The holiday gathering of the Wine and Word’s Book Club was at Starla’s wine bar and was attended by Kay, Jodi, Linda and Sandie. We enjoyed thin-crust pizza and burnt potatoes (they really are delicious), along with our beverages. Sandie enjoyed the organic merlot selection for that evening, L’ Idiot, which was tart and tangy.…
The October meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at On Rice in Barkley Village. Linda, Sandie, Cindy and Jodi attended. Books discussed: Book for October, Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Fictional story about the first women who trained as NASA astronauts. Several members read and enjoyed the book, however, t did not…
Jodi, Karen and Cindy met at Lakeline on Northshore Dr. the cocktails and appetizers were delicious. Cindy took notes. The October book is Atmosphere written by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Other books recommend: Karen: Clear written by Carys Davis and The Guest List by Lucy Foley Jodi: The Last Time They Met, Anita Shreve Where the…
Everyone attended the May Wine and Words Book Club meeting at Kay’s. Kay served watermelon margaritas and delightful canapes with floral toppings. the Itoh peonies were blooming in Kay’s garden and are magnificent! Book of the month, No Two Persons discussion. Sandie listened to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Linda read Tuesdays with Morrie…
The April meeting of the Wine and Words Book Club was held at Linda’s and everyone attended but Karen. Linda served pizzas from Trader Joe’s. The book for April was Tisha. Jody didn’t finish it because she didn’t connect with the character. Cindy liked it due to her family’s history in Alaska. Jan enjoyed a…
The March Wine and Words Book Club meeting was held at Cindy’s and everyone but Karen was able to attend. We discussed the book of the month, James, by Percival Everett. Everyone who had read it enjoyed the reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of Jim. Kay brought Taste, Fly Girls,…
There were five of us at the meeting at Jan’s and we started out chatting about friends and relatives in care facilities, then ended up talking about the latest developments in our government. Somewhere in the middle we discussed our book for the month, The Premonition, by Michael Lewis. Members enjoyed reading about the events…
The January 2025 meeting was at Jodi’s and everyone but Kay was present. The book for Dec-Jan was The Chancellor, by Kati Marton about Angela Merkel. The members liked the book. She was very diplomatic and kept her opinions to herself. Anne is watching The Crown and thought Margaret Thatcher is a lot like Angela…
The October meeting of the Wine and Words Book Club was at Sandie’s home, with everyone but Linda and Kay attending. Sandie put together a charcuterie board on a lazy Susan loaded with cheeses, meats, dried apple chips, blackberries and pumpkin spiced pecans. Check out the spider web decorated brie! We discussed the book for…
Book Club Notes – Sept. 24, 2024 The meeting was held at Kay’s. Everyone attended except Linda and Anne. We sat outside in the back yard under Kay’s new pergola. We talked about native plants, garter snakes and drying fruit. Our summer reading selection was The Kingdom, The Power & The Glory by Tim Alberta, who…
We had a great meeting at Cindy’s home. Good food with book club ladies. As usual not a lot of discussion on the latest book, but lots of lively banter. I think the consensus on The Starless Sea was that it was not as good as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The next meeting…
The March meeting of the Wine and Words Book Club was at Linda’s. Karen, Jodi, Sandie, Linda and Kay attended. We decided to change the meeting time to 4:30pm on Tuesdays from now on. The book for this month is How to Know a Person by David Brooks. Jodi said “A good book that makes you realize…
Dear Ladies, We missed you at our book club meeting, Cindy, Sandie, and Jodi. We hope you are all doing better. Jan did a great job hosting, as always. We had wine and appetizers. We talked about Hello Beautiful and the consensus was that it was okay. Here are the new book suggestions: Recommended reads:…
Wine and Words Book Club Summary from 10/24/23 The October meeting was held at Karen’s and she provided a fruit, cheese and salmon platter from Whole Foods, which were awesome. She served them on three wooden platters with handles that Karen found on the Food 52 website. They no longer carry the platters, but it…
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