Happy Valentine’s! Book: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold When: Friday, February 27th @ 7pm Where: Tracy’s Apt Description From Publishers Weekly Sebold’s first novel after her memoir, Lucky is a small but far from minor miracle. Sebold has taken a grim, media-exploited subject and fashioned from it a story…
Survey Says…
The New Book Options page has been updated with well…new book options. 🙂 Most of you should have gotten an email with the survey link — so take a little time and read through the descriptions then let us know what you want to read!
January 2009
Happy New Year!!! Book: Chick Flick Road Kill by Alicia Bettensdorf When: Friday, January 30th @ 7pm Where: Jill’s House (map coming soon) Description As a child of the 1980s, Alicia Rebensdorf was raised by TV and movies. But when she, like so many of her generation, found herself a…
November 2008 — One Year Anniversary!!!
Can you believe it is officially our one year anniversary since our first book club meeting? It all began last November with C.S. Lewis and 3 ladies…and look where we are today! How exciting! It has been a fantastic first year of meeting new people and learning a lot about…
October 2008
Book: Generation Me by Jean M. Twenge When: Friday, October 24th @ 7pm Where: Melanie’s Apartment Description A new book tackles the 18-to-35-year-old generation’s problems–those they face and those they create.Twenge’s book is comprehensive and scholarly, filled with statistics and thoughtful observations about the group she’s dubbed Generation Me. These…
William P. Young Interview
For those that want to see the interview with the author of The Shack that was referred to at book club tonight — head on over to www.722.org and click on All Access to see a list of interviews, etc. The one you are looking for is: + William P.…
September Pics Up
It was our largest book club yet and it was fantastic!! Thanks for all the great discussion and openness on such a deep book. Looking forward to next month… For your enjoyment, here are a few of the quotes from the night: “I’m a fractile, you gotta pull way out…
September 2008
Book: The Shack by William P. Young When: Friday, September 26th @ 7pm Where: Tracy’s House Description Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.…
The Wait is Over
We know you have been waiting with bated breath for the new schedule to come out…so this is just to inform you that we have posted the next round of books on the Schedule page. This round takes us into year number two for the Austin Book Club — it…
August 2008
When: Friday, August 29th @ 7pm Where: Ellie’s House Book: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Amazon.com Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield’s debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets,…