The Bluestocking Society: A Novel Group: 2009

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12/29/09

2009

01/16-18/09 - retreat - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
02/19/09 - jc - Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
03/19/09 - kb - Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
04/16/09 - cc - The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
05/21/09 - pb - Cold Rock River by J.L. Miles

06/18/09 - aw - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

07/16/09 - pb - Scarlett or Rhett Butler's People or Frankly, My Dear: "Gone With the Wind" Revisited
08/13/09 - mc - The Same Kind of Different As Me by R. Hall & D. Moore
09/10/09 - as - Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
10/15/09 - jc - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
11/12/09 - kb - Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
12/10/09 - pb - The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

12/10/09

Blue Christmas

Tonight was the December meeting of the Bluestockings. After our meal and book discussion, we settled in for the gift swap and planning our

January trip. It's unusual for me to end up with no photos, but that's what happened tonight (although I did manage to get a picture of the table and the dessert before everyone arrived!). You'll just have to take my word for it; we had fun!

11/6/09

Book Wreath

*update*
One of our own, Chanon, actually MADE this wreath and Jean was the one who took it home from our December meeting!

If you have too many books, maybe this could be an option...
http://www.livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html

11/1/09

Mudbound Discussion Questions

Click HERE to go to the discussion questions for Mudbound. See y'all on the 12th at Kay's!

9/24/09

Q&A with author Jeannette Walls

Mary Ann told me about this new book...
thought y'all might like to read this.

pcb

Plain Speaking: Q&A With Author Jeannette Walls http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/plain-speaking-qa-with-author-jeannette-walls/article164234.html

9/10/09

Breakfast at Tiffany's

8/25/09

Upcycling Old Books

Need some ideas of how to repurpose books? Click HERE!

pcb

8/17/09

Time Traveler's Wife

Here are 6/7 of the Bluestockings at our Sunday afternoon outing!

8/13/09

Mary Kay Andrews

If you'd like to see her talk about the Fixer Upper and her experience fixing up the Sea Breeze on Tybee, here's the link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid27959626001?bctid=28080456001

6/1/09

GWTW

Characters, plot summary, MM's inspiration....and more can be found HERE.

5/27/09

Another Take on Gone With the Wind

For a different twist on our next read...

5/25/09

We're Famous

I submitted our picture for a photo essay on girlfriends...almost didn't since Ann wasn't with us...but I didn't have one of all seven of us.

pcb

5/22/09

May 09

Another fun meeting of the BSS; we SO know how to enjoy ourselves.

5/21/09

GWTW: The Backstory

Read it HERE.

5/14/09

Jackie Miles on 'Getting the Call'

Jackie Miles, the author of our book for next week, has written a column today about how she got 'the call' to be a writer. Thought y'all might want to read it before we TALK to her next Thursday! You can find it HERE.

5/11/09

Cold Rock River

I emailed J.L. Miles about a family tree....here is our back-and-forth:

PCB: I read Cold Rock River last year and recommended it to my book club. We are meeting next week to discuss it. I reread it and am in the process of trying to construct a 'family tree' to have during our discussion but it ocurred to me that maybe you'd already have such a document? If so, it would make my day!

JLM: Hi Pendy, Don't have a family tree, but if you like I'd be happy to call in during your discussion. All you need is a speaker phone. Let me know and include the time zone, time, and number to call. All best and bless your reading heartJackie Lee Miles http://www.jlmiles.com/

PCB: That would be wonderful! 7:15 Eastern on May 21st would be great for a phone call. My cell has speaker so that would probably work best... it's 229.848.xxxx (yes, I had the real number in the email!).