December Meeting (01/09/11)

Meeting Date:             01/09/11

Time:                                                    4:00pm

Location:                                              Maren's House

Main:                                                    Maren (Panini's)- SOOO YUMMY; I love that little machine!

Side:                                                    Ali (Root Beer Floats)

Beverages:                                            Meriah (Bevs & Pasta Salad)

Salad:                                                  Julie (Salad)

1. Look Back 2010:

- Established Clubhouse

-The Trophy: Now to become a "Spirit Cup" (LOL), to be passed at each annual games.

2.      Tutorial for website

WE all have stepped into the Technology age; using Nooks, Kindles, & Ebooks while looking at our web blog on a laptop. Who'd a thunk some mountain folk could read??

3.       Mental Trivia: remebering 2010's books with no notes and in order. We ROCK.

           -Lovely Bones

           -Middle Sex

           -The Red Tent

           -The Alchemist

           -The potatoe peel Society....

           -The Help

           -The Little Stranger

           -The Bean Trees

           -The Road

           -Grave Sight

           -Shit My Dad Says

4.      Favs of 2010 (Need Tristana's book???-just edit this section)

          The Alchemist, The Red Tent, The Helpx2

5.     Font Approved- Meriah order up

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Club Gear:

1. Sweat shirts (Coming Soon) “Reading is Sexy”
   1. Front small left "Reading is Sexy"; Back large Logo; zip-up hoodies
   2. FONT APPROVED. JULIE- email meriah the email address.....
   3. Meriah to make the order YAY!!!! just in time for this cold spell.
2. Book Bags (Coming Soon)
3. Logo: Switch it up???

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Next Book Pick:  The ORDER->Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah 

Julie                (Little Bee by Chris Cleave) ( (Jan ’11- Meeting in Feb 6th??)

Meriah             (????????) ( (Feb’11- Meet in Feb 27th???)

Ali                   (Full Dark, No Stars Stephen King) (Mar’11- Meet in March)

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Dues: 01/10/11 Need Dues from last night

Balance:                         $187. Julie paid Dues for all for XMAS= $230.00

Purchases:         Sweatshirts= $200 w/ bags

Look Ahead Dates:

· Jan Bookclub- Julie-                              02/06/11            Sun 4:00pm

  FebBookclub- Meriah-                            2/27/11              Sun 4:00pm

November Meeting (12/05/10)

Meeting Date:             12/05/10

Time:                                                    4:00pm

Location:                                              Tristana’s House

Main:                                                    Tristana

Side:                                                    Maren

Beverages:                                            Julie

Salad:                                                  Meriah

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Club Gear:

1. Tanks
2. Hats
3. Sweat shirts (Coming Soon) “Reading is Sexy”
1. Front small left "Reading is Sexy"; Back large Logo; zip-up hoodies
2. JULIE working on FONT- get font to Meriah for Order
4. Book Bags (Coming Soon)
5. Necklaces (Awesome Maren!!!!)
6. Charm Bracelets (Coming Soon): We each make a charm; trade off every year. 1^st 5 charms for start of bracelet.
7. STICKERS: (Coming Soon):       $20/each. Get 100; pick new logo
8. Logo: Switch it up.
9. Booty Shorts (Soon to come)

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Next Book Pick:  Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah 

Maren              (Shit My Dad Says ) ( (Dec ’10- Meet in January)

Julie                (Little Bee by Chris Cleave) ( (Jan ’10- Meeting in Feb)

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Dues:

Balance:                         $187. Julie paid Dues for all for XMAS= $230.00

Purchases:         Sweatshirts= $200 w/ bags

Look Ahead Dates:

·  Dec Bookclub- Maren-                              01/16/10               Sun 4:00pm
   Jan Bookclub- Julie-                                02/06/10              Sun 4:00pm

Ladies check out the look ahead dates. let me know.

Look Ahead Dates:

·                     Dec Bookclub- Maren-Shit my dad says              01/16/11                Sun 4:30pm

·                     Jan Bookclub- Julie- Little Bee by Chris Cleave    02/13/11               Sun 4:30pm

·                     Feb Bookclub- Meriah-_____________            03/06/11               Sun 4:30pm

·                     Mar Bookclub- Ali-________________            04/03/11               Sun 4:30pm

12/05/10: November Meeting

Meeting Date:             12/05/10

Time:                                                    4:00pm

Location:                                              Tristana’s House

Main:                                                    Tristana

Side:                                                    Maren

Beverages:                                            Julie

Salad:                                                  Meriah

3rd Anniversary: October 2010

Meeting Date:             11/07/10

Time:                                                  3:00pm

Location:                                             Clubhouse

Main:                                                  Ali enchiladas

3^rd year anniversary party; team made it happen.

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Club Gear:

1. Tanks
2. Hats
3. Sweat shirts (Coming Soon) “Reading is Sexy”
4. Book Bags (Coming Soon)
5. Necklaces (Awesome Maren!!!!)
6. Charm Bracelets (Coming Soon): We each make a charm; trade off every year. 1^st 5 charms for start of bracelet.
7. STICKERS: (Coming Soon):       $20/each. Get 100; pick new logo
8. Logo: Switch it up.
9. Booty Shorts (Soon to come)

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Next Book Pick:  Ali, Tristana, Maren, Julie, Meriah 

Tristana           (Grave Sight by Charlain Harris) ( (Nov ’10- Meeting in Dec)

Maren              (Shit My Dad Says ) ( (Dec ’10- Meet in January)

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Dues:

Balance:                         $167 + Meriah $20 for Anniversary= 187.

Purchases:         Sweatshirts= $200 w/ bags

Look Ahead Dates:

·                     Nov Bookclub- Tristana-                                    December 12th      Sun 4:30pm

·                     Dec Bookclub- Maren-                              Early Jan               Sun 4:30pm

Clubhouse decorations

11/19/10
Hey ladies! Just letting you know about the fabulous clubhouse. I went through my keepsakes and found all my cool nick nacks from my childhood. Many of which fit perfectly in the clubhouse so I get to actually use the shit. And it's adorable!!!! I have awards from old book contests, stuffed animals and old school classic books that my mom packed away.

It's pretty f-in' cool gals. We are so totally having a sleepover bookclub meeting!

SCMBC: Documents #4

Reflection on being an outsider from the Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
By Ali Scontrino

The room is dark, black, full of emptiness
Blinding like the sun
We crumble to dust and blow away
They knock in silence asking for help
Pounding like my heart in fire
Dark and hidden from the world
He is listening to no sound at all
Laughing death in the face, with the rest of the hiding souls
As the sun burns through your soul
I step away and blood flows
I turn to water and lay in a puddle