Bright Young Things in a Dark Speakeasy

What could be more perfect than meeting in a modern day "speakeasy" (the front is a pie shop) to discuss The Great Gatsby?

Only going to said speakeasy dressed as bright young things and drinking pisco punch with a marvelous group of literary ladies.

Our book club really is the bee's knees.

                                                                         See! We really discussed the book too. 

And when the night came to an end, we left that place in style...

...each one of us a Zelda or a Daisy Buchanan until the stroke of midnight, when we returned to our homes and turned back into unassuming, bookish moms. 

Cheers, Darlings.

2013 Book Club Line-up

Yesterday was our book club's annual tea and planning meeting. This year we met at Oak and Berries Tea Room in The Denver Museum of Dolls and Miniatures, which was so quirky and non-hip, that it was pretty cool. It was actually really lovely, and I highly recommend it. Between tea and tiny sandwiches, we each offered our book suggestion for the year and nabbed a month to host.

Here's the line-up...


February
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

March
Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza

April
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

May
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

June
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

SKIPPING JULY--HAVE FUN WITH THE BEACH READS

August
End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

September
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

October
Little Princes by Conor Grennan

November
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

December
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Cheers!

A Recipe for the Perfect Book Club

12 Amazing Women with 12 Fascinating Perspectives
Endless Good Books
Stimulating Conversation
Excellent (and Topical) Food
Wine
Laughter
Passion

Mix together once a month at one of the 12 amazing women's homes. Enjoy.

Over seven years ago in the midst of the fog that surrounded our first year as mothers, a small group of us started getting together at each others' houses to talk about books and life.

October's Book

This month, some 84 books later, we read Cutting for Stone, which takes place mainly in Ethiopia. Last Friday we met at an Ethiopian restaurant for a change of pace. Some of us drove an hour to get there. Others dragged themselves out of bed, tissues in hand to be there. It's not always easy to get away once a month, but most of us manage it most of the time, and last week, sitting around a table drinking honey wine and eating with our fingers while discussing (and debating) a good book made whatever it takes to get there well worth it. Of course one million other things were discussed as well. We barely even scraped the surface of all the things there are to share.

I love my book club. I need it. 

Magic happens when you mix the above ingredients together.