SWCR Book club met on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert & Erma's.
Icebreaker - Books you read and "When faced with a very difficult decision in life, what do you do to help yourself decide?"
Stacie
-Pros/Cons, does what she thinks is right
Jill
If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
-Pray, go with gut feeling
Jen
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Mistaken Identity by Don & Susie Van Ryn
Glensheen's Daughter by Sharon Darby Hendry
-Pray, Make a decision
Gwen
-Gut feeling
Sandy
-Lay awake all night, think and rethink, go with gut instinct
Sarah
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
-Call mom
Buffy
-Run it by others, try to sleep on it, go with the flow
Laurie
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
-Stay awake, journal about it
Patty
-Snap decision
Summer
Happy Happy Happy by Phil Robertson
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
-Think, overanalyze, talk to others and go with original decision
Dawn
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom
Where she Went by Gayle Forman
-Stress out and remember that in 24 hours it will all be over with
Pam
The Good Sister by Drusilla Campbell
The Sixes by Kate White
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Even the Stars Look Lonesome by Maya Angelou
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Reckless by Saskia Walker
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Rate
1-0
2-0
3-3
4-4
5-0
25/7 = 3.571
Book discussion of "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
1) Could the story have been titled "If I Leave"?
2) Is Mia's abandonment of rock music a sacrifice or a choice?
3) Mia is struggling with the choice wanting to die and wanting to live. What effect does Gramp's visit have on Mia's life?
4) Why do you think Gramps mentions about the angel when he is talking about Mia's decision?
5) Why is Mia going through such struggle and difficulty in choosing whether she should die or live?
Next book club - Thursday, January 30 at 7 pm at Gert & Ermas. Laurie's book "The Stormchasers" by Jenna Blum
Upcoming:
Jens 40th birthday on Dec 20
Buffy's birthday on Jan 28
We played the dice game and swapped books to end the night.
Book Vote Results:
April - Summer - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (8 votes)
May - Dawn - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (5 votes)
June - Jill - The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve (6 votes)
July - Sandy - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (8 votes)
August - Patty - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (7 votes)
September - Gwen - The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher (8 votes)
October - Sarah - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (7 votes)
SWCR Book club met on Thursday, November 21 at 7 pm at Gert &
Ermas.
Stacie was the hostess and icebreaker was the books you read and a horse
story or experience.
Laurie - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Summer - started reading All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Dawn - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Pam - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Mistaken Identity by Don
& Susie Van Ryn - Face to Face by Linda Dorrell, The First Phone Call from
Heaven by Mitch Albom, Three Stages of Amazement by Carol Edgarian
Jen - Secrets of the Congdon Mansion by Joe Kimball
Carol - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, Allegiant by Veronica Roth, Cruel
and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell, One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf, Speak No
Evil by Allison Brennan
Sarah - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Gwen - A Wild Night's Encounter by C J McLane, The Choice by Suzanne Woods
Fisher
Anne
Stacie - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Bastard out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
We discussed the book "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy.
1 - 1
2 - 2
3 - 2
4 - 0
5 - 0
11 / 5 = 2.2
We voted on activities for December meeting and if we wanted to order any
more SWCR items:
Ugly sweater contest - 4 votes
Dice game - 5 votes
Book Swap - 8 votes
Others received less than 4 votes - drawing names - white elephant gift
exchange - bingo
SWCR Items - 6 votes for t-shirts - 3 votes for keychain/necklace - 1 vote
for sweatshirt - 2 votes for book bags -- Bring your design ideas to January
meeting
A reminder to those who need to turn in 2-3 books before December meeting -
Jill, Sandy, Patty & Gwen. We will vote in December.
Next meeting: Thursday December 19 at 7 pm at Gert & Ermas. Pam is the
hostess. Read - "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
SWCR Book club met on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert & Erma's.
Our guest was 10 day old Harper (Summer's baby)
Carol was the
hostess. The book was "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. Icebreaker was name,
books you read and "Would you say your glass is half full or half empty and what
is it full of?"
Sandy - glass is right in the middle - half
full
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; The Girls of Atomic City by
Denise Kiernan
Dawn - learning how to say half full
Four
Men on Mt Rushmore by Harold Howard; The Language of Flowers by Vanessa
Diffenbaugh;The Next Always by Nora Roberts; The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts;
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Sarah - usually half
full
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Jen - half
full
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Si-cology 1 by Si
Robertson
Summer - half full
Of Mice and Men by John
Steinbeck (read in high school)
Patty - half full
Watched
movie Of Mice and Men; Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
Jill -
half full
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Destroyed and Detained by
Danelle Helget
Anne - half full
Buffy - heaping
glass
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Children of the Vampire by
Jeanne Kalogridis; Patricia Cornwell book
Pam - most of the time
half full
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Carol
I am Legend by Richard Matheson; The Poet by Michael Connelly; Dope by
Sara Gran; All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell; House Rules by Jodi Picoult;
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
We discussed "Of Mice and Men" by
John Steinbeck.Carol handed out a bio of John Steinbeck.
Rating:
1-0
2-0
3-1
4-6
5-2
37\9=4.11
We had a game "Scary Movies Matchup". Buffy & Patty got all 23 right.
They played Rock, Paper, Scissors for the Cadbury chocolate prize.
Next book club: Nov 21 - Stacie is hostess - Read: All the Pretty
Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Upcoming:
Nov 15 - The Book
Thief movie released
Nov 22 - Catching Fire movie
released
We also talked about our next vote. Please turn in 2-3
books by December to Pam for our vote in January:
April - Summer
May
- Dawn
June - Jill
July - Sandy
August -
Patty
September - Gwen
October - Sarah
Survey Results:
1. Are there any changes you would like to see at book club: no
2. Suggestions for December meeting: add white elephant gift exchange;
ugliest Xmas sweater contest; do Bingo instead of dice game
3. 5 people want to do the dice game. 1 does not.
4. Field trip ideas: winery; wineries, Hinckley fire museum, dinner night,
in summer do book club outside, local festivals/events, Book Thief
movie
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SWCR Book club met on Thursday,
September 26, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert & Erma's in Glencoe, MN.
Gwen was the hostess and the
icebreaker was your name, the books you read and your favorite book of all
time.
Gwen
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
FAV: One for the Money by Janet
Evanovich
Laurie
Love the One You're With by Emily
Giffin, Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney, Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman, Dead
Ever After by Charlaine Harris, The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
FAV: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by
Eric Carle
Stacie
FAV: Lady Chatterley's Lover by
David H Lawrence
Patty
Odd Interlude by Dean Koontz
FAV: The Odd Thomas Series by Dean
Koontz
Summer
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne
Kalogridis
FAV: Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jill
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling,
Lost and Found by Danelle Helget and Found and Destroyed:The Second Sarah
Martin Mystery by Danelle Helget
FAV: Little House on the Prairie
series
Jen
The Duck Commander Family by Willie
Robertson
FAV: The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Sandy
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
FAV: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Heather (GUEST of Pam)
FAV: The Stand by Stephen King
Pam
125 pages of The Casual Vacancy by
JK Rowling
FAV: The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
We read The Casual Vacancy by JK
Rowling
1-0
2-2
3-0
4-1
5-0
8 / 3 = 2.667
Gwen had discussion questions.
Following that we had a discussion about scary movies.
Next meeting: October 24 at 7 pm at
Gert & Ermas -- ***NOTE - we will not meet on
Halloween night - so book club is a week early!
Carol is the hostess -- Read "Of Mice and
Men" by John Steinbeck
SWCR Book club met on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert &
Ermas in Glencoe.
*We started the evening at 6 pm with a duo baby shower for Laurie &
Summer
Buffy was the hostess. We played "Match the Vampire" game. Icebreaker was
name, books you read and who is your favorite vampire?
Buffy
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
Stacie
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel
Keyes, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck, A Russian Journal by John
Steinbeck, Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides, The Girl with a Pearl Earring by
Tracy Chevalier, Murder in Gales by Patricia Lubeck, The Other Queen by Philippa
Gregory, The People Named the Chippewa by Gerald Vizenor, An Intro to Native
North America by Mark Q Sutton, If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi, Covenant with
the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Francis Ford Coppola "Dracula"
Laurie
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts, The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts,
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (David Boreanaz)
Carol
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, Kill
You Twice by Chelsea Cain, Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Eric Northman from True Blood
Dawn
Edward Cullen from Twilight
Pam
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman, Insurgent by Veronica Roth,
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis, Children of the Vampire by
Jeanne Kalogridis, More than You Know by Beth Gutcheon
Paul Wesley from Vampire Diaries
Sandy
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Cullen family from Twilight
Jen
Alice Cullen from Twilight
Summer
1/2 of Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
"The Lost Boys"
Anne
"The Lost Boys"
Sarah
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Count von Count from Sesame Street
We rated the book Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
1 -0
2 - 1
3 - 3
4 - 1
5 - 1
20 / 6 = 3.333
Questions for Covenant with the Vampire
What did you think when Mary confessed to
Vlad what she knew (pages 251-254)? Would you have done the
same?
When do you think Vlad made Dunya his pawn? Do you think
he did it to get at Mary?
Were you shocked by what Mary did to Arkady at the end of
the book? How about Vlad’s actions?
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SWCR Book club met on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert &
Erma's.
Nicole was our hostess. Book for the month was "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
by Tracy Chevalier.
Icebreaker: If you could travel anywhere in the world to see art, where
would you go? (Netherlands, Paris, Florence, St Petersberg)
Carol
Duma Key by Stephen King; Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn; Girl with a Pearl
Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Laurie
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt; Dead Connection by Charlie
Price; Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; The Next Always by Nora
Roberts
ICE: Greece - Temple/Parthenon
Stacie
Only read "shitty" textbooks
ICE: Rothco Chapel, Houston, TX
Dawn
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; For One More Day by Mitch
Albom
ICE: Russia, fascinated with House of Romanov's
Pam
Crossroads by Wm Paul Young; Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier;
Divergent by Veronica Roth; The Art of Doing Nothing by Veronique Vienne &
Erica Lennard; The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere; You Suck by Christopher
Moore
ICE: Florence
Jen
Girl with a Pearl Earring
ICE: Florence
Buffy
ICE: Florence because of Dan Brown books
Sandy
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank; American Assassin by Vince
Flynn; The Hunt by Allison Brennan; Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult; Girl with a
Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank
ICE: Florence
Summer
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; This Beautiful Life by Helen
Schulman
ICE: Greece/Antwerp
Jill
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; Lifeguard by James Patterson;
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna
Bannister
ICE: Russia
Anne
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier; The 5 Love Languages of
Children by Gary D Chapman and Ross Campbell
ICE: Florence
Nicole
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
ICE: St Petersburg
We rated Girl with a Pearl Earring:
3 - 7
3.5 - 1
4 - 2
32.5 / 10 = 3.25
Other
1) Anne said her son was loving the Magyk (Septimus Heap) series by Angie
Sage
2) Played the dice game for books
3) Had a book swap
4) Thanks to those who dressed up for our "Christmas in July"
We also had our semi-annual book vote. Results:
October - Carol - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (6 votes)
November - Stacie - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (8
votes)
December - Pam - If I Stay by Gayle Forman (5 votes)
January - Laurie - The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum (7 votes)
February - Anne - Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods
(6 votes)
March - Jen - The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (7 votes)
Our next meeting is Thursday, August 29. Baby shower for Summer &
Laurie at 6 p.m. Both are registered at Target & Babies R Us.
Book to read: "Covenant with the Vampire" by Jeanne Kalogridis - Buffy is
our hostess
SWCR Book club met on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert &
Erma's.
Patty was the hostess and our book was "This Beautiful Life" by Helen
Schulman.
Icebreaker was: name, books you read and answer "Have you ever done
anything that had the potential to go viral?"
Laurie - 1) Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark 2) Your Pregnancy
Week by Week by Glade B Curtis and Judith Schuler 3) This Beautiful Life by
Helen Schulman 4) The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine
Summer 1) The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Dawn
Pam - 1) Burnt Offerings by Laurell K Hamilton 2) Ellen Foster by Kaye
Gibbons 3) This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
Sandy - 1) This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman 2) The Storyteller by
Jodi Picoult 3) Lightening by Dean Koontz
Jen
Sarah - 1) This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman 2) Revenge Wears Prada:
The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger
Anne - 1) This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
Patty - 1) Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz 2) The Memory of Running by Ron
McLarty 3) The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
"This Beautiful Life" by Helen Schulman
1-
2-4
2.5 - 1
3- 1
4-
5-
13.5 \ 6 = 2.25
Discussion on the book. Are Liz and Richard good parents? What did you
think about Richard's self esteem? Is it okay for a 15 1/2 year old to date a 13
year old? Would Richard and Liz have stayed together if this wouldn't have
happened?
Next month: July 25 -- Read "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier
-- Nicole is the hostess
We will have our book vote in July.
We will also have our Christmas in July party. Bring a wrapped book for the
dice game. Wear something in relation to Christmas. Can bring books for a book
swap.
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SWCR Book club met on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert & Erma's
in Glencoe, MN. 13 in attendance.
Our hostess was Jill - book to read was "Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography"
by William T Anderson
Jill had us create a bingo board of words we think of when we think of
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Icebreaker was your name, the books you read and what you
think about most about Laura Ingalls Wilder. As you give your response - try to
match the words on the Bingo board. Jen got bingo.
Jen - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
A Story of God and All of Us by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett
Sarah - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent
Pam - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
The Killing Dance by
Laurell K Hamilton
The Weight of All things by Sandra Benitez
Night by Elie Wiesel
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Dawn - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Seven Up/Hard Eight/Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Summer - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Carol - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Still Life by Joy Fielding
Carry Me Home by Sandra Kring
The Woods by Harlan Coben
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
The Hunt by Allison Brennan
Laurie - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month to Month
From Here to Maternity by Kris Webb
Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
Buffy
Body of Evidence/All that Remains/Cruel and Unusual/The Body Farm by
Patricia Cornwell
Patty - no books
Sandy - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
The Broker by John Grisham
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
Gwen - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Jill - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Story of the Ingalls by William Anderson
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life by Pamela Smith Hill
Anne - Laura Ingalls Wilder by William T Anderson
Book rating:
2-2
3-3
3.5-1
4-3
5-1
33.5 / 10 = 3.35
For June read: This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman. Patty is our
hostess
Other discussion:
*We will have a baby shower for Laurie & Summer on August 29 at 6 p.m.
Sounds like both will be registered at Target soon. And Laurie also is doing
Babies R Us.
*2-3 Book submissions are due by the June meeting for: Carol, Stacie, Pam,
Laurie, Anne & Jen.
*Everyone is invited to Dawn's 50th Birthday party on Saturday, June 22 at
Biscay Neisens at 7 p.m.
*Anne bought a house in Glencoe at 711 Elliott
*Buffy is moving to a townhome in Cologne
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SWCR book club met on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Gert & Ermas. We
had 12 in attendance: Sandy, Jill, Pam, Dawn, Patty, Summer, Jen, Sarah, Anne,
Nicole, Katie & Stacie
Katie was our hostess. Icebreaker was your name, books you read, and the
"Never have I ever" statement. Sandy was the last one left.
Sandy
Marley & Me by John Grogan
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
The Virgin Queen by Philippa Gregory
Jill
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
Room by Emma Donoghue
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Pam
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar
Bloody Bones by Laurell K Hamilton
A Fathers Story by Lionel Dahmer
Dawn
almost finished I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Patty
Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper
Broken Harbor - Tana French
Summer
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Hell's Angel by Sonny Barger, Keith Zimmerman and Kent Zimmerman
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Jen
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent
Sarah
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Shit my Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Anne
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Nicole
Project Management Book of Knowledge
Katie
almost finished I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Stacie
The Butcher's Tale by Helmut Walser Smith
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
We read "I Suck at Girls" by Justin Halpern
Rate:
3 - 1
4 - 6
27 \ 7 = 3.857
Discussion Questions:
1) Do you prefer this book or "Shit My Dad Says"?
2) Was "I Suck at Girls" as funny as "Shit My Dad Says"?
3) Did you relate better to Justin in "I Suck at Girls" or "Shit My Dad
Says"?
4) Most embarrassing first love/kiss experience?
5) Based on this book alone, would you read any more of Justin's books? ( I
checked and there is one more "Mom Says I'm Handsome")
Other
*Anne brought in homemade maple syrup -- it took 1 gallon of maple sap to
make 1/4 cup of syrup or 4 gallons to make 1 cup
*There is a sequel to "Heaven is for Real" - "Heaven Changes Everything:
Living Every Day with Eternity in Mind" by Todd Burpo and Sonja Burpo
*Dawn found an article in a running magazine on Louie Zamperini. There is a
book that he wrote "Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of
Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II"
*Angelina Jolie is working on making the movie "Unbroken".
*Jen had the "Suck It Up Buttercup" stamps. They cost $10 and all proceeds
go to Brent Reierson family.
Next month:
Read: "Laura Ingalls Wilder a Biography" by William Anderson. Jill is our
hostess.
Upcoming:
Sat. April 27 - Emmalyn's 1 year transplant party at noon at Baylor
Park
May 7 - Sandy's birthday
May 11 - Jen's All for All Star Vendor Showcase, Zion Lutheran, Arlington
9-2
May 12 - Race for the Cure, MOA
May 16 - Julie's birthday
May 19 - Summer's birthday
The next vote will be in July. Those who need to submit 2-3 books to me by
June are: Carol/October; Laurie/November; Pam/December; Stacie/January;
Anne/February and Jen/March
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SWCR Book Club met on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 7 pm at
Gert & Erma's in Glencoe. Katie Becker was a guest.