Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club

Ciao Everyone! As I literally tossed and turned last night due to an oversized Panera Bread coffee and Barb’s mindful words from last night’s meeting to “send out the email as soon as you get home,” I’m writing this strung out on sleep apnea and giving all of you a full two month start toward reading our next book. At our Wednesday, June 22 meeting we selected The Paris Wife: a Novel by Paula McLain as our August title. We will meet on Tuesday, August 23, at my house at 6:30 pm to discuss the book. If everyone can bring a French dish or appetizer, it will make for a thematic evening! Members in attendance at our June meeting were Barb, Becky, Sharon, Lori, and me. Our title The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball provided us with ample fodder for discussion. We were baffled by this author and narrator as she shared her story of giving up a professional lifestyle in the big city in exchange for the daily toil and hardship of farm living. We decided that her relationship with a man li...

Hi Everyone, The summer days are longer, but I still can’t seem to find time to write, so again I am sorry for the long delay. Book club will be here in just a few days on Tuesday, June 21 at 6:30 PM, so I hope you open this email early enough to get started on our June selection, The Dirty Life by Kristen Kimball. I am changing our location from Mama Rosa’s to Panera Bread since, if the weather is pleasant, we can enjoy eating and discussing outdoors. The May book club met at Mama Rosa’s Restaurant on Tuesday, May 31 to discuss the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. In attendance were Barb, Cheryl, Ginnie, Jody, Lori, and myself. As the book was recently made into a movie, Jody opted to see the cinema version. It was interesting to hear how Hollywood translated the book into film. I am anxious to see it, although the “nursing home” setting is missing, a part of the book I viewed as vitally important. Jody, however, having not read the book, still enjoyed the movie. If ...