Monday, March 23, 2015

SCMBOOKCLUB AGENDA- March 03/29/15

Menu: Ali- Glasses (Julie has), Tristana- Main, Meriah-side, Julie- Salad, Maren-Drinks, Joe- Dessert.
I.Call to order by Ali Scontrino

II. Treasurer's Report by Meriah Haro [DUES NOW $10.00
*Recap on dues rules: Do we charge double dues for missing a meeting or just last minute cancelations? (Revisit rule book)

III. For Next Meeting:
* Book pick- (Maren) The Stolen Child???????
* Menu Assignment [Maren Cellitti]
* Meeting Date

IV. Old Business:
*Clothes Swap is on April 7th 4-7pm
*Quote for Beer Steins (Julie Task)- ETA
*Get New Bookclub Stickers Made (Who wants this task?)- Same logo? New logo w/ 7 figures? [9/29/14 Minutes: *Buy 25 stickers, [Add Artwork, favorite books The Help, red tent, twilight, life of pi, water for elephants, secret life of bees, 11/23/63, Gone Girl, Malice, Alchemist, Time Travelers Wife, The Kite Runner, Eat Pray Love, Dustlands, I'm Down, Under the Banner of Heaven, Are you there Vodka, it's me Chelsea] YEAR STARTED: Year we started October 2007]
*Do we want to order stickers? Tattoo Ideas??
V. New Business:

VI. Discussion of Ali’s book: Girl on a Train


NOTE: Book Order- Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn

FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES: March 1, 2015 Book Club Notes

$$$ - We have a balance of $132.00 Paid: Everyone paid 

Next book club is March 29th at Tristana’s house Book is Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 360 pgs

Next book pick is Maren’s. Possibly The Stolen Child (It’s a movie)
Duties: Ali-glasses (Julie still has them), Tristana- main, Meriah- side, Julie- salad, Maren- drinks,Joe dessert
The person hosting needs to notify the club of their main by Wed., so we can make our items based on this.
Recap on jobs: Joe-notes, Meriah- $$$, Tristana- timekeeper, Maren- Menu, Julie- marketing, and PR, Ali- blog and enforcement of policies 

Book Choice Order: Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Joe.

Announcements: Clothes swap has been moved to April 7th.
Glasses still need to be fixed and still need a quote for beer steins.
Moving the agenda to the blog, for all to see.

Do we still want to order stickers? Tank tops? Tattoo ideas?

The lovely dinner we enjoyed this month – Swedish meatballs, Kale and Potatoes, Salad, Beer and Moscow Mules, and Hungarian shortbread cookies. YUM!! YUM!!

Discussion: String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones (Ali’s pick)
Everyone read it!!

Opinions:
Maren- Liked the book overall. Enjoyed the ending although found it unrealistic. 4/5
Julie- Liked the happy ending because Leah needed a mom. There were a few cheesy parts throughout the book though. 4/5
Ali- Liked the book a lot, felt like the ending was rushed a bit. 5/5
Tristana- Loved the book and likes the possibility of a sequel. 4.5/ 5
Joe- Liked the book overall, but felt torn about the ending. Do they all have to happy endings? 4/5
Meriah- Liked the book and could go either way with the ending, good or bad. 4/5
Favorite Characters:
Julie- Seb
Maren- Hannah and Nate
Tristana- Leah
Joe- Nicole, Jakab, and Nate
Ali- Mosses
Meriah- Gabriel, Leah and Hannah

Amazon First Reads this month has Tiger Chair- A short story written by Max Brooks (Devolution the bigfoot book we read)

Thought this was cool; This is Amazon's Free first read this month. This is the Author of Devolution which we liked about the Bigfoots. ...