a good read

Ok, don't laught too hard, but I must confess that I participate in a "townie mommy" book club. At first I was a cynic and assumed that myself and most of the mamas in the club would not have loads in common {besides living in town + being able to reproduce}. But I have to admit that this was not the case! Over the years I have met lots of different women, read a number of great books + had a great time at the meetings chatting about the book {and anything else that came up} over a glass of wine.

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The book club does not meet in the summer + I was in need of a bit of a mind vacation via book, so during the last weeks of August, I picked up the series of 3 books by Stieg Larsson. While I usually like my murder mysteries to be more soft core, like Murder, She Wrote, I figured I'd give the books a try anyway. The first book, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was a little tough to get into but before long I was hooked into the story...by the end of the week I was onto the second book { pic. above}, which I tore through in just a few days. Disturbing, yes, but that is apparently the jist of these murder mystery type books?

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I have not started the last book yet, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, but I have it. There is nothing like a good book to give your brain a rest from the hamster wheel it can be at times. Maybe during the winter break from teaching?

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And just for laughs, in the couple of weeks since I typed this post and hit publish, I have actually taken over the role of Book Club Coordinator fort the mommy group. Freaking hillarious, I know. The queen bee of book clubs was looking for a break + while I don't exactly have loads of extra time on my hands at present, I hated to see the group go under. So now I'm the book club queen bee! LAUGH HARD NOW. I just have to send out a few emails every so often...maybe host a meeting at my house {by default} if I can't get someone else to volunteer. I can handle that.

The next book we will be reading is “Make Me An Offer” by Jessica Dee Rohm. This book will actually be a "meet the author" event at a restaurant in town mid October. Sadly, most of us mama's will not have been relieved by the time the event starts at 5:30...but we will hopefully still meet for a little wine and chatting at someone's house anyway? I'm still working it out...I hope the book is good!

Happy reading!