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is anyone still out there? :) considering changing this to a "book review" blog. Would anyone be interested in reading OR reviewing books and posting on here?

Chatter time...

Let's schedule a time to get the chat going! Anyday from Thursday - Sunday would be fine. Any time is really ok as well. Nights/Evenings are most likely easiest as we have kids to worry with. So, my suggestion would be Saturday evening at 8? Please let me know! Comment here. 

Also on the table for discussion will be next month's book~!

-m 

Firefly Lane Status

#1 Sorry I haven't been very active - my family is visiting. I did get the book read though!

Informal poll - who has finished the book?

I think it would be best to start threads for different discussions about the book. Please feel free to email me, or leave a comment here and I can start the thread so we all can discuss!

I also think an online chat would be fun! Facebook is most likely to work for everyone *Great idea Angela*
What day(s) and time works best for everyone?

Nominations Here!!!

I thought it might be wise to go ahead and pick the rest of the books for the summer, that way we can pick them up in advance. We still need picks for June, July, and August.

Start commenting with your nominations!

Organization and Interaction!!!

    The key to any successful club of any sort is #1 organization and #2 Interaction. We are all new to the book club world and we will learn and grow together. What I do know is that anything, if not tended properly whithers and dies. We are starting with a summer long commitment to one book a month, and discussion about it. That gives us 4 books through August. I truly don't want this to be Makayla's book club, I want this to be OUR book club so I'm hoping for a lot of interaction.
    The next challenge we have facing us is, how do we decide on discussion topics, and also the speed at which we read? I have a solution that I believe may be workable. I propose that we divide the books into chapters  for example - assign Tam chapters 1-2 Angela 3-4 and Kat 5-6 etc... we would each be responsible for finding an element within our chapters and leading the discussion on it. I can divide the number of chapters between the time we have to read it - and individually post the assignments along with a date to (hopefully) have them done by the leader could then comment on that section and we're off and running. I would leave a few days at the end of the month to discuss the book as a whole.

   Since we're running on a shortened timeline, I'd like to get the first discussion going as quickly as possible. Next month will operate completely differently, as we have time to pick a book and have it ready to go!

Feedback!! Comment if this will work for you, or if you have another idea!

May's Winner Firefly Lane!

May's Winner is Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah 


Congrats to us all on getting one picked and going on such short notice! I'm excited about this month's pick and can hardly wait to get my hands on a copy! 


The Amazon link for the paperback is   http://www.amazon.com/Hannahs-Firefly-Kristin-Hannah-Paperback/dp/B0037DPPCK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1304909379&sr=8-5


For the Kindle edition - http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Lane-ebook/dp/B000V77082/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1304909379&sr=8-3

There is also a good interview with the author on the Hardcover page : http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Lane-Kristin-Hannah/dp/B001LF2H86/ref=dp_cp_ob_b_title_0

From Publishers Weekly

Hannah (On Mystic Lake) goes a little too far into Lifetime movie territory in her latest, an epic exploration of the complicated terrain between best friends—one who chooses marriage and motherhood while the other opts for career and celebrity. The adventures of poor, ambitious Tully Hart and middle-class romantic Kate Mularkey begin in the 1970s, but don't really get moving until about halfway into the book, when Tully, who claws her way to the heights of broadcast journalism, discovers it's lonely at the top, and Katie, a stay-at-home Seattle housewife, forgets what it's like to be a rebellious teen. What holds the overlong narrative together is the appealing nature of Tully and Katie's devotion to one another even as they are repeatedly tested by jealousy and ambition. Katie's husband, Johnny, is smitten with Tully, and Tully, who is abandoned by her own booze-and-drug-addled mother, relishes the adoration from Katie's daughter, Marah. Hannah takes the easy way out with an over-the-top tear-jerker ending, though her upbeat message of the power of friendship and family will, for some readers, trump even the most contrived plot twists.

Book Club Name

Please add any nominations for name for book club - Stacey came up with "ChatterBooks" and I have to admit I really do like it. I put the site up quick so we'd have somewhere to talk. I'd like to make sure the name is ok with everyone and/or take a vote if there are other suggestions. Comment here with your opinion!