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:
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.
(Sorry, we forgot to take the photo when everyone was there! We're missing Shana & Jenny!)
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!
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Tonight was a super fun meeting! It was hosted at my house and we did a southern theme to kind of match the home town of Forrest Gump. We had fried okra, cornbread, chocolate buttermilk pie, fried chicken, biscuits, lemonade, and tiramisu from Jenny! With those who read the book, we all agreed that we love the movie more than the book, which is rare! The book and the movie are just sooo different. You can't really compare the two. We thought the book was still very entertaining though, especially how it was written. Most loved that it was written exactly how he talks, but some really didn't like that at all.
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