SWCR Book Club met on December 19, 2019 at 6pm at Gert & Erma's, Glencoe
We are sad to report they no longer serve pizza or pasta. 
Attendees: Buffy, Laurie, Jen, Anne, Dawn and Pam
Sexy Women Can Read Book Club CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!
Gift Exchange - basket or bag of your favorite things.
Dice Game - play/steal for those wonderful baskets! Thank you Jen for being our timer!!!
Family Feud game hosted by Pam! Team Three (Dawn, Laurie & Anne) kicked Team Two's butts (Buffy & Jen). I still can't get over that Prince Charming question. Thank you for putting the game together and hosting Pam!!!
Wine Glass Craft hosted by Laurie. Thank you Laurie for hosting the craft and sharing your crafting supplies and skills with us.
Thank you to everyone who brought in books for Chloe's Girl Scout troop Silver Award project. I will continue to take donations so feel free to bring books to club anytime in 2020!
Next meeting: Thursday, Jan 20th @ 7pm @ Maria's Mexican Restaurant, Glencoe, MN
Hostess: Dawn
Book: The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
Upcoming SWCR Book Club related items:
1. I will be sending out a Survey Monkey - probably after Christmas. I will send out a follow-up email once I send out the survey.
2. The next round of book club voting is coming up. I will be sending out an email in January of those eligible to vote this round. We have two books from the last vote left and our next Free For All Book month will be March 2020. The first new book to read from this vote will be in April!
Upcoming Events:
Dec 21st - 6-10pm Chocolate Weizenbock Cask Release & Christmas at Schram Haus Brewery, Chaska.
Dec 22nd - 10am-5pm Belle Plaine Pop-Up Boutique
Dec 25th - 6-7pm Meditation class, Triple Gem of the North, Chaska - MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Dec 31st - Have a safe New Year's Eve everyone!
Jan 1st, 2020 - 6-7pm Meditation class, Triple Gem of the North, Chaska - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Jan 5th - 2-3:30pm Discover your Ideal Self hosted by Heal Her Peer Support, Fourfold Studios, Carver
Jan 5th - 4-8pm The Spirit of Winter - Festival of Lights, Sovereign Winery, Waconia
Jan 9th - 6-7:30pm Winter/Spring Author Series: Graphic Novelist Jason Walz at North Mankato Taylor Library
Jan 14th - 7-9pm Happy Hour Book Group: The Giver of Stars, J. Carver Distillery, Waconia
Jan 19th - 2-3:30pm Unshackle Your Thinking hosted by Heal Her Peer Support, Carver
Jan 21st - 7am-9pm Trade-In Tuesday, Cream & Amber, Hopkins: Turn your gently used books in for a store credit at Cream & Amber! You can bring up to 15 books. Any books they are unable to accept will be returned to you.
Jan 23rd - 6-7:30pm Winter/Spring Author Series: Young Adult Author Geoff Herbach at North Mankato Taylor Library
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SWCR Book Club met on November 21, 2019 at 7pm at Arlington Haus, Arlington
Attendees: Jen, Sandy, Pam, Laurie & Buffy
Jen was the hostess.
Book: No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run by Tyler Wetherall
Icebreaker: How many houses have you lived in?
Sandy
Books: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Golden Prey by John Sandford
Neon Prey by John Sandford
Deadline by John Sandford
How many houses have you lived in? 8+ (in Ohio, California, Minnesota & North Dakota)
Pam
Books: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
No Way Home by Tyler Wetherall
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
How many houses have you lived in? 20 (in Minnesota & Arizona)
Laurie
Books: Home for the Holidays by Jeanine Frost
Eternal by CC Hunter
How many houses have you lived in? 9 (in Oklahoma, Minnesota & Nebraska)
Buffy
Books: No Way Home by Tyler Wetherall
How many houses have you lived in? 8 (all in Minnesota)
Jen
Books: No Way Home by Tyler Wetherall
How many houses have you lived in? 4 (all in Minnesota)
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-1
4-2
5-0
11/3 = 3.6
SWCR CHRISTMAS PARTY is Thursday, December 19th at Gert & Erma's! Back room is reserved starting at6pm. Earlier start as G&E closes at 8pm.
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Gift Exchange - basket or bag of your favorite things.
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Dice Game - play/steal for those wonderful baskets!
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Game hosted by Pam - maybe Family Feud!
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Craft hosted by Laurie
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If you have any books you want to get rid of, I will take them. Chloe's Girl Scout troop will be making Little Libraries for their Silver Award. Just one of three projects they will starting working on in 2020!
Next meeting: Thursday, Dec 19th @ 6pm @ Gert & Erma's, Glencoe, MN
Upcoming Events:
Nov 22nd - Winter Lights at the MN Landscape Arboretum begins
Nov 23rd - 9am NYA Community Ed Craft Fair, Central Schools
Nov 26th - 6:30pm Winter Greens Porch Pot Class at On Point Nutrition, NYA
Nov 28th - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Nov 30th - The Spirit of Winter - Festival of Lights at Sovereign Estate Winery, Waconia
Dec 3rd - 6:30pm Moving Words: Writers Across Minnesota at Hutchinson Event Center
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SWCR Book Club met on October 24, 2019 at 7pm at Agave Mexican Restaurant, Mayer
Attendees: Anne, Teri, Pam, Buffy, Jen & Laurie
Anne was the hostess.
Book: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury (a book of short stories)
Some of us read the book of short stories and a few read just the short story titled A Sound of Thunder.
Icebreaker: If you could go back in time, what era and what would you do?
Teri - So many options: turn of the century, Victorian era; would like to meet King Henry VIII or Jesus Christ
Reads too many books to list here.
Jen - 1920s
No books
Anne - Would like to meet Laura Ingalls Wilder
Book: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
Pam - Woodstock 1969
Books: Normal by Warren Ellis
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
The Sound of Thunder by Wilbur Smith
Buffy - Would like to meet Leonardo da Vinci or Alexander the Great
Book: A Sound of Thunder (short story only) by Ray Bradbury
Laurie - Dinosaurs
Books: Thirteen Minutes by James Patterson
Nims Island by Wendy Orr
A Werewolf in Manhatten by Vicky Thompson
Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd
Book rating:
1-0
2-1
3-1
4-2
5-1
18/5 = 3.6
CHRISTMAS PARTY is fast approaching. Ideas are wanted. The backroom at Gert & Erma's is reserved so the festivities will start at 6pm on Thursday, Dec 19th!
Gift Exchange - basket of your favorite things.
Dice Game - play/steal for those wonderful baskets!
Game hosted by Pam - maybe Family Feud!
Craft hosted by Laurie
Do we want to bring books for browsing and then the rest may be dropped off at the library? I will take any left overs to the library if there is interest.
Next meeting: Thursday, Nov 21st @ 7pm @ Arlington Haus, Arlington
Hostess: Jen
Book: No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run by Tyler Wetherall
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SWCR Book Club met on September 26, 2019 at 7pm at u4ic Brewing in Blakeley.
Attendees: Pam, Sandy, Buffy, Anne & Laurie
Pam was the hostess.
Book: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Pam and Buffy were the only attendees who read the book. We both highly recommend it!
Icebreaker: If one of your siblings was in jail and came to you asking for money, would you give them the money?
Anne - It depends
No books read
Laurie - No!
Books: Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
The 18th Abduction by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Werewolf Cop by Andrew Klavan
Sandy - I don't think so.
Books: After She's Gone by Camilla Grebe
Tomorrow There Will Be Sun by Dana Reinhardt
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Buffy - Yes
Book: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Pam - Yeah, I guess.
Book: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Kate's Choice by Louisa May Alcott, Stephen W. Hines
You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames
Normal by Warren Ellis
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-1
5-1
9/2 = 4.5
Next meeting: Thursday, Oct 24th @ 7pm @ (awaiting confirmation) Maria's Mexican Restaurant, Glencoe
Hostess: Anne
Book: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
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SWCR Book Club met on August 29, 2019 at 7pm at Pounders Bar & Grill, Cologne
Attendees: Buffy, Teri, Laurie, Pam and Sandy
Buffy was the hostess.
Book: The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule
Pam and Buffy were the only attendees who read the book, but we got so wrapped up in talking about the topic of murders, missing people, being alone at home, and other scary things we never talked about what books we read. Opps.
Buffy did hand out the Crime Junkie Life Rules (attached) and passed around a copy of the If I Go Missing File (attached), which I highly recommend.
After the discussion tonight, it seems we all recommend the following:
Lock your doors and windows at night.
Check the backseat of your car before getting into it.
Your car key may be used as a weapon.
If out at night, be in groups rather than solo.
Be aware of your surroundings.
Keep a weapon of some sort by your bed (preferably a baseball bat, golf club or the such)
TRUST NO ONE!
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-1
4-0
5-1
8/2 = 4
Next meeting: Thursday, Sept 26th @ 7pm @ u4ic Brewing, Inc, 23436 Union Trail, Belle Plaine, MN
Hostess: Pam
Book: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
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SWCR Book club met on July 25 @ 7 pm @ Schram in Waconia
Attendees: Pam, Jen, Pam's sister Barb from Arizona, Laurie & Teri
Laurie was the hostess. The Liars Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard was the book for the month.
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SWCR Book Club met on June 27, 2019 at 6pm at Canterbury Park in Shakopee.
Attendees: Pam, Buffy, Laurie, Sandy, Anne
We had no hostess nor book to read. It was the first Free for all Book Month.
I hope everyone enjoyed reading something on their personal lists.
It ended up being a beautiful night and Pam reserved us a table overlooking the track. Thank you Pam!!!! We watched some horses race, made some bets, picked our favorites, drank, ate and chatted. We did briefly discuss what books we read. We also discussed hosting club at different locations (breweries, wineries, etc.) and we are going to test it out starting with our July meeting. I hope everyone will enjoy visiting some new venues. The monthly hostess will continue to pick where book club is hosted.
Next meeting: July 25 @ 7pm @ Schram Vineyards Winery & Brewery, 8785 Airport Rd, Waconia
Hostess: Laurie
Book: The Liars Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
Information on Schram in Waconia:
They are open until 9pm on Thursday nights.
The Tasting Room Kitchen is open until 8pm and serves a rotating selection of wine and beer friendly bites, which may include items such as pizzas, cheese plates, pretzels, flatbreads, quiche, cookies, and more.
They have indoor and outdoor seating.
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SWCR Book Club met on May 30, 2019 at 7pm at Gert & Erma's in Glencoe.
Attendees: Buffy, Laurie, Sandy, Dawn and Pam
Buffy was the hostess on behalf of Jill
Book: The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
Icebreaker: What are your feelings on the "bomb" and dropping it on Japan in WWII?
Buffy
1) The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
Laurie
1) The Veil by Chloe Neill
2) The Sight by Chloe Neill
3) The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
Sandy
1) The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
2) The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Café by Mary Simses
Dawn
Read nothing this month
Pam
1) The Last Romantic by Tara Conklin
2) Where the Crawdads Sings by Delia Owens
3) The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
4) The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-1
4-2
5-1
14/4 = 3.5
Next meeting: June 27 @ 6pm??? @ Oak Leaf Park or Oscar Olson Park (looking into sport schedules) Backup Glencoe VFW
Hostess: None
Book: Share what you are reading on your own. Our first ever Free For All Book Month
Remember to bring your own drinks and food for the park.
Does 6pm or 6:30pm?
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SWCR Book Club met on April 25, 2019 at 7pm at Maria's in Glencoe.
Attendees: Buffy, Jen, Teri, Dawn, Sandy and Pam
Sandy was the hostess
Book: Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
Icebreaker: If you had to delete all the apps on your phone, except three, which three would you keep?
Dawn
1) Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
Apps: Book Catalog, GoodReads and Kare11 News
Buffy
1) Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
Apps: FaceBook, KSTP Ch 5, FitBit
Jen
1) "Kate" by Buffy Schwalbe (ha ha!)
Apps: FaceBook, Bank, Sibley East Schools
Teri
1) Reads a lot of books. Too many to list.
Apps: Bank, Spider Game, FaceBook (maybe)
Pam
1) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
2) "Kate" by Buffy Schwalbe (ha ha again!)
Apps: Maps, FaceBook, GoodReads
Sandy
1) Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
2) The Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
3) Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Doesn't use any apps on her phone
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-2
5-2
18/4 = 4.5
Next meeting: May 30 @ 7pm @ Gert & Erma's (waiting to confirm room availability)
Hostess: Jill
Book: The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
For June book club on the 27th, we would like to hold it outside at a local park. Bring your own drinks, food or something to share and we'll hold our first ever Free For All Book Month, where we can share what we are reading on our own. We're looking for parks, so start thinking and we can finalize at club in May.
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SWCR Book Club met on March 28, 2019 at 7pm at Maria's in Glencoe.
Attendees: Buffy, Jen, Summer, Dawn (Tom too), Sandy and Laurie
Dawn was the hostess
Book: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Icebreaker: Do you have a friend you met young/Junior high who you are still friends with? Were you more like Kate or Tully?
Sandy
1) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Kate
Laurie
1) Biting Bad by Chloe Neill
2) Wild Thing by Chloe Neill
3) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Both
Buffy
1) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Kate
Jen
1) The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
Kate
Summer
Kate
Dawn
1) The Helena Diaries - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
2) The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
3) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
A little of both?
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-3
5-1
17/4 = 4.25
Next meeting: Apr 25 @ 7pm @ Maria's
Hostess: Sandy
Book: Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
It's time to vote on our next series of books for SWCR Book Club. Watch for the email coming soon!
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SWCR Book Club met on Feb 28, 2019 at 6pm at Gert & Erma's in Glencoe.
Attendees: Sandy, Jen, Buffy, Laurie, Anne, Summer and Pam
Summer was the hostess
Book: I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
Icebreaker: Have you done DNA testing? If not, would you?
Sandy
Has read a lot of books since November.
Sandy would never do any genetic/DNA testing. She doesn't care to know.
Buffy
1) I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
I have done my DNA testing through Ancestry and have no qualms about DNA testing.
Anne
Anne has done her DNA testing and is meeting her biological mother on Saturday!
Laurie
1) Hard Bitten by Chloe Neil
2) Drink Deep by Chloe Neil
3) Biting Cold by Chloe Neil
4) House Rubs by Chloe Neil
5) The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
Laurie is a maybe on DNA testing. Interested but not sure.
Jen
1) I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
2) Evil Has A Name by Paul Holmes, Jim Clemente & Peter McDonald
3) Bind Torture Kill - The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, L. Kelly & Harst Lauiana
4) Meghan: A Hollywood Princess by Andrew Morton
Jen is a yes to DNA testing.
Summer
1) I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
Summer is a yes to DNA testing.
Pam
1) Burn by Helen Hardt
2) Surrender by Helen Hardt
3) Shattered by Helen Hardt
4) Twisted by Helen Hardt
5) I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
Pam says she would probably not do DNA testing. Bad things can happen.
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-1
4-3
5-0
15/4 = 3.75
Next meeting: March 28 @ 7pm @ TBD
Hostess: Dawn
Book: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
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SWCR Book Club met on Jan 31, 2019 at 7pm at Maria's Mexican Restaurant in Glencoe.
Attendees: Jill, Summer, Jen, Pam, Dawn, Buffy, Anne & Laurie
Jen was the hostess
Book: Will to Murder by Gail Feichtinger
Icebreaker: What is your favorite Minnesota tourist trap? What tourist trap in Minnesota have you not been to?
Pam
1) Melt by Helen Hardt
2) Possession by Helen Hardt
3) I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
4) The Noel Stranger by Richard Paul Evans
Favorite MN tourist trap: Minnehaha Falls
Place you haven't been in MN: BIR/Elko
Dawn
1) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2) Local Girls by Alice Hoffman
3) Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
4) The Helena Diaries by Jana DeLeon
Favorite MN tourist trap: Lake Harriet
Place you haven't been in MN: Glensheen
Buffy
1) Will to Murder by Gail Feichtinger
Favorite MN tourist trap: Grand Marais
Place you haven't been in MN: World's Largest Candy Store
Anne
1) We're All Damaged by Matt Norman
2) The Tenth Island by Diana Marcum
3) Stray by Tanya Marquardt
4) Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone
5) A Marriage in Dog Years by Nancy Balbirer
6) Riding Raw by Sue Hollis
Favorite MN tourist trap: Interstate Park
Place you haven't been in MN: Glensheen
Laurie
1) Eve of Darkness by Sylvia Day
2) Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
3) Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill
4) Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill
5) The Store by James Patterson & Richard DiLallo
6) Private by Kate Brian
7) Princess by James Patterson & Rees Jones
Favorite MN tourist trap: Mopars in the Park, Farmington
Place you haven't been in MN: Spam Museum
Jill
1) The Buried Book by D. M. Pulley
Favorite MN tourist trap: Going to the lake / State Fair
Place you haven't been in MN; Glensheen
Summer
1) The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
Favorite MN tourist trap: Winstock
Place you haven't been in MN: Breezy Point
Jen
1) Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
2) How to Pack - Travel Smart for Any Trip by Hitha Palepu
3) The Top 100 Countries - And Why Visit Them b Graine Philipson
4) Object Lesson - Souvenir by Rolf Potts
5) Will to Murder by Gail Feichtinger
6) Diana's Boys by Christopher Anderson
Favorite MN tourist trap: Glensheen
Place you haven't been in MN: Spoon & Cherry at Walker Art Museum
Book rating:
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-5
5-0
20/5 = 4
Next meeting: February 28 @ 7pm @ TBD
Hostess: Summer
Book: I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara