JANUARY 21 Meeting at Edna's

¡Dios mío!, where do I start.  Edna really out did herself.  She had a NY chef (her daughter Angelique) prepare a wonderful Spanish dinner, starting with several Tapas (Spanish appetizers), Sangria and Paella. After dinner Edna quizzed us on the book "The Alchemist" by  Paulo Coelho. "The world's greatest lie: At a certain point in our lives we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate"  was debated with a split decision.  We also discussed traveling to learn more about other cultures, how religions have a central theme and following one's dream. To round out the Spanish theme,  Angel served us a wonderful dessert of Churros with chocolate dipping sauce. We also had Turtles, oatmeal cookies and baklava brought by several of the bookclub members.
"The Alchemist" was a short simple book about  following ones dream and then finding it in "our own backyard". The book with it's simplicity evoked a wealth of discussion and if it wasn't for the ice storm we could have kept going.

When time allows, I will set up a page to summarize each book that we read.
I have the results from last year's  "top 2":
 #1 "The Glass Castle"
 #2 "Queen of the Big Time".

Next month we will meet at Rosemary's house and read  “Evening Class” by Maeve Binchey.  Stay warm and enjoy the book.

"Adiós a mis amigos "
KAthy G