Thursday, December 19, 2013

Night Circus is the Winner!

Night Circus won - yay!  I'm really excited to read this one - although, I was the one who voted for The Fault in Our Stars.  Mainly because, seriously, you guys have to read this before it becomes a movie...the movie poster just came out:


Anyways, moving on...time and place.  My January is wide-open but I'm thinking maybe mid-Jan to give everyone enough time to read with the hols and all??  We can meet at my place but I don't want to make everyone drive up to Indy (seems unfair when only one person is local - me)!  So instead, we could do the Oliver tasting room or some other B-town restaurant.  Thoughts?

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Next Book

Whups!  We forgot to talk about what book we will read next (my bad)!  We'll have to do this old-school and post it online for a vote.  Here's my three (and they're all love stories...awww):

Never Read:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Summary: 
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des RĂªves, and it is only open at night. 

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. 

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. 

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.


Has Read:
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Summary:
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.

Book-to-Movie:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Summary:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Friendsmas Book Club Secret Santa

Hey ladies!  Since it sounds like we might do a Friendsmas instead of a Friendsgiving do we want to draw for Book Club Secret Santa this year?  We can do a virtual draw which I setup (you should be getting an email with the invite) and bring gifties to the Friendsmas.  If peeps don't want to do it or we want to change the gift exchange dates...by all means speak up in the comments!  Also, I wasn't sure if I had Rachael's correct email address so I put her facebook one in there...hopefully that works!