Hey, book friends! I have a confession. I made a mistake. I started The Book Thief before I finished We Band of Angels and I can't put it (Book Thief) down. A look at war from the eyes of children and women on opposite sides of the globe, same horrific war, different terrors, unbelievable experiences, some true, some based on truth. . Both stories with a common character, Death, silent but present in one and acting as narrator in the other. Cindy, please excuse the grammar errors. Give me a creative break. I did at least use caps and punctuation.

Hey,
Hope you are enjoying We Band of Angels. I found an umbrella in my entryway after the last book club meeting. It is dark teal blue and retractable. I will bring it to the next meeting.
Debbie

St. Louis & Hannibal - June 2008

Just thinking...

I came across this article about New Orleans...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1105/p17s02-trgn.html

Nice Interview with Story of Edgar Sawtelle Author

Book Lists for 2004 & 2005

Okay, I finally lumped the readings for 2004 & 2005 together since we didn't know the months. Look over it and see if you remember reading something else early on.

It is STILL DRIVING ME CRAZY that we don't have books for all of 2008. Perhaps we didn't read for those months!

March or April 08

Cindy,
I read The Road in Feb/March, are you sure it was the selection with a banned book in October? Are maybe just a banned book in October?
Debbie

I finally checked the blog! Cindy we went to the college bound reading list site. It seems to have some off the wall listings that John and I had never even heard of, much less read. Some seemed to advanced for college BOUND to us, like War and Peace. That is one long book for a high schooler to have made it through. (my 'O'pinion, as Kevin says...)
I am copying the 2 recipes that Cindy and Paula requested.
Lemon Blueberry Bread fr.Perfect Party Foods (free fr. Taste of Home bks)
1/3 C margarine, melted
1C sugar
3T lemon juice
2 eggs
1-1/2 C flour
1t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 C mild
2T grated lemon peel (I grated)
1/2C chopped nuts (walnuts)
1C blueberries, fresh or frozen (frozen)
GLAZE (I didn't glaze it)
2T lemon juice
1/4C sugar
In a a mixing bowl, beat margarine, sugar, juice and eggs. Combine flour, b powder and salt: stir into egg mixture alternately with milk. Fold in peel, nuts and blueberries. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 60-70 minutes or until done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Mix glaze. Remove bread from pan and drizzle with glaze. Cool on a wire rack. Yield 1 loaf.

Orange-Sugared Pecans fr.Taste of Home Holiday 2008
1-1/2C sugar
1/4C water
3T orange juice concentrate
2C pecan halves
1/2t grated orange peel
-In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, water and juice concentrate. Cook over medium-high heat, w/o stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 238 ( soft-ball stage). Remove fr. the heat; stir in pecans and orange peel. (I stirred until the sugar granules were dissolved, then stopped.)
-Beat until mixture thickens and loses its gloss, about 2 minutes. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper to set. Store in air tight container or ziplock baggies. Yield 2-1/2 dozen.
Debbie

101 Books

I thought some of you might enjoy this link. This list was in an email I received directed toward high school sophomores (Hunter). It is a suggested reading list for college bound students. PLEASE NOTE that Shakespeare has more entries on the list than any other writer!


http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html?CampaignID=2484

Happy reading,
Cindy

January '09 meeting

What a great and lively meeting last night! Thanks, Debbie. I couldn't keep up with all the conversations from my end of the table. But we actually discussed the book selection this time! Good for us! Welcome to our two new members, Allison and Kim. Kim is our youngest member and unfortunately, I'm the oldest. Do I get any senior perks for that? Debbie's selection for the February meeting is another book set during WWII, We Band of Angels, by Elizabeth Norman. We will meet at Bridget's house. Also, bring any books that you would like to share or swap to the February meeting. Kim told us that the library would be happy to accept any books that we would care to donate. I hope that Kim will keep us informed (via this blog) of special events coming up at Amy Sanders and the whole CAL system . And in that same spirit, thanks for bringing the children's books for the PT children's book drive. I believe Cindy's suggestion is that we bring one children's book each month.

Hmmmm.....

This looks interesting:

http://www.tokillamockingbird.com/

Have we ever talked about going to New Orleans? I'm sure we could find a book.

CKB