Evening in Review May 12th

This was one of those nights were the food stood out more than the book. Only one sexy reader (SR) finished the book (our newest SR Meredith who was under the impression we actually read the nominated books...).

WE HEART ICE CREAM COOKIE SANDWICHES!

The highlight tonight seemed to be Miss Tahne's ice cream cookie sandwiches and hearing about all the upcoming exciting adventures of some of the bold members!! Leigh has accepted a job in Alaska (she leaves this month!) and will be keeping in touch with us through the blog. Keiko found out she is having a baby boy and is also preparing for her big move to the mainland and trip to Italia! Kim shared she will be travelling to South Africa for a month (which includes a 2 week safari). And finally, Tahnee will be Buono Viaggio into the heart of Tuscany in early June.

We also did some other very important book club business, including group photos and a blogging tutorial! We missed Shell, Vicki and Colleen! LOTS of photos will be taken of them next time.

This evening it became glaringly obvious that there are some definite trends we have amongst our book clubbies - one is the preference for Subaru Foresters and the other is Hummus. Meredith fit right in when she showed up with her hummus; quickly followed by another members hummus (and no, it wasn't Melissa!)

WHAT FUN!

The next book club will be on a TUESDAY - June 10th at 6:30/7ish at Meredith's. We will be discussing Catfish and Mandala - perhaps with Vietnamese food?

July's Book: The Female Thing!

We had some gruelling voting this time (that is after we quickly decided not to read Em's girlhood fantasy book about a magical apple tree - psst Kim - don't forget to remember the name of that book about the sisters..).
The tough selection was between:

• The Female Thing by Laura Kipnis
• Everything is Illuminated by Foer
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Female Thing received the most votes. Most of us thought it would create an interesting discussion and isn't necessarily a book we would read on our own...and I'm guessing will create good BLOGGING material!!