"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time, and Kindred is that rare magical artifact..the novel one returns to again and again," Harlan Ellison
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January 2011 Book choice
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler is our January book pick.
"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time, and Kindred is that rare magical artifact..the novel one returns to again and again," Harlan Ellison
"Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time, and Kindred is that rare magical artifact..the novel one returns to again and again," Harlan EllisonHoliday Cookie Exchange
Betsy hosted our annual December book club cookie exchange.
Yummy fun to start the holiday session.
"With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic. — Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget A Redbird Christmas. " Bookjacket summary
November/December Book choice
Red Bird Christmas is the Nov/December book group choice. Fannie Flagg is a charming writer and this book is a perfect gift for the holiday session.
October Book Club meeting
What would you eat in a grave yard?
Suzi hosted the October/Nov book club meeting at her cute and cozy home.
"Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman's first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Coraline. Like Coraline, this book is sure to enchant and surprise young readers as well as Neil Gaiman's legion of adult fans." website book summery
Suzi hosted the October/Nov book club meeting at her cute and cozy home.
"Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman's first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Coraline. Like Coraline, this book is sure to enchant and surprise young readers as well as Neil Gaiman's legion of adult fans." website book summery
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