The Real Life Story

Here is a link to the background story on which this month's book is based;

 This Woman Stole Children

Next Meeting December 2

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*



I'm liking this link and the books that Reese Witherspoon selects.


I think we have a few more good links on the side bar.

August-August

The Rent Collector

One of the best discussions ever!  Kelly took us to this book. We didn't know we could like it so much. Not 100% popular, because it was a dark and dank existence in the dump. But what an insight to literacy and what it can mean.
Very different book which gave us a very different look at life.


Next up:
Kathy selected a thriller!

From the Author

Dear Reader,

If you enjoy David Baldacci, Lee Child, Tom Clancy, Nelson DeMille,Ken Follett, Vince Flynn, Andrew Peterson, Daniel Silva, Brad Taylor, or Brad Thor, odds are you'll be smiling a few pages into my books aswell.

Care to try before you buy? No problem. You can download one my thrillers for free at timtigner.com.

Need help putting the kids through college? I can appreciate that. I have a couple of my own. I'm not in a position to help you with tuition yet, but I can provide days of delightful distraction for the price of a cup of coffee, and kind reviews will get good karma sent your way.

Thanks for your kind consideration,

Tim

By Invitation Only

Lisa selected a really fun read for summer. We all enjoyed the southern charm at he peach farm and the cold of Chicago where the unraveling begins.   All ends well and it was great fun!  And thanks to Kathy who was our substitute host - lovely food and beverages (as usual) 

Coming up next: The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not working. Just when things seem worst, Sang Ly learns a secret about the ill-tempered rent collector who comes demanding money--a secret that sets in....

Good Ideas for Future Reading

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Picks (click the link)

I noticed the third book down set in Shaker Heights, Ohio.  We lived just next to that area while Dave went to NCR tech schools.   In fact all the books sound good and several are being made into movies!

#1 Ladies Detective Agency

 The Making of #1 Ladies Detective Agency HBO Series:

I finally got this up on the blog. Warning: it takes a bit of time to upload.

Be patient.

You might have faster results going to youtube and watching. 

If that's not your cup of tea, follow this link.

#1 Ladies Detective Agency Youtube

(I added "the making of" to my google search. I think that overall one is really informative)

But any one of the episodes will introduce you to the characters, the landscape,

the culture and the clothing.

No hiding it -  I'm enchanted.

Please look at one episode before our next book club.

And thank you!

April is Awesome!

                                    #awesomebookclub


 Guest blogger...Noreen says:

"Best Book Club ever - in  my humble opinion....Being able to ask the author, Marcia Rudin, questions about character development and her research, made our discussion so rich. And hearing from the variety of backgrounds of our group also added so much. But the star was our "guest speaker" and good friend, Jacqui Fogelberg.  She very eloquently and generously shared her journey and perspectives related to being a nun during much of the same time period as the book.

Then of course there was the good food and wine. A totally perfect afternoon" 

Jacqui  a beautiful woman inside and out.                       

Never do we go hungry!

Facebook time with the author, Marcia Rudin

Gotcha Kathy and Kelly!                

Whoa....hold everything....

Marcia Rudin, the author of our next book Hear My Voice will join us via FaceTime at our next meeting!

Posted On International Women's Day

Hear My Voice

It's spring practice and here is our newest read, selected by Noreen. 

(recognize the last name?)

"As three women attend an awards ceremony in their honor, they relive their complicated personal and religious journeys. While listening to the speakers, each struggles with a difficult choice she must make by the end of the evening that will forever change her life.

Mona Sullivan seeks peace and certitude when she becomes a nun, but must adjust to tumultuous changes in her Church. As she becomes an activist public figure, she must decide whether to stay in the Church or leave to become an Episcopal priest.

Sandra Miller embarks on a long and difficult journey to become a rabbi at a time when women weren’t accepted. Now she must choose between her childhood sweetheart and her successful."

Catch Up Time!!!

October: Lisa choose Being Mortal, a meaningful book for her. ...a tough read, but we each took away a new understanding. 

November:  Met at Kathy's home - our first time since her big remodel. Lovely!  Kelly selected the book A Gentleman from Moscow.  Fascinating!

January : we met at Kelly's home. As usual so much fun, great food, the book was Kathy's choice Two Kinds of Truth - good old  Harry Bosch.

Roz has selected The Lilac Girls, for February 25th.