Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Julie pick & Bring Money

Hey ya'll a couple reminders before club

Julie need to have your book pick ready or at least a couple choices


Everyone but Maren needs money for the baby pool

Have ideas ready for what to do for our anniversary.

SCMBOOKCLUB AGENDA- September 20, 2015


Menu: Tristana- Main, Maren- Drinks, Julie- Salad, Meriah-Side, Jocelyn- Dessert, Ali- App
NOTE: Jocelyn has glasses

I.Call to order by Ali Scontrino

II. Treasurer's Report by Meriah Haro [DUES NOW $10.00]
*Current Balance is: $532.00

III. Next Meeting:
* Book pick- (Maren) Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (288) OR Bastards by Mary Anna King (256)
* Book pick- (Julie) _______________________
* Menu Assignment [Ali/Jocelyn]-
* Meeting Date: October 24th, 2015 (SATURDAY)

IV. Old Business:
*OCTOBER ANNIVERSARY- What to do? Pottery/ comedy night????
*Bring money for Baby pool ($1 square all money goes to Maren)

*2016 The year of the “HAT” (Tristana to weed out any over 400 page books)
*New Page limit 400 pages
*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]
*Order stickers?

V. New Business:

VI. Discussion of Tristana’s Book: Fight Club
NOTE: Book Order- Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn

August 30, 2015 Book Club Notes


$$$ - Balance of $532. Paid: Ali, Tristana, Julie, Jocelyn, Maren paid $20 and Meriah was birthday free.

Next book club is Sept. 20th Tristana’s house.

Book is Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk 224pgs.

Next book pick is Maren’s, possibly Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 288pgs or Bastards by Mary Anna King 256 pgs.

Next proposed date Oct.24, ANNIVERSARY NIGHT!!!! (Maren might have a brand new baby with us) 

Book Pick Order: Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn, Ali, Tristana


Duties: Tristana - Main, Maren - Drinks, Julie - Salad, Meriah - Side, Jocelyn - Dessert, Ali - Glasses/App

Dinner: Beer cheese dip w/pretzels, Bacon Brie Fig Panini’s, stuffed Jalapeno’s, Coffee Cake with Orange Marmalade and Kailua Crunch Ice Cream, and more I don’t remember….Lol

Announcements: Ali –-No news. House party was great!! Tristana – Boyfriend is off house arrest. Maren – No news Julie – Had a physic cleanse the new house. Feeling really good now. Damsel in Defense date change to Oct.??? Jocelyn – High School Football is Coming……… Meriah – 19 years Happily Married!!!

Other Items: Have not looked into stickers yet.

Proposed the Year of the Hat in 2016, Tristana will go through the hat and eliminate books over 400pgs.

Bring extra $$$ for the Maren’s due date baby pool. Its $1 a square and all $$ goes to Maren.  It’s our Anniversary soon!!!!

Ideas: Pottery or Comedy night. Possibly stay local for baby….. Keep thinking! Bring ideas to next club.

Discussion: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Ali’s pick) Everyone Finished!!!!

Ali – Really liked. A page turner. Very intense, raw craziness. Feel very educated. Cried a few times. 4/5 Meriah – Liked overall. Really depressing, almost didn’t want to finish, but proud I did. 3.5/5 Julie – Liked, but thought Kite Runner was better. A page turner. 3/5 Jocelyn – Liked. Very depressing! Enjoyed learning the political aspects of the time. 3/5 Maren- Liked better then Kite Runner. Very depressing, but enjoyed the timeline. 3/5 Tristana – Liked. Hated the names and politics. Felt that some scenes were ended abruptly. 4/5

Favorite Characters: Ali – Miriam Meriah – Aziz Julie – Bobi and Miriam
Jocelyn – Bobi and Tariq Maren – Miriam and Tariq Tristana - Tariq

Thursday, August 20, 2015

PLEASE NOTE UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS- MARENS BABYSHOWER NOTED THE LAST TWO MONTHS

REMINDER: THE LAST TWO MEETING MINUTES ANNOUNCED MAREN'S BABYSHOWER; THIS SATURDAY AT 2PM.

Hope all the bookclub ladies will be attending..


July 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes
July 19, 2015 Book Club Notes
$$$ - Balance of $472. Paid: Jocelyn, Ali, Julie, Meriah, Tristana no pay for birthday. Maren owes.

Next book club is Aug. 30th – Hosted by Ali at Meriah’s new house. Pool Party!!!! This will be Meriah’s birthday club.

Book is A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini 432 pgs.

Next book pick is Tristana, possibly Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk 224 pgs.

Next date proposed is Sept. 20th.

Book Pick Order – Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn


Duties: Ali- Main, Tristana- Drinks, Maren- Salad, Julie- Side, Meriah- Dessert, Joe- Glasses /App

Dinner: Zucchini turkey/chorizo tacos, Cheese/dip platter, Beet salad, Homemade tomatillo salsa, Greek fro yo with mini peanut butter cups, sliced strawberries and whipped cream.

Announcements: Ali- House warming party on Aug.15th Jocelyn- Cy’s play running July 29-Aug 2nd Tickets at LPRT.org

Tristana- Birthday BBQ at her house Aug4th. Kitty was hit by a car, but lives on  Maren- Pool time baby shower is Aug 22nd at 2:00. Need to think of pool games. Julie- Had a great trip in Maui, got a new tattoo. Feeling really happy with new boyfriend Chris. Hosting a Damsel’s in Defense party on Set 13th, 4:00 at Bailey Property Management building in SV.
Meriah- Moving to Bonny Doon. Birthday is Sept 1st, maybe a pool party.

Other Items: Punishment for not reading the book is there will be no recap from now on!

Bring back the game – Which actors would play book characters.

We received book club pens from Julie, from all the way across the sea 


Discussion: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Joe’s pick) Tristana and Maren didn’t finish ……No Recap Ali: Enjoyed book. Liked the spider web life of the actor. 4/5 Jocelyn: Really liked for a post apocalyptic book. Liked the jumping from past to present. Loved that there was a tattoo artist even after all that befell mankind!! 3.5/5 Julie: Thought the author had beautiful details and loved the way it was written. Loved that Clark started the museum. 4/5 Meriah: Enjoyed book. Really liked the Symphony. Could have used some more prophet action. 3.5/5
Favorite Characters: Ali – Kristen and Miranda Meriah – Kirsten, Clark and Miranda Jocelyn – August the Archer Julie – Miranda and Clark Maren – Miranda Tristana – Miranda
Kevin Spacey would play Arthur
“It was the small people that made the world go around. We don’t realize till things stop”

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

July 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes

July 19, 2015 Book Club Notes
$$$ - Balance of $472. Paid: Jocelyn, Ali, Julie, Meriah, Tristana no pay for birthday. Maren owes.

Next book club is Aug. 30th – Hosted by Ali at Meriah’s new house. Pool Party!!!! This will be Meriah’s birthday club.

Book is A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini 432 pgs.

Next book pick is Tristana, possibly Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk 224 pgs.

Next date proposed is Sept. 20th.

Book Pick Order – Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn


Duties: Ali- Main, Tristana- Drinks, Maren- Salad, Julie- Side, Meriah- Dessert, Joe- Glasses /App

Dinner: Zucchini turkey/chorizo tacos, Cheese/dip platter, Beet salad, Homemade tomatillo salsa, Greek fro yo with mini peanut butter cups, sliced strawberries and whipped cream.

Announcements: Ali- House warming party on Aug.15th Jocelyn- Cy’s play running July 29-Aug 2nd Tickets at LPRT.org

Tristana- Birthday BBQ at her house Aug4th. Kitty was hit by a car, but lives on  Maren- Pool time baby shower is Aug 22nd at 2:00. Need to think of pool games. Julie- Had a great trip in Maui, got a new tattoo. Feeling really happy with new boyfriend Chris. Hosting a Damsel’s in Defense party on Set 13th, 4:00 at Bailey Property Management building in SV.
Meriah- Moving to Bonny Doon. Birthday is Sept 1st, maybe a pool party.

Other Items: Punishment for not reading the book is there will be no recap from now on!

Bring back the game – Which actors would play book characters.

We received book club pens from Julie, from all the way across the sea 


Discussion: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Joe’s pick) Tristana and Maren didn’t finish ……No Recap Ali: Enjoyed book. Liked the spider web life of the actor. 4/5 Jocelyn: Really liked for a post apocalyptic book. Liked the jumping from past to present. Loved that there was a tattoo artist even after all that befell mankind!! 3.5/5 Julie: Thought the author had beautiful details and loved the way it was written. Loved that Clark started the museum. 4/5 Meriah: Enjoyed book. Really liked the Symphony. Could have used some more prophet action. 3.5/5
Favorite Characters: Ali – Kristen and Miranda Meriah – Kirsten, Clark and Miranda Jocelyn – August the Archer Julie – Miranda and Clark Maren – Miranda Tristana – Miranda
Kevin Spacey would play Arthur
“It was the small people that made the world go around. We don’t realize till things stop”

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Maren & Tristana please answer

Hello ladies,
In the last Meeting Minutes a couple questions were to be clarified.

1) Maren's Babyshower at Highlands..... First of all Maren we love you and you can have as many kids as you want and we will still want to celebrate with a babyshower. So get that whole I already had a boy babyshower business out of your head. Secondly, if you dont want the formal babyshower as you had originally planned then maybe we can do a special SCMbookclub only babyshower. Maybe we can do it at your house and do a pool theme, have BBQ and food and stuff maybe play a cheesy game or pool game or something. So I have the 22nd blocked off- I say let's celebrate!!!!! Let us know how and where my lovely!!!


2) Tristana's Birthday party. Please confirm the date of your bday party so we can lock it in. So far we have noted Friday August 14th. Where and what time sister!!!!!!





3) Tristana: You are the next book pick after me. Start thinking of a book so when we have July club we can get the thought process going.




PS: Station 11 is really good!!!!! Start reading club is next week!!!!!!

June 28, 2015 Book Club Notes


$$$ - Balance of $362 (I think)
Paid: Jocelyn, Maren, Meriah, Julie, Ali, and Tristana paid off outstanding balance. Tristana paid Julie for her glass also.

Next book club is July 19th at Jocelyn’s Book is Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 352 pgs

Next book pick is Ali’s. Club on Aug. 30th A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 418 pgs

Book Pick Order- Jocelyn, Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah

Duties: Jocelyn- Main, Ali- Drinks, Tristana- Salad, Maren – Side, Julie – Dessert and Meriah – Glasses/Appetizer

Dinner: Baked asparagus, Lemon chicken pita burgers, Fizzy margaritas and Banana cream pies (these mini pies were delish!!!!!).

Announcements: 1) Ali looking into getting stickers off the internet. 2) Ali having house warming party on Aug 15th 2:00-till the end. Pot luck style. 3) Maren’s baby shower Aug 22nd at Highlands….[Shall we make it an SCMbookclub thing??] 4) Julie’s going to Maui…..yahoo! 5) Cypress is in the play Back to the Beanstock in Ben Lomond. Tickets for sale on LPRT.org Performances are July23-26 and July29-Aug 2nd. 6) Tristana birthday party on Aug 14th……. Still to be confirmed 7) Anniversaries: Meriah and Shannon 19 yrs on July 19th and Jocelyn and Mike 15 yrs on July 31st (so much love  )

Discussion: Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler (Meriah’s pick) Everyone Read!!!!

Ali: Spooky. Loved Callie’s research of the house history. 3.5/5 Jocelyn: Loved the descriptions about the architecture. 4/5 Tristana: Enjoyed. So much left unanswered though. 4/5 Maren: Thought there should be more rumors and town talk about the house. 3.5/5 Julie: Loved the ying yang aspects. Thought some parts were too wordy and some parts needed more description. 3/5 Meriah: Loved the aspect of facing our fears. Agreed that there was some great description and then some just dropped. 4/5

Favorite Characters: Jocelyn – The House and Alphonzo
Julie - Bobbie Ali – Celestia
Meriah - Callie
Tristana – Celestia and Jordi Maren – Celestia

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