Book Group Luncheon July 2015

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What a wonderful time we had at the book group luncheon!  Long drive (worth it!) due to Friday holiday travel, but once my husband and I met a part of our book group, it was one of the most magical moments. To share online, a love of books and  friendship, then meet these very people, men and women, it's an experience like nothing else. I have met one dear friend, Robin, from Oklahoma twice, we have been online friends since 1999 and it was the best visit. This time I stayed with another friend, Anne, who has been my online friend since 1999 as well. Seeing both women on Real Time was amazing!

So. Much. Fun. 

We did talk about books at the luncheon, believe it or not. Then some of us, a smaller group, went to a used bookstore after, I was the only one who did not buy a book, I was too excited to concentrate! 

So that was our big hit of this year. I am still job hunting (we won't go there.. it's exhausting) but this tiny trip though big in magic and fun, was what we needed. 

On the trip two friends/members gave me a book each, I will list them below. I also found the book store in Mystic, Connecticut (it's not hard to miss, but I did, three times) and bought a couple of books there. I will post them too.

P.S. We went to The Aviary (link below their website pic) wonderful food and ambiance. They sure can tolerate a bunch of very happy book group members as well. Highly recommended if you are ever in Swansea, Massachusetts. 

A book passed on by my friend, Paula.

A gift from my friend, Anne.

A pass on from Anne. (Reading this now)

Two from the bookstore in Mystic, Connecticut

So my TBR list has grown once again, but from a "literary weekend" for which I am not only excited about as it was my first, but have books to remember with such sweet meaning~


Thank you to my book friends and members, you made a dream come true by participating with exuberance on the book group and in real life, thank you so much! Love to all of you!

My Goings On July 2015

I hope "youse" US peoples had a great July 4th!

~That's for you, Robin~

Reading.. I could write a paragraph of  my not-getting-to-read woes but I will spare you the gory details, okay well I will say something about it. The problem is, when we have no time to read, to us book lovers, we get antsy, we long for quiet (lucid) moments with our books, and we try to read but either fall asleep or cannot concentrate very well. The older I get the harder it is to sit down to read without falling into a coma.

That will change soon enough...

I have a few pages left of Station Eleven, a very good book. I will review that book when I am finished, I have had Robin Cook's book, Nano at my bedside and read a bit from it every night and the latest and greatest is, The Inverted Forest by Josh Dalton:

For some crazy reason this book is expensive in paper and on Kindle so I went to Half.com and paid a couple of beans from a very good book dealer, like I've said before, used books are alright with me! It has started out with a slight bit of a bnag but the kind that grabs you around the neck.

Those are the life happenings and  books going right now. I hope I can set some time aside this week to get more reading done. I feel that things are calming down.

Read on friends, and enjoy your summer! I will return when I am feeling better to review some books.

A big huge PS, on Saturday I am meeting a few of my book group friends, I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to meet the very people that has encouraged our book group into what it is. I will post pics and anecdotal tales next week!