Our book club meeting was held at the home of Rosemary Polinik. We had a wonderful meal including two recipes mentioned in the book "Can't Wait to get to Heaven" by Fannie Flagg - Heavenly Carmel Cake and Deviled Eggs. The Heavenly cake was a devil of a cake to make since it was "made from scratch" and required several siftings plus the "making a roux" - who does that anymore? I was pleasantly surprised that it turn out OK.
We will take a break in December because of the Holidays and our next meeting will be January 15th at Edna Miller's. "The Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon is our next book to read.
I wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving, a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Have fun reading,
KAthy G
This is just the beginning
I thought I would start this blog to document the activities of our newly established book club. I figured that since memory loss is a big problem and I am most likely not the only one with this affliction that an on going blog could keep track of books we've read and where we've been. Discussion and comments in this blog are greatly appreciated and encouraged.
To bring you up to date.
The Good Time Girls Book Club was started by Grace Vass over lunch one day. The first meeting was September 18 at the home of Grace Vass and we read "Queen of the Big Time" by Adriana Trigiani. As luck would have it, Adriana Trigiani was in Shepherdstown, WV for a week and was presented with the Appalachian Writer's Award. Several of the girls met Adriana at various functions. Sharon and I met Adriana at the Yellow Brick Bank and also attended her lecture at Shepherd University. Gail and Alice attended Adriana's lecture at Martinsburg Public Library. She is a very bubbly person, I felt like I knew her my whole life.
Our Second meeting in October was at my home and we read "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. My first impression after hearing about this book was that it would be distressing. It was anything but, in fact I found his book to be very uplifting. Our next meeting will be at Rosemary's house and we are reading "Can't Wait to Get Heaven", by Fannie Flagg.
I'll make an entry into this blog after each meeting and will post the book schedule for the year as well as guidelines.
If you have any suggestions on how to improve this blog please make your comments by clicking on the comments at the end of each session.
If I don't see you sooner, I'll see you next month at Roe's.
Happy reading,
KAthy G
To bring you up to date.
The Good Time Girls Book Club was started by Grace Vass over lunch one day. The first meeting was September 18 at the home of Grace Vass and we read "Queen of the Big Time" by Adriana Trigiani. As luck would have it, Adriana Trigiani was in Shepherdstown, WV for a week and was presented with the Appalachian Writer's Award. Several of the girls met Adriana at various functions. Sharon and I met Adriana at the Yellow Brick Bank and also attended her lecture at Shepherd University. Gail and Alice attended Adriana's lecture at Martinsburg Public Library. She is a very bubbly person, I felt like I knew her my whole life.
Our Second meeting in October was at my home and we read "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. My first impression after hearing about this book was that it would be distressing. It was anything but, in fact I found his book to be very uplifting. Our next meeting will be at Rosemary's house and we are reading "Can't Wait to Get Heaven", by Fannie Flagg.
I'll make an entry into this blog after each meeting and will post the book schedule for the year as well as guidelines.
If you have any suggestions on how to improve this blog please make your comments by clicking on the comments at the end of each session.
If I don't see you sooner, I'll see you next month at Roe's.
Happy reading,
KAthy G
