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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Disbanded

That's right. The NOBC is no longer. I hope that everyone continues to read and please let us know what you read! I'm always up for new books! :)

Here' photos from the last book club where we bit farewell to BC member Becky as she moved to Boise! Who knew it would be a farewell to the bookclub itself!?

Good luck everyone! :)




The gift we got for Becky.


Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

This meeting was super fun! Almost all was in attendance, including our favorite, Milo! All who read it liked it for the most part. We all agree that is had some disturbing and vulgar parts but was really entertaining. Most never guessed the twists that Palahniuk delivered but some knew right away. Amazing! What was written in the book was, "Book traumatized Deb. Everyone liked it, but thought it was disturbing. It was funny how the parents supported the son after he died." some other off topic subjects we talked about was Milo (duh), Robert Downey Jr., Lost, the fact that Taylor can fit her fist in her mouth like Milo and movies. We, of course, had a plethora of food: Pizza, brownie bites, lemon cake, fruit, veggies and soda. It was another successful meeting and we look forward to next month's! Here are some shots snapped:


da grub:
haha baby doesn't know what to think about all these ladies!
Our next book is Little Bee by Chris Cleave!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler


I had to put this one in there too...so funny!
Our April meeting was held at Chelsea Allred's house and it was her birthday the next day! She made DELICIOUS Navajo Tacos. It was nice because we all kind of sat down to dinner. It was almost like a dinner/book club! So fun! Jen brought her mom, to join in on the fun. (Meet baby Milo more than anything. :D ) Before our book chat but after dinner, there was a lot of chit chat about babies, food and.. yes, spiders. For some reason, that always comes up at book club meetings! It's so funny! We ended with little cupcakes and a 'Happy Birthday' to Chelsea.

As far as the book discussion goes, everyone agreed that it was a very sad story and interesting as well. Some thought that the jumping from author to author was too noticeable and really annoying. The popular topic was how we think Nick Schuyler was kind of selfish. But we could not imagine going without food and water, or holding your friend as they die so we don't know how we would react if put in that situation. Would you rather risk your life to save others or just do what you need to, to survive yourself? It is just horrible to picture yourself and/or your loved ones in that situation. Some liked it, some didn't but pick it up if you'd like! My personal opinion...just watch his interview on Oprah, you'll save time. :)

The book club favorite: Milo!
Kyle always gets to come. He says its for the food, but we think differently. :)
We love Milo's "mom" jeans

MMMM Navajo Tacos!!


Happy Birthday Chels!


Our next book is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk chosen by Jen! He also wrote Fight Club so we are pretty excited to read this one.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

March's Book (Revised)


The book for March has been changed to Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman. If you don't remember this story, it happened about a year ago. You can see the story here:


This should be a great read.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Chosen By A Horse by Susan Richards

(Sorry, we forgot to take the photo when everyone was there! We're missing Shana & Jenny!)
Tonight we met to discuss:
Chosen by Shana! We were all so happy to be there:
haha just kidding, Milo WAS happy to hang out with all the ladies! The majority of the group, except for Shana who actually owns horses, never really thought much about horses until this book. A few admitted that they weren't exactly excited to read it but ended up LOVING it. We loved the relationship she had with her horses especially with Lay Me Down. We all agreed that we cried at the end (SPOILER ALERT) when she has to put Lay Me Down, down and then the reaction from Hot Shot. There were also some pretty funny parts. Biggest lesson learned: Horses ARE pets and have personalities. We would recommend it, most definitely, and don't judge a book by the section it's found in. :) (this one can be found in the pets section) Another successful meeting! Here are some shots from the night!

Broccoli soup! MMM!
Salsa!

awww sleepy little guy!

March's book...

Chelsea ALLrED here...I felt like since I picked the book, I should at least give Chelsea ALBERT a break and write the post! SURPRISE Chels!
The book I picked for this month is The Inferno by Dante Alighieri.
Who else is excited to read about hell? I'm way intrigued!

Here is what MY book looks like. I got it at Barnes and Noble.


The other cover I came across looks like this....

I hear it's a hard book to get through, but I think it will be a very interesting read!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

MockingJay


I am pleased to say, the third book in the Hunger Games series has a release date!! If you haven't started the series, you MUST. They are fabulous books! I got the following from USA Today:
"Since the September release of Catching Fire, the second in Suzanne Collins' best-selling Hunger Games trilogy for teens, Internet speculation has focused on the title of the third book. The most common guess: The Victors. Not even close. Today, Scholastic reveals the title and cover of the last book in the series set in a dictatorship where teens are forced to fight to the death on TV. It's Mockingjay, out Aug. 24. In the series, mockingjays are offspring of mockingbirds and jabberjays, a government-bred mutant designed to spy on rebels. Mockingjays become symbols of resistance. Collins is finishing her screenplay of The Hunger Games, the first book. Catching Fire entered USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list at No. 1."
August 24th people... mark your calendars!