Crooked Finger brings backwoods religious snake-handling churches with a twist of… Continue reading July 2018 – Heaven’s Crooked Finger by Hank Early
Happy Holidays everyone! We gathered at my home for our merry year end party of sorts! Our end of year book is usually a festive pick and this one hit the mark. Festive, light and Christmasy all rolled into one. Jenny Colgan is know for her ‘chick-lit’ genre. Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe is actually… Continue reading Dec 2017 – Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
We gathered at Ginger’s lovely ‘new’ home! Thanks for hosting Ginger! We needed to break it in properly! Our Sept read was The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray. Summary by Good Reads: In his ambitious and fiercely inventive new novel, The Lost Time Accidents, John Wray takes us from turn-of-the-century Viennese salons buzzing with rumors… Continue reading Sept 2017 – The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray
Fun meeting everyone! For the very few (everyone actually) who got kissed (licked) by Pip the wonder scottie – she sends hugs and kisses (licks)! Seriously, the girls love company as you can tell! Thanks to everyone who came out for our July meeting of the Birmingham Literary Society! We all agreed the book was… Continue reading July 2017 – Where’d You Go Bernadette? – Maria Semple
Our March book is Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali. I can’t remember exactly who told me we must read this for book club — I’m very glad we did. Thanks to who gave me the recommendation! My first thought when I heard the title was I don’t know if really care to… Continue reading Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
The one fabulous thing for me about book club (besides reading the book of course) is that you learn about your fellow book club mates. Enlightening discussions ladies! Firstly — THANK YOU Miriam (and Clay!) for hosting November book club. Your home is divine. I chose The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne… Continue reading Nov 2016 – The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne
I love October, Halloween and all things spoooky (Kimy speaking here). I chose The Feathers for our October read – for a few reasons. # 1 being it’s my friend’s book (Cynthia Lott actually has her 2nd book out now – The Irises Go Cynthia!) AND #2 it’s a supernatural murder mystery set in New… Continue reading Oct 2016 – The Feathers by Cynthia Lott
A HUGE thank you to Barbara & Robin Harbin — and of course to Hershey (the milk chocolate Havanese) who had the final ‘approval’ for us having book club in his lair. An incredibly lovely home and setting. Completely magical. Our book for September was by the award winning Alabama author Rick Bragg –… Continue reading Sept 2016 – All Over but the Shoutin’ – Rick Bragg
I’m laughing just a bit when I recall first opening the package from Amazon with this book and realized it was a 720 page whopper I had chosen for July. Holy smack! Thanks to everyone who actually integrated this difficult subject matter with so many busy schedules in a summer month no doubt! Thanks for hosting Terry!… Continue reading July 2016 – A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Tag I’m it for book club hosting in May! We had a good group – first time for a few of the members. Our book this month is The Double Life of Liliane. This is Lily Tuck’s auto-biography of an unusual childhood; for the author bio click >HERE<. An accomplished author with at least ten… Continue reading May 2016- The Double Life of Liliane by Lily Tuck
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