Books I want to read......

Rude Bitches Make me Tired....

Casual Vacancy

Dolores Claiborne

Younger

Cuckoos Calling

The infinite (5th Wave sequel)

The Good Neighbor

Terms of Use


That's just the recent wants........

Need to Finish My name is Memory

SCMBOOKCLUB AGENDA- FEBRUARY (03-06-16) 4:30pm

Menu: Ali- Main, Jocelyn-Glasses & Apps, Julie- Drinks, Tristana-Side, Maren-Dessert, Meriah-Salad;

I.Call to order by Ali Scontrino

II. Treasurer's Report by Meriah Haro [DUES NOW $10.00]-
*Current Balance: $285.00

III. Next Meeting: *******03/06/2016
* Book pick- (Tristana) _______________________
* Book pick- (Maren) _______________________
* Menu Assignment [Ali/Jocelyn]-

* Meeting Date: MARCH 28th, 2016 (SUNDAY) 4:30pm??

*Books Not finished Count: -Jocelyn-0, Meriah-2, Julie-1, Ali-1, Maren-2, Tristana-3

IV. Old Business:
*2016 “HAT” (Tristana to weed out any over 400)- Status???
*New Page limit 400-50 pages
*Get New Bookclub Stickers Made (Ali & Meriah to price)- New logo w/ 6 Books labeled with our names?
*New apparel- Meriah & Ali to get pricing- out of pocket expense for each member

V. New Business:
*Anniversary Club should be a separate meeting from Book Talk meeting

VI. Discussion of ALI’s Book: The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (355pgs)

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

January 31, 2016 Book Club Notes

$$$- Balance of 285.00

Paid: Jocelyn, Julie, Meriah, Maren, Tristana paid past dues as well and its Ali’s birthday freebee!!

Next book club is March 6th (date change) at Ali’s house

Book is Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 352 pgs

Next book pick is Tristana’s….???

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

Duties: Ali-main, Jocelyn-glasses/apps, Julie-drinks, Tristana-side, Maren-dessert, Meriah-salad

Dinner: Buffalo chicken ring w/ blue cheese, Eggs, Sausages/bacon, Rosemary potatoes, Waffles, Fruit salad, Coffee cake and Mimosas

Announcements: Jocelyn- Sotero is turning 18

Other Items: No info on gear.

Count of books not finished: Jocelyn-0/ Meriah-2/ Julie-1/ Ali-1/ Maren-2/ Tristana-3?

Discussion: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Jocelyn’s Pick) Only Jocelyn and Julie finished

Jocelyn-Loved that book was based off GM foods. Enjoyed the politics and that it was a read you really had to pay attention too. Thought the book would be more about the Windup girl though. 3.5/5

Julie- Did NOT enjoy. Annoying to read. Too much detail or not enough detail. Confusing. Hated political corporation crap. 2.5/5

Ali- Loved the book! Entertained the whole time. Disappointed I didn’t finish.”I’m celebrating me and that takes time.” 4/5

Maren- I don’t like post apocalyptic books, I always want to be one of the first to die. Hated the rape scene. Well written though. 3/5

Meriah- Liked where book was going. Just couldn’t finish because I got so sick. 3/5

Tristana- Didn’t like. To techy. I just wanted to read and not look everything up. 2/5

Favorite Characters: Jocelyn- The Cheshire’s Julie- Dead Jadee Ali- Emiko Maren- Emiko Meriah- Jadee Tristana-?

SCMBOOKCLUB AGENDA- January (01-31-16) 4:30pm

Menu: Jocelyn- Main; Meriah- Apps- Drinks & glasses; Ali- Salad; Julie- Side;
I.Call to order by Ali Scontrino
II. Treasurer's Report by Meriah Haro [DUES NOW $10.00]-
*Current Balance: $200.00

**Tristana owe double dues for Nov & December= $40.00 (Consider Freezing Membership so dues don’t accrue??)

III. Next Meeting: *******01/31/2016
* Book pick- (Ali) _______________________
* Book pick- (Tristana) _______________________

* Menu Assignment [Ali/Jocelyn]-

* Meeting Date: February 28th, 2016 (SUNDAY) 4:30pm

*People who Have used their pass: -Meriah, Tristana & Maren (Nov book)
-Tristana (Dec book????)

IV. Old Business:
*2016 The year of the “HAT” (Tristana to weed out any over 400 page books)- Status?
*New Page limit 400-50 pages
*Get New Bookclub Stickers Made (Ali & Meriah to price)- New logo w/ 6 Books labeled with our names?
*New apparel- Meriah & Ali to get pricing- out of pocket expense for each member

V. New Business:
*Anniversary Club should be a separate meeting from Book Talk meeting

VI. Discussion of Jocelyn’s Book: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (432pgs)

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

January 3, 2016 Book Club Notes

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
$$$- Balance of 200.00

Paid: Jocelyn, Ali, Julie, Meriah, Maren paid double dues,

and Tristana owes double dues twice…….?

Next book club is Jan 31st at Jocelyn’s house

Book is The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi 432 pgs

Next book pick is Ali’s, possibly Accidental Tourist or Area X???

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

Duties: Jocelyn-main, Meriah-apps/glasses, Ali-salad, Julie-side, and Tristana drinks

Dinner: Lox/capers and apple/brie crackers; Arugula goat cheese salad; Artichoke, spinach and turkey casserole; Garlic/rosemary bread; Tomato soup; Mango/orange juice champagnes…..YUM!!

Announcements: Ali- got engaged; getting married 9/17/17 Maren- Got divorced and married. Now Mrs. Peduto Jocelyn- Took Sotero to Santa Barbara to check out colleges and moving possibilities. Julie- Boy moved in, totally in love!!

Other Items: Year of the hat gone through??? (tRISTANA) Still need to research gear costs??? (Ali & Meriah)

Discussion: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (Meriah’s pick) Julie- Loved it. Kept me guessing till the end. 5/5 Ali- Loved!! Intrigued all the way thru. Loved the ending twist. 6/5 Maren- Really liked it. Couldn’t put it down. 5/5 Jocelyn- Loved the character development and vocabulary!! Great ending!! 5/5 Meriah- Loved the perspectives flipped together. Great ending. 5/5

Favorite Characters: Julie- Vivian and Gerry Ali- Vivian, Jimmy, and Gerry Maren- Vivian, Gerry and Jimmy’s Dad Jocelyn- Vivian and Jimmy Meriah- Vivian and Jimmy

Favorite Quote: Clip along loves, no time to dillydally. 1940’s YOLO!!

SCMBOOKCLUB AGENDA- December (01-03-16) 4:30pm

Menu: Meriah- Main/Julie- Glassses & Apps/Ali-Side/ Joe-Salad/TRistana- Dessert/ Maren- Drinks
NOTE: Jocelyn has glasses
I.Call to order by Ali Scontrino
II. Treasurer's Report by Meriah Haro [DUES NOW $10.00]-
*Current Balance: $119.00
**Maren & Tristana owe double dues for Nov
III. Next Meeting: *******01/03/2016
* Book pick- (Jocelyn) _______________________
* Book pick- (Ali) _______________________
* Menu Assignment [Ali/Jocelyn]-
* Meeting Date: January 3rd, 2016 (SUNDAY)
*People who Have used their pass: Clean Slate Let’s all try to not pass on any book this year-Meriah, Tristana & Maren
IV. Old Business:
*2016 The year of the “HAT” (Tristana to weed out any over 400 page books)- Status?
*New Page limit 400-50 pages
*Get New Bookclub Stickers Made (Ali & Meriah to price)- New logo w/ 6 Books labeled with our names?
*New apparel- Meriah & Ali to get pricing- out of pocket expense for each member
V. New Business:
*Anniversary Club should be a separate meeting from Book Talk meeting
VI. Discussion of Julie’s Book: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (481pgs)
NOTE: Book Order- Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah, Jocelyn

November 29, 2015 Book Club Notes

$$$ - Balance of $119. Paid : Meriah and Ali. Jocelyn and Julie’s Birthday club….Free Tristana and Maren owe double dues. We missed you!!!
Next book club is Jan 3rd at Meriah’s house Book is The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 481pgs. (approved by club) Next book pick is Jocelyn…….. Book Pick Order: Jocelyn, Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah
Duties: Meriah-main, Julie- glasses/apps, Ali- side, Joe- salad, Tristana- dessert, Maren- drinks Dinner: Chicken tostadas, green salad, homemade ice cream sandwiches…yum!!, Irish Rose and beers.
Announcements: No personal news to share.
Other Items: Ali handed the hat to Meriah to pass to Tristana. Still going to look up pricing for goods. From now on we want to separate club from anniversary night. Two meetings that month.
Discussion: Scorching Wind By Walter Maken (Julie’s pick) Only Jocelyn and Ali finished (not sure about Tristana?)
Ali- The book kept being bad! Hated it so much I felt like I would never care to read again. Author was jumpy. Lots of typos. 0/5 Jocelyn- SO boring! And confusing. Author kept jumping between 1st and 3rd person, so annoying. The writing style was horrible. 1/5 Julie – Felt let down. Wanted to learn more about Irish history. Elementary grammer. Just couldn’t finish. 1/5 Meriah- Couldn’t keep my eyes open. No character development. Could have been great, but no action. 1/5
Favorite Characters: Ali- Poric Jocelyn- The women of the time Julie- Joe 2 and Matt the sailor Meriah- Poric