There seems to be so much happening lately with book club, or at least I feel like there is. I finished Running With Scissors and loved it. I am probably going to start reading The Tall Pine Polk by Lorna Landvik so that I can be prepared for whenever we set the date for and then move onto The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time. I feel like there are so many deadlines for reading. There are also a shitload of other books that I want to read too. I am growing my Amazon.com Wish List just for fun. I won't ever use that list, but its kind of fun to have. It is more of a way for me to remember what I want to read next. Here is what I am thinking for my next inbetween book....Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Lorna Landvik's publicist, Cindy, finally got back to me about setting up a phone chat with Lorna. I am so excited because I requested a phone chat twice with The Reader's Circle and I never heard back, not even a "we got your request and she's really busy" email. I didn't think that this was goin to happen so I am kind of looking forward to it. The BAMF's have decided that The Tall Pine Polka is the book that we will be reading for this phone chat with Lorna. That way we will have two of her books to discuss. I have no idea when this is happening, so we are going to have to play it by ear.

Since the BAMF's aren't going to be meeting until beginning of November, I have decided to set some reading goals for myself. I really like having book club once a month because then I am constantly reading. I usually finish our club book in a week and then have some time to read one in between. I am a little disappointed that we are waiting two months for our next meeting since the book we are reading looks like a quick read kind of book. I have already started The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler but haven't been able to really get into the book. I started it before The Carnal Prayer Mat and haven't picked it up since I finished. I am determined to finish this one since it would bother me to leave a book half read. I also decided to read Running With Scissors By Augusten Burroughs. I have heard that it is a really good book so I have motivation to finish The Amateur Marriage first. So, if anyone else would like to read either of these books, we can arrange our own personal meeting.

Book club was a great time on Friday. Here's everyone but Judy (she took the picture). Jenny had found these super cute chinese containers for the food, and everyone loved them. We actually talked about the book quite a bit (I needed some clarification on words like vulva). We had all of our members there! Very different from the last evening that Jenny and I hosted. One of our members has moved away putting us down to eight, and now one is being excommunicated for never attending. We really want to do a ceremony with the putting out of a candle and banging a gong, but some of us are against that. Overall a great time - kudos to us!

Here is the next book for the meeting on

Friday, November 3rd!

Which cover will you choose?

The Carnal Prayer Mat meeting was last night. All members were in attendance, Haley has officially been voted out...it's about time. Jeanette and I found these super cute take-out containers that we put fried rice, spring rolls and potstickers in individual containers. Tina made sangria and it was really really good, it was her own secret recipe. We talked about the book a decent amount and people that I expected to like the book, didn't really enjoy it. I was also surprised that only 2 people didn't finish this book, and one of them WASN'T Ashley. Sarah made a boobie cake...AKA...pineapple upside down cake, and it was really good. I didn't let her take the leftovers, so that I could have them all to myself. I was also surprised by the lack of sex discussion, since most of our meeting consist of sex talk, I figured this one would contain tons of sex talk. I am thinking that the content of the book made people a little more hesitant to talk openly. I was also a little held back because some of our members seemed put off by the content of the book or embarrassed about talking about the book. I had a really good time, like I always do! Again, I really really liked this book alot!

P.S. As soon as I remember what the next book is...I will post it!