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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Book Help - Christmas Jars


In case you need a one stop place to shop around for this month's book, I have provided some links for ya! It seems to be a really short book so it is inexpensive! Love it!

Amazon New= $8.77 Used= $6.50

Borders New= $7.95

Barnes & Noble New= $7.15 Used = $3.82

Alibris = $4.50

If you know of other places, let me know! :) Here's to getting the Christmas spirit a little early!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Last night was another great book club meeting! We had almost everyone in attendance which always makes for a fun evening!! Although only three of us actually read the book we always have a fabulous time eating, catching up, reviewing movies and books. Consensus of the three of us was that it was a decent book but not really scary at all. There were some creepy parts and it might have been scary when it was written in 1959 but we have all read scarier books. The Shining seemed to be the book of choice when it comes to scary books. We did NOT like the Doctor's wife and felt that she had no real purpose in the book. We compared The Haunting of Hill House to its movie parallel, The Haunting. Then we compared The Shining to its movie. From there it was a movie discussion about other scary movies, classic movies, just our favorite movies! I LOVE these fun conversations. It was a really fun night!

What did you think of this month's book? What are your favorite scary movies?

Our next book is Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright to get us in the holiday spirit! I will post places to order it soon if you don't already have it.

Some photos of the night:

The spread!
Baked potato bar..mmm..
Since BC member Chelsea just had her adorable baby, she brought photos of him to share!

Giggling...much of this was happening last night! lol


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

TV, Educational?


BC member Jenny took this photo on a road to Greenville Island from downtown Vancouver, Canada. It is on the side of a library and I love it! If you can't read it, it says
"I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on, I go into another room and read a good book" - Groucho Marx
Truer words have not been spoken! Although I do have shows I watch, sometimes its best to have silence in my house and read a good book. Don't you agree?

Next book club meeting is in T minus 7 days!