Sunday's Book Club was Delightful

Thank you for all those who attending today's book club. We had a great time sharing how these two books touched us. Kleenex was passed around in great abundance! In fact, a Book Club Box of tissues has now been donated for future use.

We had a special guest -- Ruby Shepherd was invited to attend to give us her viewpoint of these prejudice issues. She told a cute story of when she was young living in New York. She came down South to visit a cousin in Virginia, I believe it was. They went to the store and Ruby being the rebel that she was (her words not mine) had bright RED hair. Some boys called out to her "Hey look at the N*#!)# with bright red hair." Ruby said she proceeded to pick up some rocks and stone those boys. Does that sound like our Ruby or what? Go Ruby!

Joan Martin said that the author of Fireflies in December -- Jennifer Erin Valent hoped that we would enjoy the book and would love to know what we thought. Joan will meet with her this week and I asked that she leave a comment for our blog. Joan will either get her e-mail address or forward our comments to Jennifer. Thanks Jennifer, we are waiting for a sequel!!!!

Several people were touched by the dedication and love of Deborah Hall and the bond that was built between Ron Hall & Denver Moore -- two totally different people from two totally different worlds.

Look for a post about next month's book and what we are going to read for April/May.

Book Club is Sunday, Feb 15th at 1:15pm in the GCC Library

I decided that it might be easier for some of you to view the blog from a website so we now have a website. Go to www.mambosbookclub.com at anytime (save it in your FAVORITES) to see what is going on with Book Club. Remember that if you want to leave a "comment" -- use the "Comment" button on the most recent "POST" (the one at the top). This will take a while to get you all used to this format, but I think you will find that it is an easier and always a more updated way to communicate.

Remember to bring a Sandwich or something to eat and bring a snack to share if you like. Would someone like to bring drinks (tea, coffee, etc.) or snacks? I heard rumors that someone might be bringing a crock pot of something -- nummy!

February Book Club 2009

The next meeting will be on Sunday, February 15th at 1:15pm in the GCC Library.

We will be reading:

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.

or

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent.

Read one or the other or... if you are really motivated -- BOTH.

It was brought up that each person should bring their own sandwich, etc. and then we could have some people bring snacks to share. Please let us know what you would like to bring.