Posts Tagged ‘book club’

Book Club Time!

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Another month, another fab book club!  Except this month I failed to read the book. I’ve been so unmotivated when it comes to certain things lately that I just did not even attempt  to read the book. That didn’t mean I didn’t go annoy everyone there.

I’m not sure why but I just haven’t felt social lately at all. When I say social I mean hang out in big groups kind of social. Normally I thrive in big groups because I love talking to ton of different people but I’ve been so blech lately that I’ve been avoiding big group situations and just hanging out with people one on one. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but I normally love both big group and small group interaction. Why the heck am I even talking about this? Back to annoying people.

We had the usual delish spread of food:

Which I thoroughly enjoyed-especially whatever Jeni made. Ate that UP.

Since I wasn’t feeling too social, I decided to just take obnoxious pictures with Katie of everyone instead.  It started with a simple finger photo-bomb:

And progressed into booping people.

Naturally Em had to get in on the action.

And it just went down hill from there…

Why we found this so entertaining I do not know.

Because as you can see nobody else was impressed by us.

Which clearly meant that we had to continue doing it.

And it was funny each and every time. And by funny, I mean hilarious.

To only Katie and I.

And then we all went home. And I made a necessary pit-stop.

The lack of gluten at book club drove me here…. I felt some sort of magnetic pull.  I can’t go a day without 3,000 grams of gluten. My nutritionist says so.

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

What do you do when you’re not feeling too social?

January Book Club

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

In case you couldn’t tell from yesterday, we had book club over the weekend.  Now, we use the term book club very loosely because essentially this is how we roll:

Typically, it’s a big potluck where we all stuff our faces and drink a lot of wine.  And spend a ridiculous amount together. Saturday was a day of firsts for our little book club though. We had a record of (I think) 16 people attend AND we actually spend a fair amount of time discussing the book.

Another first was how long my friends stayed.  The official start to this month’s book club meeting was 1:30, which meant my friends started showing up around 12:45.  And stayed until….

What do you do at my apartment for 8 hours? A lot actually.

We spent some time contemplating how Sierra can look beautiful in every single picture despite being candid or posed.

We also held some competitions:

And spent some time pretending to like one another.

We took the time to admire Lindsay’s creativity with her whole toenail falling off and having to wear shoes issue:

And just when you thought the night was over, things got all weird and some supportive foam rolling happened.

Our book club is weird.

If you want to read along with us, our book for next month is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.  Do it and then come eat, drink, stare at Sierra, guess how long Loop Looks can hold her pee, and foam roll with us. Oh and talk about the book…maybe.

That’s all the nonsense I have for now.

Have you ever belonged to a book club that actually discusses the book (or have you only been in ones like ours) ??

Book Review: Heartsick

Monday, January 21st, 2013

I’ve decided that our book club is sorta demented.  This is the second book (by request) about a serial killer that we’ve read….and loved. Let that sink in.

Here’s the Spark Notes from Amazon:

“Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful and brutal serial killer. In the end, she was the one who caught him…and tortured him…and then let him go. Why did Gretchen spare Archie’s life and then turn herself in? This is the question that keeps him up all night—and the reason why he has visited Gretchen in prison every week since.

Meanwhile, another series of murders is tearing up the Portland streets. Archie seems to be getting closer to solving this high-profile case…until he finds himself in a fatal collision course with the killer—one that inevitably leads him back to his former captor. Gretchen may be the only one who can help do justice. The only thing she can’t do, this time, is save Archie’s life.”

If it sounds creepy it’s because it is.  I flew through this book because I wanted so badly to know what happened in the next chapter.  Does Archie die?  Does he get back with his family? Is Gretchen responsible for the murders despite her being in prison?  Will her and Archie hook up?  As you can see, this book kept me hanging.

I’ve never really read books like this, I typically tend to stay away from murder type stories because they can be too realistic to me.  This one however I couldn’t put down and I was literally covered in sweat the last 40 pages of the book from being so nervous and anxious (another reason why I don’t read these).

It’s interesting to think back on it because I can honestly say, I didn’t like one single character in the book.  I also didn’t like  the subject (serial killer) yet I loved this book.  I loved this book so much that when I found out it was a series (mistake) I called all the bookstores within a 2 mile radius to my apartment looking for it.  I had to start the next one that evening. And I did.  And I regret it.

If you want to read a thriller, a sit on the edge of your seat type book, definitely read this.   But stop there.  Whatever you do, do not make the mistake of continuing on with the series.  The second book was just so….not good and it almost ruined the first one for me.  Too much information, too much romance (hello Gretchen escapes prison and her and Archie spend a week in a love nest in the mountains together doing love type things..) and nothing like the first book.  But go read Heartsick, like now.

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

Series you’ve been disappointed in?

Weekend Recap

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

I had a lovely friend-filled weekend.  Is there any better way to spend a weekend? Didn’t think so.

I had off Friday which of course meant I spent the day walking around, pretending I still had some Christmas shopping to do-which I don’t but shopped anyway.  After some shopping and some reading, PartyDog and I realized we hadn’t been to Second City in like 6 hours so naturally we had to go to a show.  We went to a show called The Parent Crap that our friend Adithi was in!

When we got home from the show I was so tired that my dinner consisted of half a baguette thrown in the oven and then stuffed in my face. We had some brie cheese but it was in the fridge and I can only eat it at room temperature so I opted for just bread.  #Cleaneats.

Saturday I woke up and drove my posse to run the Schiller Chiller 5/10K (more on that later!). We had a blast!

Post-race we came back and showered and got ready at my apartment prom-style: 4 girls using 1 bathroom and we STILL somehow made it to book club on time.

Speaking of book club, it was super fun and so beautiful. Check this out:

Sierra is amazing and I tried to hide in her house and stay there forever but it didn’t work out. Whatever, at least I left with a present thanks to our white elephant game.

Katie was the lucky one since she left with this:

Angel soap: what every 20 something year-old girl wants.

That was clearly the best $4.99 I’ve ever spent. You’re welcome Katie.

Another month, another fun book club. I was bad this month and didn’t read the book but next month we’ll be reading  HeartSick by Chelsea Cain if you want to read along with us!

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

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