Shower for Shanna

UPDATE UPDATE

We will be having the shower on Feb 19th. The 12th didn't work for many. You will be getting a invite in the mail soon. 

We are having a shower for Shanna!! We are looking at February 12th right now. Please leave me a comment if this is a good date for you (especially SHANNA)! More detail will follow but I wanted to feel out the date. Let me know, ladies!

Happy Birthday Mindy!
We are so glad that you chose to celebrate your birthday with us!
We love you!

Book Club Meeting

Hi ladies! Just a reminder that book club is tomorrow night at Caron's house. I am excited to see you all there!

Also, I was thinking about our recipe book. I have not given up the idea. So here is my new plan: each month I am going to assign a recipe for the month (like this month is appetizers or snacks). Bring a recipe or recipes to book club that fit into this catergory. Next month we will do something different. By the end of the year wil will have a cook book!
I know this is late notice but do your best. Bring recipes tomorrow for appetizers and snacks. I will love you for it.
See you all tomorrow!!

We Must Be Happy!

I was watching Oprah today (please don't judge :>) and they were talking about "Happiness". I missed bits and pieces while I ran kiddos here and there, but thought this was interesting...

The "happiness guru" guy said that joining a club that requires your attendance once a month is equal to doubling your income in terms of your happiness. SO... who needs to double their income - we have our Lit Lovers Book Club! Ok - so I wouldn't mind a doubled income, but now I know why I want to shoot anyone who messes with my ability to go to book club (which is usually my husband, who is thankfully still alive!).

Absolutely LOVE you guys... see you tomorrow!

Books We Have Read

As per requested here is a list of the books we have read in years past. It is fun to look back and see everything we have read. good job, ladies! Remember to add your book to the side bar when you have chosen what you want to do this year.

•  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
•  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
•  Chocolat by Joanne Harris
•  A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
•  A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
•  Night by Ellie Wiesel
•  Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
•  The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
•  My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
•  The Doll in McCallaway’s Window by Kevin Krogh
•  The Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
•  East of Eden by John Steinbeck
•  The Princess Bride by William Goldman
•  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• The Kite Runner  Khalid Hosseini
•  The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
•  The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
•  The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
•  The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
•  An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
•  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
•  Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
•  The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
•  Atonement by Ian McEwan
•  The Book Thief by Markus Zasak
•  The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
•  Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
•  The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
•  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Platt
•  Belong to Me by Marisa de los Dan Santos
•  Moonraker’s Bride by Madeleine Brent
•  Beneath My Mother's Feet  by Amjed Qamar
•  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
•  Zorro by Isabelle Allende
•  Jayhawk by Dorothy Keddington
•  Driving Sideways by Jess Riley
•  These Is My Words by Nancy Turner
•  The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman
•  Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
•  Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
•  Follow the River by James Alexander Thom
•  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
•  Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 
• The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
• Tarzan of the Apes  by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• Sarah's Key by Tatiana DeRosnay
• My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier
• What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Weight of Silence by Heather Gundenkauf
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
• Still Alice by Lisa Genova

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARON!!

Happy birthday to you, Caron. We all love you so much!! Here are a few things I love about you:

1. You are one of the truest friends I have. You have my back and I know it.
2. You are so much dang fun! You are a blast to hang out with and always game for anything. I promise next time I do donuts in the church parking lot I will come get you first.
3. You make awesome rolls and salad. They are delicious.
4. You are sweet and kind and thoughtful and just plain wonderful.
5. Remember all those times we have shared night toots? That was pretty fun.
6. You are seriously one of my favorite people in the world.

We hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy your birthday. I am so glad you are in our book club and more importantly that you are my friend. Love you much my dear!