As mentioned in my previous posting, here are some links to some helpful discussion questions about our two books. If you do plan to use them, read them after you have read the books, just so you don't spoil the plot development for yourselves.
#1. Life's Golden Ticket
http://lifesgoldenticket.com/docs/DiscussionQuestionsforLifesGoldenTicket.pdf
#2. Thirteen Moons
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/bookclubquestions/a/ThirteenMoons_q.htm
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
November's Meeting (I can't believe the year is nearly over)
Despite it being a wet Wednesday, after Melbourne-Cup, we all gathered at Lilyfields to discuss Rebecca and The Interpretation of Murder. We also welcomed two new members to the group. It's fabulous to have you aboard!
Lilyfields turned it on for us with a new, and might I add, wicked dessert assiette. So a big "thank you" to Lilyfields for making our group feel special.
After our discussion on October's books, our thoughts turned to the books for this month and what we might like to start winding down with. The two we decided upon are
#1. Thirteen Moons
by Charles Frazier
Available in regular and large print at the BCC Library
#2. Life's Golden Ticket: An inspirational novel
by Brendon Burchard
As before, you can elect to read one or both of the novels and share your thoughts with us.
I will attempt to find some reading guides on-line and I will post them here. Obviously, reading guides are optional, I myself find them helpful in revealing literary devices and aspects about a work that I might have missed. (The grey matter is a little weary after 10 months of intensive French language study).
All the best in your readings.
Until next month,
Kate
Lilyfields turned it on for us with a new, and might I add, wicked dessert assiette. So a big "thank you" to Lilyfields for making our group feel special.
After our discussion on October's books, our thoughts turned to the books for this month and what we might like to start winding down with. The two we decided upon are
#1. Thirteen Moons
by Charles Frazier
Available in regular and large print at the BCC Library
#2. Life's Golden Ticket: An inspirational novel
by Brendon Burchard
As before, you can elect to read one or both of the novels and share your thoughts with us.
I will attempt to find some reading guides on-line and I will post them here. Obviously, reading guides are optional, I myself find them helpful in revealing literary devices and aspects about a work that I might have missed. (The grey matter is a little weary after 10 months of intensive French language study).
All the best in your readings.
Until next month,
Kate
Friday, October 10, 2008
OCTOBER MEETING UPDATE
Hullo again.
Thanks to everyone who made it along on Wednesday 1st October. Thank you to everyone who let me know that school holidays made it too difficult to juggle the meeting and manage children as well. We'll catch up in November.
Now that everyone is back at school we can get back to our routines and reading quietly over a cuppa (my idea of heaven-on-earth).
October's book was "One Book: Many Brisbanes", a collection of short stories about Brisbane, by Brisbane writers and everyone shared their thoughts on their favourite stories. I had some favourites and I had some that saddened me, particularly the story set in Zillmere WWII. It was great to sit down and share my thoughts and learn something from everyone else about their experiences of Brisbane and how they felt the stories related to them, or how the stories were far removed from their lives.
Revisiting the stories that I hadn't enjoyed so much, through the eyes of those of you who had enjoyed them, gave enabled me to find renewed interest in them. Thank you to everyone for your candour about your loves, likes, and dislikes.
November Meeting Information
Our next meetings are on November 5th for Morning Tea at 10:30am and Dinner at 7:00pm. Please remember bookings are ESSENTIAL for Dinner. Please contact either the Resturant (leave your name and contact number and say that you're booking for the Kenmore Book Club dinner, or send me an email at kenmorebookclub@y7mail.com). Bookings for morning tea are desirable as I can print off enough copies of information for everyone.
Best regards to you all, and happy reading.
Kate
Thanks to everyone who made it along on Wednesday 1st October. Thank you to everyone who let me know that school holidays made it too difficult to juggle the meeting and manage children as well. We'll catch up in November.
Now that everyone is back at school we can get back to our routines and reading quietly over a cuppa (my idea of heaven-on-earth).
October's book was "One Book: Many Brisbanes", a collection of short stories about Brisbane, by Brisbane writers and everyone shared their thoughts on their favourite stories. I had some favourites and I had some that saddened me, particularly the story set in Zillmere WWII. It was great to sit down and share my thoughts and learn something from everyone else about their experiences of Brisbane and how they felt the stories related to them, or how the stories were far removed from their lives.
Revisiting the stories that I hadn't enjoyed so much, through the eyes of those of you who had enjoyed them, gave enabled me to find renewed interest in them. Thank you to everyone for your candour about your loves, likes, and dislikes.
November Meeting Information
Our next meetings are on November 5th for Morning Tea at 10:30am and Dinner at 7:00pm. Please remember bookings are ESSENTIAL for Dinner. Please contact either the Resturant (leave your name and contact number and say that you're booking for the Kenmore Book Club dinner, or send me an email at kenmorebookclub@y7mail.com). Bookings for morning tea are desirable as I can print off enough copies of information for everyone.
Best regards to you all, and happy reading.
Kate
Sunday, September 28, 2008
LETTER BOX DROP
I've been out and about over the last couple of days doing letter-box drops of new flyers. Please feel free to bring along any interested friends, the Kenmore Book Club is all about making new friends who share our love of books.
This month's meeting falls over the school holidays and I know that some of you will be tied up with family duties for this meeting. Please check in for details on this month's meeting on the weekend as I will be ferrying little ones around immediately after the meeting so I may not be able to post the notes from the meeting on Wednesday straight away.
I've checked with the BCC Library and there are enough copies of this month's book and next month's books so that we can save our hard earned pennies for coffee and cake.
See you all on Wednesday.
Regards
Kate
This month's meeting falls over the school holidays and I know that some of you will be tied up with family duties for this meeting. Please check in for details on this month's meeting on the weekend as I will be ferrying little ones around immediately after the meeting so I may not be able to post the notes from the meeting on Wednesday straight away.
I've checked with the BCC Library and there are enough copies of this month's book and next month's books so that we can save our hard earned pennies for coffee and cake.
See you all on Wednesday.
Regards
Kate
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Books For October
Hullo again
Okay, so we haven't yet formally reviewed "One Book: Many Brisbanes" but at our first meeting we decided to pick out the titles for October in case we finished September's offering too quickly :-)
These are the books that we will be reviewing in November (gosh, is in nearly Christmas time already?!?!) and they can be booked on-line at the Brisbane City Councils website below
http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat/?utm_campaign=cpMaskURL&utm_medium=stmcatch&utm_source=libcatalogue
Book #1.
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again” – is often quoted as one of the most famous first lines in literature. The haunting tale of mystery, memories and the past that the young, second Mrs de Winter must face at Manderley is a story that never losses its appeal. If you haven’t read this classic for some time it is well worth revisiting and is still a great story for discussion.
This book is available at most libraries and there are several listings for Audio Books which might be useful when one is cleaning house.
Book #2
Title: The Interpretation of Murder
Author: Jed Rubenfeld
"A murder mystery with a clever plot, The Interpretation of Murder is set in New York in the early 20th century. Dr. Stratham Younger, a student of Sigmund Freud is asked to investigate a murder. Using some of Freud’s teachings, Younger analyzes the actions, motives, relationships, and personalities of all those involved in the crimes. The New York scene is very well drawn and Freud’s part in the novel adds an interesting twist."
There are large print editions of this book available at Indooroopilly and Audio Books available for some of the other libraries (A quick call to Indooroopilly Library will explain how to order that in to the library).
I'm going to talk to the co-ordinator of the Mobile Library which parks off Marshall Lane every Tuesday too see if we get the books brought there as well the month before, to ensure that we can read through all the books before the allotted time is through.
If anyone needs assistance with booking their books (no pun intended) through their home computers, please contact the Brisbane City Council on (07) 3403 8888.
Warmest regards and happy reading until next Wednesday (1st October).
Regards
Kate
Okay, so we haven't yet formally reviewed "One Book: Many Brisbanes" but at our first meeting we decided to pick out the titles for October in case we finished September's offering too quickly :-)
These are the books that we will be reviewing in November (gosh, is in nearly Christmas time already?!?!) and they can be booked on-line at the Brisbane City Councils website below
http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat/?utm_campaign=cpMaskURL&utm_medium=stmcatch&utm_source=libcatalogue
Book #1.
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again” – is often quoted as one of the most famous first lines in literature. The haunting tale of mystery, memories and the past that the young, second Mrs de Winter must face at Manderley is a story that never losses its appeal. If you haven’t read this classic for some time it is well worth revisiting and is still a great story for discussion.
This book is available at most libraries and there are several listings for Audio Books which might be useful when one is cleaning house.
Book #2
Title: The Interpretation of Murder
Author: Jed Rubenfeld
"A murder mystery with a clever plot, The Interpretation of Murder is set in New York in the early 20th century. Dr. Stratham Younger, a student of Sigmund Freud is asked to investigate a murder. Using some of Freud’s teachings, Younger analyzes the actions, motives, relationships, and personalities of all those involved in the crimes. The New York scene is very well drawn and Freud’s part in the novel adds an interesting twist."
There are large print editions of this book available at Indooroopilly and Audio Books available for some of the other libraries (A quick call to Indooroopilly Library will explain how to order that in to the library).
I'm going to talk to the co-ordinator of the Mobile Library which parks off Marshall Lane every Tuesday too see if we get the books brought there as well the month before, to ensure that we can read through all the books before the allotted time is through.
If anyone needs assistance with booking their books (no pun intended) through their home computers, please contact the Brisbane City Council on (07) 3403 8888.
Warmest regards and happy reading until next Wednesday (1st October).
Regards
Kate
Brisbane Writers Festival
Hullo again Kenmore Book Club.
Well the Brisbane Writers Festival was a huge success and I went to every session that I could (I think about 10 or 11 in the end). The topics were as diverse as "Boy's Own Adventures Through the Oil rigs" (my title) with Paul Carter - a brilliantly funny young man who fell into writing after he failed his psychiatric evaluation, through to a gut-wrenching story of a young Newsweek journalist who lost his fiancee after she was targeted and killed by the Taliban while she was undertaking aid work in Baghdad. I think that there wasn't a dry eye in the auditorium after Michael finished sharing his story with us.
I was also lucky enough to meet with 5 of the "One Book: Many Brisbanes" authors and they were genuinely delighted that we were reviewing their book for book club.
I will be bringing the program along with me to next Wednesday's meeting to share with you all and to talk about some very exciting, and amazing books I discovered.
Shortly I'll post the books that the Book Club decided upon for October. There's a couple of completely different ones so that we can talk about more than one book. Both are available in large numbers at the Brisbane City Council Library.
Warmest regards to you all and see you on Wednesday 1st October.
Regards
Kate
Well the Brisbane Writers Festival was a huge success and I went to every session that I could (I think about 10 or 11 in the end). The topics were as diverse as "Boy's Own Adventures Through the Oil rigs" (my title) with Paul Carter - a brilliantly funny young man who fell into writing after he failed his psychiatric evaluation, through to a gut-wrenching story of a young Newsweek journalist who lost his fiancee after she was targeted and killed by the Taliban while she was undertaking aid work in Baghdad. I think that there wasn't a dry eye in the auditorium after Michael finished sharing his story with us.
I was also lucky enough to meet with 5 of the "One Book: Many Brisbanes" authors and they were genuinely delighted that we were reviewing their book for book club.
I will be bringing the program along with me to next Wednesday's meeting to share with you all and to talk about some very exciting, and amazing books I discovered.
Shortly I'll post the books that the Book Club decided upon for October. There's a couple of completely different ones so that we can talk about more than one book. Both are available in large numbers at the Brisbane City Council Library.
Warmest regards to you all and see you on Wednesday 1st October.
Regards
Kate
Sunday, September 14, 2008
New Information
Welcome back everyone!
We seem to be finally rid of the freezing winds and the Western Suburbs 'flu, both of which have plagued us all. So this seems to be the perfect time to get cracking on our reading.
The first morning tea meeting went off without a hitch. My thanks to those who showed up and also thank you to the many of you who 'phoned or emailed me to let me know that you couldn't make it due to the 'flu.
The dinner meeting was post-poned, too many of us had either ourselves or relatives to look after. In retrospect, it was probably unrealistically hopeful to launch an evening event in the middle of winter and 'flu season. However, we will be soldiering on for our October event.
In our first meeting we chatted about what books we liked to read and what we hoped for from the book club. We all agreed that we all had different tastes but that we wanted to be exposed to books we hadn't read and we wouldn't normally otherwise read.
Brisbane City Council has provided some excellent resources for our little bookclub (thank you especially to Robert at Indooroopilly Library).
I will have more updates about the Brisbane Writers Festival shortly as well.
Regards
Kate
We seem to be finally rid of the freezing winds and the Western Suburbs 'flu, both of which have plagued us all. So this seems to be the perfect time to get cracking on our reading.
The first morning tea meeting went off without a hitch. My thanks to those who showed up and also thank you to the many of you who 'phoned or emailed me to let me know that you couldn't make it due to the 'flu.
The dinner meeting was post-poned, too many of us had either ourselves or relatives to look after. In retrospect, it was probably unrealistically hopeful to launch an evening event in the middle of winter and 'flu season. However, we will be soldiering on for our October event.
In our first meeting we chatted about what books we liked to read and what we hoped for from the book club. We all agreed that we all had different tastes but that we wanted to be exposed to books we hadn't read and we wouldn't normally otherwise read.
Brisbane City Council has provided some excellent resources for our little bookclub (thank you especially to Robert at Indooroopilly Library).
I will have more updates about the Brisbane Writers Festival shortly as well.
Regards
Kate
Monday, August 4, 2008
BOOKCLUB BOOK CHOSEN
The book to launch the Kenmore Bookclub has been chosen (drumroll please)
One Book Many Brisbanes: third anthology of Brisbane stories
This book was chosen for its strong local content (including a story set in Brookfield!) and ease of access for all readers.
(From the Brisbane City Council website) "One Book Many Brisbanes 3 is the 2007 anthology of the 10 winning stories. Stories included intriguing tales of visiting presidents, floods, romances and travel."
To obtain the book you have several options
* Buy it at Brisbane City Council Libraries for $11.00
* Buy it from the MOB (Museum of Brisbane)
* Borrow it from any BCC library (copies are being secured for the BCC Mobile Library that parks off Marshall Lane, Kenmore on Tuesdays)
* or read it online at
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:1191494669:pc=PC_2710
So grab a copy of the book and get reading. We'll meet up in September for morning tea or dinner (you choose you favourite option) and talk about it in depth.
Until then, HAPPY READING!
One Book Many Brisbanes: third anthology of Brisbane stories
This book was chosen for its strong local content (including a story set in Brookfield!) and ease of access for all readers.
(From the Brisbane City Council website) "One Book Many Brisbanes 3 is the 2007 anthology of the 10 winning stories. Stories included intriguing tales of visiting presidents, floods, romances and travel."
To obtain the book you have several options
* Buy it at Brisbane City Council Libraries for $11.00
* Buy it from the MOB (Museum of Brisbane)
* Borrow it from any BCC library (copies are being secured for the BCC Mobile Library that parks off Marshall Lane, Kenmore on Tuesdays)
* or read it online at
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:1191494669:pc=PC_2710
So grab a copy of the book and get reading. We'll meet up in September for morning tea or dinner (you choose you favourite option) and talk about it in depth.
Until then, HAPPY READING!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Welcome to The Kenmore Book Club
Welcome to the first posting of the Kenmore Book Club.
The Kenmore Book Club has been set up to introduce residents of Kenmore and surrounding suburbs to new books and new faces. The group has no political, religious, or business affiliations but we are very grateful that Lilyfields Restaurant on Kenmore Road has agreed to host our monthly meetings.
The idea behind the group is to foster a sense of community spirit and develop friendships through social interaction and discussion about books. Every month a new book will be selected and the following month we can meet to discuss our feelings and thoughts about the book.
Everyone is welcome. We will be hosting two meetings a month, both on the first Wednesday of every month (first one to begin on 3rd September). There will be a morning tea session for those who are free during the day, and a dinner session for those who cannot attend during the day or who prefer an evening event.
Although Lilyfields will be the bookclub home, the club is organised independent of Lilyfields, so please direct any enquiries about the club here first. Of course, all information will be forwarded to Lilyfields about the current book and they will be working, wherever possible, to tie in a theme with whatever the current book is.
The first book will be nominated shortly so check back in the next couple of days to find out our first read.
Finally, a book club is only as successful as its members wish it to be - have an open mind about the books, be prepared to be challenged by your reading material, be willing to read something that you might otherwise avoid. It is only through facing challenges and succeeding (or learning from our failures) that we can grow. If you love a book, great! If you hate the book, come along and tell the bookclub why, examine it, talk about it. You may learn much about yourself in the process.
Regards until Wednesday 3rd September.
Kate
kenmorebookclub@y7mail.com
The Kenmore Book Club has been set up to introduce residents of Kenmore and surrounding suburbs to new books and new faces. The group has no political, religious, or business affiliations but we are very grateful that Lilyfields Restaurant on Kenmore Road has agreed to host our monthly meetings.
The idea behind the group is to foster a sense of community spirit and develop friendships through social interaction and discussion about books. Every month a new book will be selected and the following month we can meet to discuss our feelings and thoughts about the book.
Everyone is welcome. We will be hosting two meetings a month, both on the first Wednesday of every month (first one to begin on 3rd September). There will be a morning tea session for those who are free during the day, and a dinner session for those who cannot attend during the day or who prefer an evening event.
Although Lilyfields will be the bookclub home, the club is organised independent of Lilyfields, so please direct any enquiries about the club here first. Of course, all information will be forwarded to Lilyfields about the current book and they will be working, wherever possible, to tie in a theme with whatever the current book is.
The first book will be nominated shortly so check back in the next couple of days to find out our first read.
Finally, a book club is only as successful as its members wish it to be - have an open mind about the books, be prepared to be challenged by your reading material, be willing to read something that you might otherwise avoid. It is only through facing challenges and succeeding (or learning from our failures) that we can grow. If you love a book, great! If you hate the book, come along and tell the bookclub why, examine it, talk about it. You may learn much about yourself in the process.
Regards until Wednesday 3rd September.
Kate
kenmorebookclub@y7mail.com
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