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The 2011 HCG Summer Book Guide

July 29, 2011

Here Comes Gina is exceptionally proud to present our 2011 Summer Book Guide! Our 2010 Summer Book Guide was created upon the request of friend and reader A. Lud, and we realized we’d have to do a 2011 guide when people told us they were waiting for us to post it (and of course we [...]

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

June 14, 2011

Much like the title of May’s book club selection, our May book club meeting was a bittersweet gathering. Our hostess, Torrey, bid farewell to our book club to move to Boston. We’ve all enjoyed Torrey’s contributions to our book club, and we will miss her dearly. The bitterness factor of the evening was heightened when, [...]

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

May 25, 2011

Behold, April’s book club selection! We know, we know – we’re way behind schedule with this one. Between the epic preparations and celebrations involved with DQG’s wedding this past weekend (photos to follow) and our primary employer working us harder than JT worked SNL on Saturday (alright – that’s not possible), we’ve had little time [...]

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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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