The Bluestocking Society: A Novel Group

4/5/12

Half Broke Horses

HERE are some discussion questions for our next book. There are three questions that address parallels to The Glass Castle, which I found interesting.

3/23/12

Peculiar

Some of us really liked Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and others...not so much. That's okay; it made for an interesting discussion.

We DID, however, agree that the food was amazing.

a bluestocking tradition

(If you are playing along at home, recipes are HERE and HERE.)

tablescape

We were delighted with photographs of peculiar Bluestockings.

we loved ourselves as the peculiars

After our discussion of the book, we took turns sharing stories about our own peculiar relatives. Trust me, there were some doozies!

3/15/12

The Bluestocking Society is anticipating its 100th meeting in July! No fireworks are planned, but I imagine we might just take a few minutes to remember the awesome AND awful selections we've made over the years!

3/10/12

Mary Kay Andrews luncheon

our table

our guest of honor

2/20/12

2012

01/19/12 - pb - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
02/17-19/12 - retreat - The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
03/22/12 - cc - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
04/19/12 - mc - Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
05/17/12 - as - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
06/21/12 - aw - Night Road - Kristen Hannah
07/12/12 - ew - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
08/16/12 - jc - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
09/20/12 - kb - The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
10/18/12 - pb - The Cove by Ron Rash
11/15/12 - cc - 1984 by George Orwell
12/13/12 - mc - Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb

2/19/12

2012 Retreat

See those empty spots in the middle?
Imagine Ann, Jean, and Mary Ann sitting there.

We missed the Bluestockings who weren't with us and there were a few bumps along the way (some literal). However, we did manage to accomplish our literary and culinary goals for the weekend!

1/21/12

Our Artist

Ann had already left and Chanon not yet arrived, but Erin rounded up some Bluestockings who were at the opening reception for Tea for Three, featuring our very own Mary Ann!

12/30/11

2011

01/20/11 - ew - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
02/18-20/11 - retreat - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
03/17/11 - jc - Olive Kitterridge by Elizabeth Strout
04/14 /11 - kb - Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
05/19/11 - pb - Great House by Nicole Krauss
06/16/11 - cc - Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
07/14/11 - mc - Little Bee by Chris Cleave
08/18/11 - as - Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
09/15/11 - aw - Think of a Number by John Verdon
10/13/11 - ew - The Minotaur by Barbara Vine
11/17/11 - jc - The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
12/15/11 - kb - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci