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Room

February 25, 2011

Last night I hosted our February book club meeting (!), and the night was magical. After weeks of choosing paint colors for our house, actually painting (Joe), setting the menu for the night, selecting a color theme for the table linens and floral arrangements and finding time to actually read the book, I was relieved [...]

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Half Broke Horses

February 16, 2011

One of the many snow storms that hit the Philadelphia region in January prompted the postponement of our January book club meeting to mid-February. While I was saddened to miss out on my favorite monthly activity, I did appreciate the extra two weeks to actually finish the book (alright I didn’t even finish it in [...]

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Snowblind Dunces

January 5, 2011

November and December 2010 were tough months for book club. Like a box of chocolate covered pretzels left to the devices of a lonely woman with no supervision, the holidays did some damage to the success of many of our members (HCG included; I must shamefully admit I completed neither of the books discussed in [...]

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The Art of Racing in the Rain

October 27, 2010

October’s book club selection was FANTASTIC. Christa chose The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, and our group could not say enough good things about this pick. A synopsis courtesy of GoodReads:
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with [...]

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

September 29, 2010

September’s book club pick was definitely the most book club-y selection we’ve read in our one-year (!) history: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. I’d heard a lot about this book (first from my friend Caitlin) and always thought, “It’s impressive that a book with such [...]

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

September 9, 2010

August’s book club pick was not only my favorite book club selection so far, but also one of the most exhilarating books I’ve read in years: The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson – the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (our March book club pick). This book was so [...]

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