Book Club Tonight!

Just a last-minute reminder about Book Club tonight at 7:30 p.m. at my place! 8464 Yellow Poppy.

See you then!

Book Club is this Thursday!!!!

We are meeting for our May Book Club this THURSDAY THE 26TH at 7:30 p.m. at my place!! (Sorry about any confusion if you read my previous-now edited-post about it being on Wed)

I hope you come even if you haven't read "The Heretic's Daughter". See you then!

June book club

I'm hosting June, but we'll have a daytime playgroup style meeting. Does anyone have any preference on what day of the week we meet? I'll either host at my house or Katy said she can reserve the clubhouse - probably weather dependent?

Here's the book and synopsis:
The Silence of God by Gale Sears



From socialism to forced atheism, almost overnight -- Based on the inspiring true story of the only LDS family in 1917 revolutionary Russia.

The Silence of God follows Johan and Alma Lindlof and their eight children as they witness the glitz and glamour of Imperial Russia quickly dissolve into mass rebellion. The chaos ultimately divided their family and tested their faith, as some of the Lindlof children were sent to Siberian work camps.

As they face an uncertain future of danger and despair under the Bolshevik regime, life for the wealthy Lindlof family is changed forever by an idealogy that forces equality and demands the silence of God.

This well-researched novel by author Gale Sears – a powerful new voice in LDS historical fiction – offers a rare glimpse into a fascinating period of history, including the rise of socialism and the origins of the LDS Church in Russia.

As the only LDS family living in Russia at the time, the Lindlofs witnessed Elder Francis M. Lyman of the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicate the land for the preaching of the gospel on Aug. 6, 1903. His scribe was the only other person there. Now, on Aug. 29, 2010, the Kyiv Ukraine Temple will be dedicated, the first temple in a former Soviet bloc country – just a few miles from the very spot where LDS was first introduced in Russia.

.:Extra Copy:.

Hey everyone, I've got an extra copy of the book for this month if anyone needs it. Our internet is not working at home, so if you want to get it, feel free to swing on by and get it! During the week, I'm home during the day all day, everyday! I'll be home this afternoon, but gone all day tomorrow.

May Book Club

See below for the May book choice.

Our May book club will tentatively be held on Thursday May 26th at 7:30 p.m. This is the Thursday before the Memorial Day weekend. Does this not work for people? Would you rather have it the first Thursday of June? Let me know, please!
Camilla

May Book!!!!!

I have decided to pick "The Heretic's Daughter" by Kathleen Kent as our May book. I couldn't place a book club hold on it since there were no copies checked in, so you are advised to place your own hold. There are two publishing years (2008/2009). I think that there are NO holds on the 2009 version, so get that one if you want to get it quick. The book is a little over 300 pages, so hurry!

Amazon's Synopsis: A family's conflict becomes a battle for life and death in this gripping and original first novel based on family history from a descendant of a condemned Salem witch. After a bout of smallpox, 10-year-old Sarah Carrier resumes life with her mother on their family farm in Andover, Mass., dimly aware of a festering dispute between her mother, Martha, and her uncle about the plot of land where they live. The fight takes on a terrifying dimension when reports of supernatural activity in nearby Salem give way to mass hysteria, and Sarah's uncle is the first person to point the finger at Martha. Soon, neighbors struggling to eke out a living and a former indentured servant step forward to name Martha as the source of their woes. Sarah is forced to shoulder an even heavier burden as her mother and brothers are taken to prison to face a jury of young women who claim to have felt their bewitching presence. Sarah's front-row view of the trials and the mayhem that sweeps the close-knit community provides a fresh, bracing and unconventional take on a much-covered episode.

.:Tonite:.

Just a reminder that book club is at my house, TONITE, at 7:30 p.m.

Can't wait to hear what you all thought of Princess!