Assignment and New Book!

Book we've read, book we shall read....

Last night was a great chat, ladies! We had fun conversations and actually discussed some of the book club topics, like our upcoming author chat (soon to be scheduled) and what we'll read next! Deets from the chat follow:

First, several of us have finished the most recent book club assignment, and many more are in the middle of reading or are about to get started (you KNOW who you are). Simplicity has been in contact with Alexis Morgan and we will be scheduling the chat shortly after September 24, as she is booked up until then. SO...that means we all need to get the book finished by September 24! Also, a little assignment for everyone: let's each come up with two questions that we want to ask Alexis in the chat, we can discuss them and get ourselves organized prior to the actual author chat. We will also have our own discussion about the book prior to the author chat and might be able to hash out some more relevant questions to impress Ms. Morgan with our wit and incredible observations!

Second, we have picked the next book for reading! YAY! And it turns out not to be any of those in my poll (gee, with the overwhelming number of 8 votes, how could I do this?), but I think this will be a fun and exciting change for us! Our next book will be Beguilement (The Sharing Knife #1) by Lois Mcmaster Bujold. Her website is here: http://www.dendarii.com/. We have plenty of time for this book, so never fear. I will post the synopsis in the next week or so.

Third, we all have been reading many different things on the side. I'd like to recommend a few of these books and please feel free to add comments as to what you would recommend as well. I am starting Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, with book #1, The Gunslinger. True*Love is supposed to be reading this with me (*cough*she better*cough*). This is a fantasy series by Mr. King, not horror. He is so brilliant at taking his reader on such a mind trip, if you have not read him before (I have read at least a dozen of his books) then I suggest you give this a try. I have also read the PC and Kristen Cast House of Night series, including Marked, Betrayed and Chosen. The 4th book in the series, Untamed, is set to be released on 9/23. This series just gets better and better with each book. Nalini Singh's Psy-Changling series, starting with Slave to Sensation is also very good and HOT! I have read the first two in that series, there are now 4. SSVD has been reading Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker series, beginning with Jacob, and I have heard these are very, very good also, although I have yet to partake of them myself. So, not that I believe this is possible, but if you are ever want for a new read, visit here. You can even comment asking for new book suggestions, and I'm sure any number of us can quickly suggest 20 more! HA!

Finally, I will be moving this blog over to an actual website during the next couple of weeks, courtesy of our beloved Geo. I will have blog posts still, and also book club based message boards for our favorite series, so that no matter if you have read Sookie 1 or all of them, you will have a place to chat.

Phew! On a personal note, my daughter was notified today that she has been cast in the Nutcracker modern dance performance! YAY! She will be so excited and I will be sure to let you all know how that goes. Oh, and if you hear of an arrest of a mother in Indiana for assaulting a first grader on my son's football team during the next week, you'll know where that came from...

Love and hugs to you all!

Blue