by amiemccracken | Dec 15, 2011 | book review, reading
We had book club on Tuesday to discuss the book The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell.The discussion turned to language because in the book the Dutch are trading with the Japanese and language is the main problem between them. In the first part, the...
by amiemccracken | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
The giveaway winner for the signed String Bridge novel by Jessica Bell is – Cathy Powell!We chose our next book for book club and I would love to have anyone join in virtually. Read the book and blog your thoughts and I will share them the night we get...
by amiemccracken | Oct 27, 2011 | book review, reading
Our book club ended up small for The Book Thief, but we had a good discussion. The only theme we had was some pea soup since it seemed a little morbid to all dress as the grim reaper. Here’s a few things we discussed.A New PerspectiveThe book was depressing....
by amiemccracken | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
This month we are reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.If you would like to virtually join in: read the book, post a blog post, and I will share your post on the night we meet. (Right now that is tentatively October 18th.)I’m not sure what our themed party...
by amiemccracken | Sep 10, 2011 | book review
We had sooooo much fun at the book club party. We all dressed up and had macaroons and martinis. It was truly swell. I’ll let the pictures tell the story.Martinis! Macaroons and truffles! The whole group. (It’s a wig, but I like it!)We had a lot to talk...
