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Our Pleasant Home Book Group
I’ve mentioned being in a book club a few times over the past few years, but I figured it’s time to write a post about it. It is one of my favorite things, so I can’t believe it’s taken so me so long...
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Spooky Short Stories for Halloween
Eeps, Halloween is fast approaching! Are you in the mood for some spooky reading? In years past, our book group has read some good books for Halloween: Dracula, Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, and...
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Cold Comfort Farm
For November, my book group read Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. It was a delight! The book is completely ridiculous at first, and once you get beyond that and realize that not everything is going...
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Another Christmas Tea
Another book club holiday tea is in the books (hehe) and we’re onto a new year. December book club always falls around winter solstice, so it was rather dark all day at Peggy’s, but hopefully you can...
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A Simple Tool for Book Club Readers
A long time ago, while reading Kathy’s blog, I learned about these neat little things called Book Darts. They are tiny, thin page markers made of metal that slide on and off the paper without leaving a...
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Homemade Granola
I hosted book club on Saturday morning. I knew, since we were going to get home late from the Blackhawks game Friday night, that I wouldn’t feel like getting up to bake muffins or something in the...
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Book Club Christmas Tea 2015
One last thing about the holidays… Last month, Peggy hosted our third annual Book Club Christmas Tea. As usual, it was a festive event with everyone contributing something tasty. I made this Japanese...
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A Moveable Feast & Hemingway’s Daiquiri
For book club this month, we read A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway grew up in Oak Park and our book group originated in Oak Park. Would you believe we’ve never read him? I added A...
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Red/Blue Pencils
Ok back to school supplies! I’ve been using these red and blue editing pencils in my planner this summer. I got the Caran d’Ache from CW pencils last year and I just uncovered the Mitsubishi (similar)...
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Summer Book Report, Part 1
I’m only halfway to my goal of reading ten books for the summer. Of course, I consider September summer still…autumnal equinox isn’t until September 22 after all. I need to buckle down and put my phone...
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Summer Book Report, Part 2
I gave myself until the technical start of fall to finish my goal of reading ten books, and I’m going to call it complete. I finished my last book on Tuesday, and one of my choices is technically a...
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All I’ve Been Doing is Reading
The title is true. Other than work, a few custom card orders, writing letters, and watching my way through Schitt’s Creek and The Office, I’ve been doing a lot of reading. Our apartment is a mess,...
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March Book Report
It’s almost the end of April, but I wanted to squeeze a February/March book report in before I write the April one. My reading really slowed down after my Hibernation January. Two of the books in the...
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April Book Report
My April book stack looks so puny! My reading has definitely slowed down now that spring is (supposedly) here. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden I feel like I need to own this...
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May Book Report
I’m back with another tiny book stack. I’ve decided if I can read two books and a short story per month this summer, I’ll be doing pretty well! Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath This...
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June Books
I squeezed in a short story on June 30th, but I’ll talk about that next month. I had to take my book stack picture early because No Surrender was due and I wanted to be a responsible library patron....
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July Books
I had a very good reading month in July, which is great because I haven’t read anything since! Yikes! “The Willows” by Algernon Blackwood This short story was recommended as one of the scariest stories...
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August Books
August was a slowwww reading month. I didn’t pick up a book until I had to start reading for book club and I filled the rest of the month with short stories and an art book. The Little Locksmith by...
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October Books
After reading NOTHING in September (who AM I?) it felt good to get back into my reading groove again, especially since October means scary stories and Halloween reads. The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie...
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November Books
November was a weird reading month, with Halloween and Christmas book-ending a Midwestern coming-of-age story. “The Giant Wisteria” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman I love “The Yellow Wallpaper” so I was...
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