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BOOK CLUB

Book Club is the Third Thursday of the month unless otherwise indicated by the Hostess.

Members (by order of rotation)
Sandra . Lori . Clare . Cara . Carole . Shawn . Crista . Libby . Jayme . Laura . Catherine . Veronica . Karen . Betsy

March 19, 2015 - CRISTA - How To Be Both: A Novel by Ali Smith

April 16, 2015 - LIBBY - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

May 21, 2015 - JAYME - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

June 18, 2015 - LAURA
July 16, 2015 - CATHERINE
August 20, 2015 - VERONICA
September 17, 2015 - KAREN
October 15, 2015 - BETSY

ROTATION RESTARTS
November 19, 2015 - SANDRA
DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 3, 2015 - LORI's
JANUARY 14, 2016 - LORI
FEBRUARY 18, 2016 - CLARE
MARCH 17, 2016 - CARA
APRIL 21, 2016 - CAROLE
MAY 19, 2016 - SHAWN
JUNE 16, 2016 - CRISTA
JULY 21, 2016 - LIBBY
AUGUST 18, 2016 - JAYME
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 - LAURA
OCTOBER 20, 2016 - CATHERINE
NOVEMBER 17, 2016 - VERONICA
DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 1, 2015 - LORI's
JANUARY 19, 2017 - KAREN
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BETSY
ROTATION RESTARTS

Some Past Books: The Help, Love Monkey, the Poisonwood Bible, A Piece of Cake, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Escape, Big Fish, Mom Always Liked You Best, Loving Frank, Ricochet: A Novel, Twilight, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, My Sister's Keeper, The Carrie Diaries, The Liars Club, The Worst Thing I've Done, The Wish Club, Still Alice, Middlesex, 'Tis, Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Cutting for Stone, The Island, Timeline, My Lobtomy, Water for Elephants, Zeitoun, The Cat's Table, The Hunger Games, Sarah's Key, A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love and Loss by RoseMarie Terenzio, Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb, City of Thieves by David Benioff, The Caller, Fifty Shades of Grey, Room, Gone Girl, Life of Pi, Swamplandia, And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M.L. Stedman, Where's you Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple, The Dinner by Herman Koch, Heft by Liz Moore, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, Little Failure: A Memoire by Gary Shtygart, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld, I Forgot to Remember by Susan E Mec ...

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Reminder - The Houston Croquet Classic - OPEN BAR ALL DAY

Hey all - SIGN UP by next week! It is Open Bar all day so you can imagine how much fun it is. $40 of your $65 sign up is tax deductible, so essentially $15 for OPEN BAR, two round of croquet, lunch, and music by the Fondue Monks! It usually goes until 4 so it is all day fun. :)
(And it is drinking and playing to support kids with cancer so you will feel good about yourself as well!)

This a reminder that the annual Houston Croquet Classic benefiting the Sunshine Kids Foundation will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2009 on the campus of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, at the edge of New Chinatown.  This is a very fun event that requires absolutely no experience or skill in croquet, and helps a great Houston-based charity that aids children with cancer and their families. 

In addition to a competitive, if poorly played croquet tournament, there is a catered lunch, live music from the Fondue Monks, expansive silent auction (the includes use of a six-bedroom villa in Acapulco, and lunch with a baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster) and probably too much alcohol, including beer from Saint Arnold Brewery and surprisingly strong cocktails from the city's most charming bartender.  There will also be raffled items and a contest for best croquet attire (women, think hats).  It's always a blast, even last year when the weather was miserable.  It will be nice this year.

Please encourage friends and family to attend, also.  It is on of the most enjoyable charity events around.  The cost is $65 per person, or $125 per team.  A team is two people.  Space and math dictate that we are limited to 64 teams in the tournament.  You can sign-up and pay at:

www.houstoncroquetclassic.org

Hope that you can make it.  If not, we are quick to accept donations for the children ...

Lori


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