"Choosing to See" Reviews

We enjoyed some "Southern" food at Mary's Arnold and discussed Mary Beth Chapman's book "Choosing to See"

Words and Numbers

Realistic 8
Dehydrating 9
Courageous 8
Challenging 8.5
Emotional 7
Raw 9
Forthright 6
Heart-wrenching 7
Touching 8

Upcoming Books

·        September  (Dinner)  (Memoir)

·        October  (Chick Lit)

November (Dinner) Classic

o   We will read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. 

·        December  (Christmas)

·        January (Dinner) International

·        February  (Movie Tie in)

·        March (Dinner)  (Best Seller 2011)

·        April  (Non-Fiction)

·        May (Dinner)  Mystery

·        June  (Wisconsin Author)

·        September  (Dinner)  (Memoir)

·    October  (Chick Lit)

·        November (Dinner) Classic

o   We will read Jane Erye…not sure which book yet. 

·        December  (Christmas)

·        January (Dinner) International

·        February  (Movie Tie in)

·        March (Dinner)  (Best Seller 2011)

·        April  (Non-Fiction)

·        May (Sweet and Savory Dinner)  Mystery

·        June  (Wisconsin Author)

Voting time...

It's that time...check out our Facebook page and "like" what book you want to vote for.  All voting must be done by 8/31/11.

The HELP the movie

The Plan: We will be going to the Marcus Cinema Green Bay East on Kepler Drive...I believe this is the one you can see from the highway. Show time is 4:05pm. Those who need a ride or want to carpool meet at Sturgeon Bay Community Church at 2:30pm on 8/20/11. We plan on going somewhere after to eat and discuss the movie. If you have to get after the movie you can meet us there. Any other questions FB Lori May.

September's Book...

For our September 2011 book we will be reading Choosing to SEE 

by Mary Beth Chapman.

Meeting this Thursday...

If you haven't sent an RSVP on Face Book or taken the time to contact Heather, please let her know if you will be making it on Thursday to discuss.

Dinner @ Blue Front Cafe June 16, 2011

Just a reminder that we will be meeting Thursday 6/16/11 at The Blue Front Cafe to discuss:

The Omnivore’s Dilemma,

By Michael Pollen

Genre –Non-Fiction

RSVP to Teri Hooker if you haven't already.

July Book, The Bone House by Brian Freeman

We've decided to add this book for July.  Thank you Karen for suggesting it.  There are a lot of holds on this book so make sure you get your hands on a copy of it.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Genre -Children’s Literature


“The Witch of Blackbird Pond”, By Elizabeth George Speare

It was a Dessert night at Jan Rasmussen’s house…and there was quite the spread of wonderful desserts.



Our Words for the book follow:

Spirited

Memorable

Disturbing

Cold

Sweet

Conflicted

Instructive

Hopeful

Lonely



And our Average rating was 7.625

Catching Up

Catching Up…


Here is the recap for the past 7 months of books give or take a few that I don’t have. Some are missing words, some are missing photos, some are missing both, but this is what we have.



September



The Icing on the Cupcake, by Jennifer Ross

At Holly Sayer’s house. Dessert… cupcakes!!



October

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Okay, October was at Julie Condra’s house… it was a themed dinner.



November
Same Kind of Different As Me 
That was November 2010, at Tami Pedler’s house, which was a soup night.



Words:

Unusual

Humbling

Faith-bending

Compassionate

Spiritual

Moving

Inspiring

Deep

Evolving

Heartfelt



Avg rating 9.05



December
On Strike for Christmas, by Sheila Roberts



At Dena Barganz’ house. Dessert night.



January

The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton

At Mary Arnold’s house

Words:

Mystical

Engaging

Intriguing

Enchanted

Riveting

Escape

Layered

Haunting

Engrossing

Dark (in a good way)

Captivating

Average rating = 9.21



February

The Great Gatsby



I think it was at Lori Nelson’s house. It was a themed dinner.



March
Letters to Juliet

Book with Movie...



April


Someone Knows My Name

Themed dinner at Ann’s house

Words:

Credible

Enlightened

Wrenching

Informative

Overwhelming

Unbelievable

Graphic

Courageous

Determination

Shattering

Our average rating was 8.0