Yes, four weeks ago Lulu was a fantastic hostess for "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." She had a very nice spread and those of us that didn't end up lost in Blanco, TX were treated to great food, and a fun night with some deep and lively conversation. We welcomed Rebecca, who joined us after recently having a baby and missed out on Jill's company, who was less than 24 hours away from having her own baby. After a couple busy months, Becky returned with a great haircut and graced us with her company. Vivian and Chelo, where were you? We said goodbye to Danni, who was headed off to the great beyond as a graduate student at Purdue--but later had a change of heart and decided to join us for another "last time" at our next book club before heading off to Drexel in Philadelphia instead. The more things change, the more they stay the same!
It was a no-holds barred conversation. I'd like to think we learned a little bit more about each other. We never did take the survey, but my guess is that we all rather enjoyed the book and found a thought provoking message in it. But that could have been the sangria speaking...
On a couple exciting notes:
- We straightened out the matter of how we will receive and read our next book, "Worth the Weight," by our very own Patricia. She's looking for some feedback and I hope we can be helpful to her in this part of her writing process. Please let us know if you're having trouble receiving/printing the chapters. I think we're at 22. Patricia, perhaps you can provide us with some questions or the type of specific feedback you would like to get, so we can prepare our thoughts in advance...
- We decided on September's book, Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation by John Phillip Santos. This book club will be hosted by Linda. As you may have heard, this book is also the "1 Book. 1 San Antonio." selection, which means there will be a lot of book-related events going on about town for the next couple months, like book discussions and opportunities to meet the author. In addition, Texas Public Radio will be broadacating the on-air reading of the book by the author beginning August 7th at 8 p.m. (@ KSTX 89.1 FM). See the side bar for links. And let me know if you're interested in organizing a group outing.
Hope we'll see you in August. (This time you can really say goodbye to Danni or maybe catch a postpartum glimpse of Jill --she looks great, and the baby does, too.) And then again in September!
Any ideas for October? Know of any good spooky books we can read...
