What a lovely find reading this book! The story touched us in many different ways. We met at Freddy’s Wine Bar – a neighborhood favorite. A wee bit loud for book club we discovered — but still very enjoyable. We had a great gathering of gals! In the book, Anthony lovingly finds lost things and… Continue reading April 2018 – The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Author in the house! We were delighted to have Dr. Stephen Russell join us for our January meeting. He is the author of several books with Blood Money being his first published. A HUGE thanks to the Harbins for hosting our large group! Any reason to be in your lovely home and I’m there! … Continue reading Jan 2017 – Blood Money – Stephen Russell
I’m smiling as I write this post. We have come through a year with new friends, and a new book club – I’m excited to go through 2017 with books, conversations, giggles and who knows what else is in store for us! :::turning cartwheels:::: Book club means you read some you like and… Continue reading Dec 2016 – The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
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
Wonderful evening ladies! So good to see everyone who could attend. For those not present you were completely missed. Robin feel better! About five of us coming from our neck of the woods meandered in ‘The Lodge’ (i.e. W’s big ol’ white Suburban )…. as we rolled through the tree lined streets our destination Mountain… Continue reading April 2016- The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits
What a discussion mixed with many giggles!! Many thanks to Lynn for hosting – Spring in Birmingham is enchanting – pollen and all. From the owl hooting, to the roaring fire and of course Rosie the furry one – it was a lovely evening. I am fairly certain we discovered many things we’ll never… Continue reading March 2016 – The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
TA-DA! —a book club is born. Birmingham Literary Society met last night for the very first time- what a great start girls! I was happy as a little clam as 6:30 ‘finally’ rolled around and people began to arrive. Giddy would be a better word. What a group of women! Very diverse and eclectic.… Continue reading Feb 2016 – Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
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