Nicole said...

Aww...... thank you Sue!! I had a wonderful time myself! Its fun to realise how many different points of view you can pull from just one book and so many different minds!! I am really enjoying the new book for next month, I wish I could quite my job and just read forever!

No "Bees" for us.

Don't be heading off to the theatre on Monday night as it looks as if the movie we want isn't showing in Sarnia. I looked in the Observer and there is a half page review of the "Secret Life of Bees", however there is no listing for it at the cineplex.com site.

Hopefully someone at the theatre will realise that it would be worth their while to show this movie and bring it in. I can't believe they are showing drivel like 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' and not "The Secret Life of Bees". If it doesn't end up here, perhaps it will be out on DVD in time for us to watch it at Christmas.

So we had a lovely time at John's on Monday night. Everyone liked the book. Donna was missing as she was doing an east coast Thanksgiving with her family. Welcome to Nicole, a Finch regular who was full of great ideas and contributed a lot to the discussion.

-I picked up a second hand copy of "The Clan of the Cave Bear". Let me know if you want it.

-The name of the book we were talking about is"The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood".

So the next time we meet is Tuesday at Mall Road library at 7 pm. ( Could you pick me up Catherine?) Our next discussion is on November 1oth, hopefully at Coffee Lodge Exmouth. I'll let you know if anything changes. We are getting some carpeting in at Finch, so it should be a lot quieter next time we are there.

The picture of the bag of books is from when Julie and I were liking the idea of calling ourselves the BAG ladies, Book Appreciation Group. Does anyone know where the quotation, "On pleasure bent again" comes from?

For November

October already!

September's meeting was very nice, we managed to grab some of the upholstered chairs at CL Finch so we were very comfortable. "Persuasion" was such a good book, made for a great discussion .

I don't think we mentioned venue for October's meeting at the last meeting, let's meet at John's for supper at 6 pm with discussion at 7 on the 14th (I think it is)(The day after Thanksgiving). As mentioned previously, we will be discussing 'The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. For those who are interested, there is the discussion of the same book at Mall Rd. library on the last Tuesday of the month. I'm planning on going as is Catherine I believe. The movie is coming out on the 18th, it looks wonderful, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson are in it. Is anyone interested in going to see it?

Jetsetter Donna will be away again, but I believe Meg (and sister Nicole?) will be joining us (for supper too I think!). A regular customer at the store has been reading the book and has said that she will be at the meeting. It will be nice to have someone new join us. Her name is Nicole as well.

We will be reading "Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel in November. Perhaps we can talk Donna into having us at her store for a change? Much cosier and quieter there. I've strayed from the reading list. Can anyone think of anything Christmassy or uplifting for December? Preferably with a good movie that we can get together to watch. We'll talk about it on the 14th.

See you then, Happy Thanksgiving.

Third Year Anniversary

We celebrate the beginning of our third year this September by discussing "Persuasion" by Jane Austen. As a number of people will be away, we will meet on September 15th instead of the second Monday. We'll meet at Coffee Lodge Finch at 7.

Changing things up a bit for October. I thought we could attend a different book club meeting to find out how things are done elsewhere. I spoke to the lady in charge of the book group at Mall Road library. She said that they would be discussing "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd on the last Tuesday of the month. She loaned me a copy of the book and it is excellent. She said the date might change as she might be going out of town, she would call me if it changed. I didn't think that would work too well for us, particularly as I have since noticed that the library is advertising an author book reading and signing for that same night.

So, we will read that book and have our regular meeting on the second Monday. Then those of us who want to to go the library meeting at the end of the month can do that too. Covers all bases I think. There will be lots to talk about. So, no Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd in October.

I am really enjoying reading "Persuasion" again. We should have a lot to talk about then too.
Bon voyage to Donna who is travelling over the pond to England and Scotland. Happy trails to Catherine who should be back in time to tell us all about her character, "Louisa". Welcome home to Meg and Nicole from their out west odyssey. Meg, can you forward this to Nicole please? I thought I had an email address for her but can't find it anywhere. Thanks.

Enjoyed Mama Mia

Had a really nice time on July 20th. The usual suspects met for lunch at East Side Mario's and then went to see Mama Mia. We all enjoyed the movie, it was so funny.

Catherine and I decided to go back to see it again on cheap Tuesday. Got to the theatre and fortuitously found a good spot to park. We got into the theatre just as it started to pour rain. We were patting each other on the back for our good timing when we realised that the show was sold out. No problem, we decided to see the Batman movie since we were there anyway. Both those shows were sold out as well..........Sooo, if anyone is interested in seeing it again, we will try again tomorrow, cheap Tuesday one week later. The show is at 7.20.

The book we will be reading in August is titled, 'All Creatures Great and Small", NOT "All Things Bright and Beautiful" as previously mentioned. As the song goes, 'All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small" I thought for sure the order of the books would be the same. Foiled again. The first is " All Creatures Great and Small." We will will meet at John's Restaurant on August 11th at 6 pm. for supper or 7 pm. for the discussion .

Meg and Nicole are forsaking us once again, this time for a trip out west to see family. Their priorities seem to be messed up, first going to a Bon Jovi concert and now visiting family instead of book club!

Hope everyone is having a great summer! Take care.

Being lazy this summer.

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So we read To 'Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee in April (welcome Meg's sister Nicole), did a Book Circle in May (Gayle joined us) and discussed 'Watership Down' by Richard Adams in June. I really liked 'Watership Down' but it was not a favourite with everyone. I'm not sure Catherine understood it properly, she kept talking about transvestite bunnies!?! 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was wonderful of course so we got together in May to watch the movie.

We totally bailed on 'Sons and Lovers' (Lawrence) (supposed to have discussed in May) and will be ignoring Voltaire (July) in favour of a frivolous day out to see 'Mama Mia' the movie on July 20th . In August we will read and discuss 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' by James Herriott which is a lovely read but will not really tax our sun bedazzled brains.

Then it will be back to business with 'Persuasion' by Jane Austen in September then 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson in October. I am not sure of venues, will edit this blog after I look up details.

I will also add details of our Mama Mia plans. ......Beautiful Greek scenery, great music, C___ F____, P___B___. Can't wait!

See you soon.



August 11th ---All Things Bright and Beautiful ---James Herriott
September 8th ---Persuasion ---Jane Austen
October 12th ---Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde---Robert Louis Stevenson
November 10th ---Clan of the Cave Bear--Jean Auel
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