November Meeting and New Book for December

We had a great time today!  The book we decided on for this month is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.  The other books we considered are:

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (Going to read next month!)
The Good Master by Kate Seredy
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
As a Thief in the Night by Roger Young
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

We will meet Tuesday, December 4, at Nanette's home.  Rachel Hurst and Hilary Jensen will bring lunch!  Happy reading!

here is a link to the apple dumpling recipe
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/02/apple_dumplings/

Easy Yummy Rolls

1 C melted butter

2 C hot water

2 eggs

3/4 C sugar

1 tsp salt

Mix all of the above ingredients together and then add 2 Tbsp yeast.  Let sit until it begins to bubble (about 15 min). Add 6-6 1/2 cups flour and 1 tsp baking powder.  Mix well, let rise until double, (about 1 hour).  Punch down, roll out, and form rolls desired.  Let rise 1-2 hours.  Bake 11-15 min or until golden brown at 375-400.  Top with butter while hot.  Yummy!  Make about 4 dozen.  For the crescents, roll 1/4 or 1/3 of dough into 14" circle, cut like pizza and roll!

October Book

This month we picked the book The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby.

We also have another book if you would like a second suggestion.   Proof of Heaven by Mary Currun-Hacket.  The author happens to be a family friend of the d'Evegnees and Sarah has lined up a big book discussion with the author via skype at the library!  I think the opportunity of discussing a book with it's author is so exciting.  Anyone is invited, there will be other book clubs in attendance as well.  The book discussion will take place on November 8 at the Madison Library 7 PM.

 

Our regular meeting will be at my home (636 Autumn Ct) on Tuesday November 6.  Go vote and then come to book club!  We will start gathering at 11:45 and eat at noon.

Shannon Packer will be presenting 3 books to read and Sarah d'Evegnee and Nicole Burt will provide lunch.

September

The kids are back in school and hopefully we can all settle into some sort of "normal" schedule!  We met today at Hilary Jensen's home and ate a yummy lunch.  Please post recipes, Shelly, for the salad (the tortellini one you mentioned too) and the meat recipe please Melinda! We missed those of you who didn't make it and hope to see you next month!

The books we voted on today were as follows;

Heavan is Here by Stephanie Nielson
Master by Toni Sorenson

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

And the one we chose is, Gravity vs The Girl by Riley Noehren.

Next month, October, we decided to meet on the second Tuesday since the first one falls during harvest break.  We will meet on Tuesday, October 9.  Start time has been changed to 11:45 and we will eat at 12:00.  Melinda Ollerton is going to host  and present us with three books to choose from.  Stephanie and Nanette will provide lunch.

Happy reading!  Thanks for all you do to make this book group happen!

Nicole Burt

Summer Reading

Our books for summer reading are, The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger all by Lois Lowry.  We will meet Wednesday, August 8 at 11:30 at my house (636 Autumn Ct) then head to Babes Bakery in IF.

June 2012 Book Club

On Wednesday, June 6 @ 11:30 AM we will discuss

Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metexas

We will meet at Lindsey's home (450 Terra Vista) 11:30 AM

Rachel H and Hilary will provide lunch

Stephanie will present the books.

Books we didn't read

Here is a list of some of the books that were presented but didn't get picked that month:
 **Please read through this list and if you can think of any others we presented but didn't choose that aren't on here leave it in a comment.
 

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

Hotel on the Corner of bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Master by Toni Sorenson
Heaven is Here by Staphanie Nielson

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (this one can be picked up for free at the library)

Seven Miracles that Saved America by Chris and Ted Stewart

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
The Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson

The Garden of Eve by K. L. Going

First Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin

Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

A Year By The Sea by Joan Anderson

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by Kay Lynn Mangum

The Message by Lance Richardson

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

Forever on the Mountain by James M Tabor

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (some bad language)

The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis... by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Self Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate... by Polly Young-Eisendrath
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

The books that don't make the cut from now on will simply be listed on the blog post that reviews that month's meeting.  Do I make sense to anyone besides myself?

May 2012

We met at Nicole's house today and had a yummy lunch provided by Shannon and Lori.

Becky presented 4 books for us to consider today...

The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

and the book we choose is

Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metexas

 

Here is a link to the dessert we had:

 http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-eclair-dessert/detail.aspx

Chocolate sauce used was in the comment section of this recipe:

Mix 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 cup sugar in sauce pan. Add 1 teasp vanilla, 1 stick butter, 1/4 cup milk. Boil for 1 minute, then set aside to cool.