Aprils Book and Bio

Hello my fellow readers. The consensus on last months book was that even though it was somewhat depressing, we all enjoyed reading it. It definitely made me, for one, grateful that I was blessed enough to be born in this free country.

This month's book is:
Here is the Bio:

Cathy:

A little about myself, I am a mother of 5 and and a grandmother of 4, with another on the way. I have been married for 35 years as of this month, WOW! I am currently working as a nurse for the health department, and I love it. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and spoiling my grand kids. I picked this month”s book, because I was ready for something light and fun and I heard this book was good. This month marks 6 months for book club, and I think it is great that it is still growing strong.

Please feel free to leave your comments on this or last months book, as we all love to hear what you thought and that, after all, is the whole point to the book club.

Have a great Month and a Happy Easter to all!

January's Book and Bio

Book: The Goose Girl Bio: Jennifer



Happy New Year ladies! I hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday, and are ready to kick in their goals for the new year. One of those goals is to read a book a month for book club right?
This months book is The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. This book is a retelling of the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Goose Girl". I chose this book because I love a good fairy tale, (who doesn't) it brings me back to being a kid again. I have also had several friends that have read it, and loved it. So, hopefully we all like it too. It will be an easy read, because it's geared towards children I think.


First of all, this is a shout out to my sister who started this book club! I am one of the out of towners, and wish I could be there to join in all the fun in discussing the books and just hanging out. A little about me, I live in Denver with my husband and 3 great kids (1boy and 2 girls). I am a work at home mom meaning I stay home with my kids, but it's a lot of work. Currently, I am working on finding a 450 hour internship so that I can graduate. This is a task with a husband who works 70-80 hour weeks. I am confident that I will reach my goal either this summer, or in the fall when my 2 oldest are in school full time. When I do graduate, I will have a degree in exercise science and a nutrition minor. I am excited to be able to officially use this to my advantage.


Some of my hobbies are reading of course, jogging/exercise, playing the piano, and every once in a while singing along on Rock Band! My favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice, which I am not ashamed to admit I have read 7 times. I just finished reading Gone with the Wind, which is my sisters favorite book, and for me felt more like an accomplishment to finish it, because it's about 1000 pages. It's a good read though, and very well written. My favorite color is a toss up between yellow & green, both of which I will never wear, but I love the colors. My favorite food is fish tacos. I love being outside when it's nice and warm, I'm mostly indoors when it's cold and snowy. Maybe that's from growing up in Florida & Southern California. Well that's it for me.

Enjoy your read this month.


This months meeting will be on Saturday the 24th @ 6:00 at Becca's house. E-mail for directions: mejofred@yahoo.com

This Months Book and Bio

Hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Well, now that we are all stuffed with turkey, ham, and all the fixings it's time for a good book.

This months book, The Christmas Sweater, was chosen by me (Julie). I picked this book because I am a huge Glenn Beck fan, but the story and the message were very fitting for this time of year and very relatable.




Here is a little about me:

I was born and raised right here in Grand Junction, Colorado. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. After high school I attended Rick's College (BYU-I) and Mesa State. While attending Mesa and working, Becca and I were roommates. It was awesome, we had a great time.

I served a full time mission in the Illagan Philippines Mission and learned to speak tagalog. After my mission I attend BYU for a semester before my husband proposed and brought me home again to Mesa State.

We were married in the Mt. Timpanogus temple on March 19th 1999. A year and a day later we had our first son with three more sons to follow. We are currently expecting our fifth child in May (probable another boy but hoping for a girl).

My favorite color is green. I enjoy sewing, hiking, reading, blogging, talking politics, going to watch the boys wrestle and being a mom.


Note: Please also RSVP for the meeting on the 13th so I have a count. Hope to see you there! Happy Holiday

Becca's Bio and Updates for the Saturday Nov. 22nd Meeting

Here are a few updates for our meet. We will meet at Olive Garden at 11:00 for lunch and book discussion. We will then go to the 2:15 matinee of TWILIGHT at the Regal Cinema. As we said before, it is advisable to buy your ticket now. This can be done at Fandango.com.

With each month's book I will post the bio. of the book chooser. This month that is Becca:



I wanted to start this book club to combine some of the things I enjoy most out of life, my friends, my family, and reading. My sister was actually the inspiration to this when last summer we would stay up late and use up many hours of the day talking about books we were both reading. Hearing different viewpoints on the same book was quite enjoyable. None of this reading was guilt-free however, since we were both preparing for big tests. Things are finally calming down in my life. I am finished with residency, finished with “The Big Test” (assuming I passed), and I am getting settled into a new job that I love. I picked The Other Boleyn Girl simply because it received great reviews and I have wanted to read it for quite sometime. I do enjoy a good historical fiction. Last book I read was Pride and Prejudice because it is my sister’s favorite book. I can see why, it is quite good. The current book I am reading (again) is Gone with the Wind, which happens to be my favorite book. We are actually doing a favorite book trade, which isn’t really fair on her part since it is 950 pages. Just a little more about myself: I am the wife of 10 years to a great man who is supportive enough to put me through 8 years of school and 3 years of residency. We have a beautiful fiery red-headed little girl named Loralei. My favorite music is alternative rock and 80s. My favorite color is red. My favorite food is spaghetti. I love being outdoors. Lastly, for fear of getting too wordy, I am truly excited to share books with my friends and just as excited to get to know new people through this experience. HAPPY READING !!!

Rebecca