January Book Club

Shanna's House (I am switching Leah) Wednesday January 29th @ 7:00 pm
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky

Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But he can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.

Monthly Assignments for 2014

January: Leah
February: Linda
March: Ann
April: Becca
May: Krista
June: Shanna
July: Caron
August: Missy
September: Angie
October: Johanna
November: book reviews
December: Mindy

These are random assignments. Let me know if you want to change up your month. It would be really helpful if you can pick your book as soon as possible. This way people can get a hold of the books and even get ahead on the reading if they want to. Let me know what you choose and I will update the blog. Thanks!

December 2013: Christmas Party!!

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2012: In Tell the Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt has made a singular portrait of the late-‘80s AIDS epidemic’s transformation of a girl and her family. But beyond that, she tells a universal story of how love chooses us, and how flashes of our beloved live through us even after they’re gone. Before her Uncle Finn died of an illness people don’t want to talk about, 14-year-old June Elbus thought she was the center of his world. A famous and reclusive painter, Finn made her feel uniquely understood, privy to secret knowledge like how to really hear Mozart’s Requiem or see the shape of negative space. When he’s gone, she discovers he had a bigger secret: his longtime partner Toby, the only other person who misses him as much as she does. Her clandestine friendship with Toby—who her parents blame for Finn’s illness—sharpens tensions with her sister, Greta, until their bond seems to exist only in the portrait Finn painted of them. With wry compassion, Brunt portrays the bitter lengths to which we will go to hide our soft underbellies, and how summoning the courage to be vulnerable is the only way to see through to each other’s hungry, golden souls.

Book club/CHRISTMAS PARTY will be held on Thursday, Dec 19 at Mindy's house. We will start at 7:00 PM.

We will be doing the chocolate fountain. Yay! Please sign up to bring one of the following items or something of your choosing.  Feel free to bring whatever you want. The following items are just suggestions.

Chocolate: Mindy
Marshmallows: Becca
Pineapple: Krista
Strawberries:
Potato chips: Ann
Cinnamon bears: Johanna
Pretzels: Caron
Peanut butter something:
Brownie bites: Shanna
Angel food cake/pound cake: Missy
Bananas:

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm excited to see you all!