The 2 Sisters Book Club Blog

Book #5

2010-02-26T09:36:00.004-06:00

This month's Book Club Book is "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Here is a quick summary of what you can expect from this Best Seller:
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town...

Hostess: Blythe

Date: TBA (possibly mid-late march)

Time: TBA

Place: TBA

***I will post an update to the time, date and location of next meeting as soon as it is determined

Book Club Meeting for "New Moon"

2009-11-19T08:27:00.003-06:00

The Book Club will be meeting tonight (Thursday) at the Rave theatre on Bayou Blvd at 9:30pm to view the midnight showing of "New Moon"...I am sooo excited and can't wait to see it!! While in line, we will discuss "Lovely Bones," the next genre, next meeting time, and play some fun Trivia games about "New Moon"...I hope that you all will be able to attend!!

Book #4

2009-09-23T21:12:00.003-05:00

The next book has been chosen!!

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Hostess: Blythe

Date: TBA

Time:TBA

Place:TBA

Summary:

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.

"So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her — her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, THE LOVELY BONES succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

***The next book club meeting will be held at the end of October, I will post the details at a later date

Book Club Meeting

2009-09-17T07:16:00.002-05:00

This month's book club meeting is finally scheduled, yay!!

What: Book Club meeting #3
Where: Carmike Theatre on 9 mile rd
When: Friday September 18th at 7:30pm

***We will be discussing The Time Traveler's Wife as well as picking next month's hostess and genre...I will put a post up after the meeting with all the details of the next book and tentative meeting date.

***If you would like to be this month's hostess then please let me know :-)

7/26/09 Meeting Notes

2009-07-28T07:55:00.007-05:00

We had a great time at Olive Garden for Sunday Lunch and wish that you all could have been there!! Here are some notes from the meeting:

I. Overall everyone enjoyed "Keepsake Crimes" and a few of the members are even continuing on with the series (Yay!!)...Here are some of the questions that Bridget asked us...

1. Consider the ending...Did you expect it or were you surpried by what happened? Was is neatly wrapped up or was it unresolved?
--None of us guessed who the murderer was and definietly did not expect the reasoning behind the murder...It was wrapped up for the most part but we all wanted to know what happend with Carmela and Shamus ( I am personally hoping that they get back together, bc I really liked him!!)...We all loved the invisible ink (clever Carmela!!)

2. Can you pick out a passage that strikes you as particulary profound or interesting?
--"Never argue with someone who buys ink by the gallon"

Fun Facts:
-St. Cyril's Cemetery does not exsist in New Orleans
-Oven wall vaults are used in St Louis Cemetery in New Orleans
-Vanishing ink pens for scrapbooking do exsist!

II. Next Book Club Meeting
--The next Book Club Hostess is Samantha
--This month's book is "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
--Can be purchased at Barnes and Nobles for $14.95
--The next book club meeting will be held at the Rave movie theatre to enjoy a showing of this movie (Time and date to be determined at a later time)

Summary:
"The Time Traveler's Wife is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry finds himself periodically displaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

2nd Meeting

2009-07-16T09:34:00.002-05:00

Only 10 days left until our second book club meeting...We will be discussing "Keepsake Crimes" by Laura Childs....

Where: Olive Garden (Bayou Blvd)
When: Sunday July 26th @ 11:30am

I hope that you all can make it!!

New Book!

2009-06-17T21:01:00.007-05:00

The new book for the July 26th meeting is "KEEPSAKE CRIMES" by Laura Childs.

ISBN-13: 978-0425190746

Paperback

$6.99

In-Stock at Barnes and Noble

Summary:

As the bawdy Pluvius parade rolls through the streets of New Orleans, something goes very wrong atop the giant sea serpent float. Carmela Bertrand, owner of Memory Mine, a scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter, is shocked when a body is suddenly handed down - a dead body! If that isn't bizarre enough, her soon-to-be-ex husband, Shamus Meechum, quickly comes under fire as the number one suspect! As Carmela kicks off a new round of scrapbooking classes and designs a commemorative scrapbook for St. Cyril's above-ground cemetery, Shamus appeals to her for help. And Carmela uncovers an important clue in a very unlikely place - one of her customer's scrapbooks!

Hope Everyone Likes It!

6/13/09 Meeting Notes

2009-06-17T19:37:00.009-05:00

We all had a fabulous time at ScrapHappy on Saturday!! I would like to say a special Thank You to Christy for showing us all how to make a fabulous acrylic book!! Check out the pics below!!

I. Next Book Club Meeting

The next book club meeting will be July 26, 2009. We will be meeting at Olive Garden for lunch (time to be announced later).

The hostess will be Bridget
The group decided the next book will be from the mystery genre
The next book will be announced by Thursday June 17, 2009

II. Discussion of "Marked"

Would you like to read any more of the books in the series?

The group decided that they would rather read the other books independently rather then reading them as a group.

Comments about the book:

Mary-"As an adult, I enjoyed the read, but for teenagers I would not recommend this book."

Favorite Character-Zoey's grandma

LeAnn-"It was an easy and enjoyable read. It made me thirsty for blood."

Favorite Character-Damien

Erin-" I really liked how this book was a mix of Twilight and Harry Potter...I wanna go to Vampire school!!"

Favorite Character- Stevie Rae

Bridget-"I did not like this book because it deals to much with worshipping a goddess and I didn't care for the rituals."

Favorite Character-Zoey's Grandma

Samantha-"I enjoyed reading this book. I already finished the other 4 as well. I think everyone should read the rest of the series."
Favorite Character-Zoey

Book Club Meeting Agenda for Saturday June 13th

2009-06-11T10:13:00.003-05:00

I. Welcome!!

II. Future Meeting
A. Discuss next book club book
a. Genre?
B. Volunteer hostess for next meeting
C. Set next book club meeting date
a. Last Sunday in July? (July 26th)
b. Afternoon or morning?
c. Open discussion
D. Birthday/Email Spreadsheet

III. Discussion of “Marked”
A. Did you like this book?
B. Would you like to read any more of the books in the series? Or have you read any of the other books in the series and what did you think of them?
C. Who was your favorite character and why?
D. Any other remarks?

IV. Acrylic Album Class with Christy 10:30-12:00

V. Lunch 12:00-1:00

VI. Wrap-up

New Moon Trailer

2009-06-04T08:43:00.002-05:00

Check out this preview of the "New Moon" movie coming out on November 20th...I can't wait!! We all need to get together and go to the midnight showing...Let me know if you are interested LOL!!

P.S. Jacob is a total stud in this preview!!

Click this link!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_rNI3QVQbA

First Book Club Meeting

2009-05-20T11:12:00.005-05:00

The first 2 Sisters Book club meeting has been scheduled!! Mark your calendars ladies!!

Where: ScrapHappy (5800 north "W" St, Suite 2)
***click on the link above to check out their website***

When: Saturday June 13th at 10:30am

What: Book Discussion and Private 6x6 Acrylic Album Making Class

Cost: $15 per person
***fee includes use of materials and completed album to take home***

I will add pictures of the album that we will be making at a later time
We will meet for lunch after the album class (to be determined later)
For our out-of-town members: If you would still like to make an Acrylic Album but cannot attend the class then Acylic album making kits can be purchased for $15, with all instructions included, and shipped to you
Book club meetings will typically have no costs associated with them

RSVP to me by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post

"Marked" Websites

2009-05-13T14:29:00.008-05:00

I was cruising around on the internet today and ran across some pretty cool websites...The first website is a link to take a quiz from the first House of Night Novel "Marked" ...Only do the quiz once you have read the book, the quiz does contain spoilers!!
QUIZ
****Let me know what you got on the quiz in the comments section of this post!****

The second website is the official House of Night website and contains a cool section called "yearbook"...you will definitely want to check this out!! There are pictures and detailed descriptions of all the characters from the first book. Everyone can check out this link, but cruise carefully because there may be spoilers!!
YEARBOOK

***I also want to invite you all to post to this blog...Feel free to add discussions, questions, thoughts or anything else relevant to this book club on this blog...But try not to post any spoilers until all members have completed reading this book!! (unless given permission)...You should have received an email from blogger with instructions on how to creat a login to this blog and how to add a post...If you have any questions feel free to ask!! Thanks for stopping by!!

First Assigned Book

2009-05-05T15:53:00.002-05:00

The first book assigned for this book club is "Marked" (House of Night, Book 1) by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast...Sam and I chose this book because of everyone's recent love of vampire romance novels and the fact that we wanted an easy read for our first book club assignment...Please have this book read by June 13th...The first Hostess Brunch will be held on Saturday June 13th at 10:30am (location to be determined later). Some of you may not be able to participate in the brunches, but we would still love to hear your thoughts and gossip on this blog!! Please post your comments and questions here!!

Summary:
Enter the Dark, Magical World of the House of Night, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. That is, if she makes it through the Change-and not all of those who are Marked do. It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of that, Zoey is no average fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. Zoey discovers she has amazing powers, but along with her powers come bloodlust and an unfortunate ability to Imprint her human ex-boyfriend. To add to her stress, she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers: When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school’s most elite group, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny-with a little help from her new vampyre friends.

Welcome!! First Post

2009-05-05T15:29:00.000-05:00

Welcome to a sassy new book club called the The 2 Sisters Book Club... We are a group of fun-loving women with a similar interest in books and gossiping.

Here is a little background about this club:

The purpose of the 2 Sisters Book Club is to bring women together who have a common interest in books. So if you love great books and gabbing with your girlfriends then this is the club for you!!

This book club was co-founded by Erin and Samantha Fluegge

How much does it cost?
The only cost to each member is the purchase of each book.

Where and what time will we meet?
The Book Club will meet the last Sunday of every month at 1:30 for book discussion, food and fun!!
The meeting place will be established by the assigned Hostess.

Who gets to pick the books we read?
The Hostess will assign the book based on the genre picked by the group.

What will the meetings consist of?
Gabbing with girlfriends about the assigned book or any other topics of interest
The Hostess will establish the games, discussion, food, and/or door prize for that meeting.

What is the Hostess sign up sheet?
The Hostess sign up sheet is for members to volunteer for a month in which they would like to be the Hostess.

What is the 2 Sisters Book Club Blog?
The purpose of the blog is to allow members of the club to communicate with each other in between book meetings and to allow people who cannot attend meetings to participate in discussions. You do not have to live in Pensacola to be a member of this book club. We welcome anyone who would like to participate!!
All members are encouraged to visit the blog weekly.
More information about the blog is coming soon!

Suggestions:
Have the book read (or mostly read) by the meeting time.
Even if you have not read the book, feel free to come to the meeting.
Bring the book to the meeting.
Assigned book for the meeting should be paperback and less then $15.
New members are always welcome!!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please contact us at (850) 607-7761

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