Pretty Paper Book Club: Corvallis, Oregon.
Alyce, Susan and Jandi
Susan
I started a book club almost two years ago, it has changed and morphed, but just gotten better and better. It has made it through the season where all my friends wanted to come just to hang out, and now only my friends who actually want to read and live in the area come. It is a perfect size now (not that we would ever not welcome other peeps!!) Alyce, a fellow book blogger from At Home With Books is local and is a member of the group as well!
I love it, we go out to eat first and just hang out, then we go to coffee and dessert and talk more and then talk about the books. We all love books, and most of the time we all read the book, our only fault is that sometimes we have a hard time getting (and staying) on the subject of the book we actually read. After we talk and discuss the book and are full to the brim we have been known to go out to a movie (if we can get that figured out) or over to one of the members house to sit and relax in the hot tub.
Our book club I think is a little different than most in that we actually are friends outside of book club, and our relationships go deeper than books. I love my local book club...it is nice to meet once a month for girl time, an evening to just hang.
This month we are going to read Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, next month Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins!
Becky and babe 
Alyce & Susan
Susan & Jandi
I was there too, but I never end up in the pictures, bummer.
These are the books we have read so far in our bookclub, with links to my book reivews:
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Not reviewed yet)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (not yet reviewed)
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
March by Geraldine Brooks
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Watership Down by Richard Adams
There are more books, but I'll stop there.
Is your book club as fun as ours????
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August 10th, 2009 - 09:13
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in the book club for nine months now – the time has gone so quickly! You have no idea how much I enjoy getting together with you guys and hanging out to talk about books. Definitely one of the highlights of each month!
August 10th, 2009 - 15:07
I know!! It has been so fun getting to know you better
Thanks for sending your peeps over to check out the pictures!
August 10th, 2009 - 09:58
Wow, by first thought is, we have read alot of books! I agree with Alyce, I really enjoy reading and getting together once a month. I’ll see everyone in October!
August 10th, 2009 - 15:08
Welcome dude! It is true…it is a good time.
I can’t wait to discuss in October, I think those two books will be burning in our minds until we can talk, at least I hope so.
August 10th, 2009 - 10:44
How fun to have RL book club. I love, love, love mine: It’s an international Skye club. We too sometimes stray off the topic of the book, but that’s fun too.
August 10th, 2009 - 15:09
Oh, that is really cool!! What are you reading now? Do you read fun books? Do tell!
August 10th, 2009 - 13:01
wow.. great pics. I loved seeing them. Thanks for posting. Alyce sent me over.
August 10th, 2009 - 15:09
Nice to get to meet you via Alyce! Thanks for stopping
August 10th, 2009 - 13:02
I want to be in a book club with Alyce! So jealous!
I have Half of A Yellow Sun, however haven’t read it yet. I can’t wait.
Great post!
August 10th, 2009 - 15:10
Oh, you better get to it!!
Yes, it is great fun to have Alyce and all the other gals in a book club together, we are way blessed.
August 10th, 2009 - 17:27
I like the name of your book club and it sounds like you have a great time and discuss great books. The pictures are great…I have to ask what kind of place are you at in the pictures? I was wondering why there are pictures hanging from clothespins? The pictures of the eye are cool!
I’m in a F2F book club that I started but we aren’t all great friends outside of book club. We meet at each others houses and find that when we meet at restaurants we don’t talk as much about the books and aren’t as focused.
August 11th, 2009 - 02:23
The book group I’m part of meets to swap books rather than a shared read. We eat, chat about books and often get off topic.
Your meeting place is very differnt to ours, we meet in a large country pub/restaurant with blazing fireplaces and 19th century pictures, we always sit in the same place overlooking a meadow with cows and horses wandering past – its all very ‘English’.
I love the pics and wall mounts in your meeting place.
August 11th, 2009 - 05:53
You just gave me a great idea for a feature! Stop over in a little while and check it out – I am going to try to post it now before I go to work.
I hope you will participate as you woke up my brain this morning!
LOL
August 11th, 2009 - 09:38
My book club has been in existence for 12 years. We are going through a rough patch right now. It’s a public group and there are just too many members right now. We average about 15 but have been known to have at least 20 at the meeting.
We don’t meet at a restaurant. Instead we meet at the library and to be honest with you, I am a bit bored with the format.
How many are in your group total? We are also not that friendly outside of the meeting which floors me since many of us have been around for 10+ years!
August 11th, 2009 - 10:45
I am so glad you made this book club. I was worried that we would disconnect when you moved from my town. I really love our friendship Bethany and am so glad we have a reason to get together each month.
August 22nd, 2009 - 19:46
Shadow of the Wind is one of my faves!! Can’t wait to hear what you think! I just discovered you thru Twitter (thanks for following BTW), and love your blog so far!!
I just moved to a new city and am working on getting a new book club formed. I miss being a part of one!!