Re: If I could read any book in the world....
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Elizabeth Lauten
Jan 12, 2012, 6:05:06 PM1/12/12
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Yay Hunger Games. Best book I've read in ages!! I can't wait!
I suggest "Bitter is the New Black" by Jen Lancaster. I've mentioned it to you ladies before. It's a funny as heck chick-book. You can check out the author's blog (http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/) to get a sense of her sarcastic style. Definitely better than some of this other crazy (and/or snooze-worthy) stuff you all have had made me read. ;)
I suggest "Bitter is the New Black" by Jen Lancaster. I've mentioned it to you ladies before. It's a funny as heck chick-book. You can check out the author's blog (http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/) to get a sense of her sarcastic style. Definitely better than some of this other crazy (and/or snooze-worthy) stuff you all have had made me read. ;)
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Stephanie L. Fontenot <fonte...@gmail.com> wrote:
The GPBC wants to know what that book would be!We're on a search for books for our 2012 list and we need your help!February's Glover Park Book Club will be "The Hunger Games". We'll be organizing a happy hour/theater date when the movie comes out, so keep your eyes out for it!Do you have suggestions for books? Send your pics to our Google Group or reply back to this email. We're open to any and all ideas as long as they're under or around 250 pages long.Cheers and happy reading, bookworms!The GPBC--
Stephanie L. Fontenot
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(252) 955-8680
@StephFont
Allyson Browning
Jan 17, 2012, 9:44:50 AM1/17/12
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I suggest "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" by Emily Giffin. I
am sure you all have seen or heard of the movie, but it honestly
doesn't even compare to the book. Emily Giffin is one of my favorite
authors and I would recommend any of her books, but these two are
great and are similar to a series so we could read them over two
months.
On Jan 12, 6:05 pm, Elizabeth Lauten <elau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yay Hunger Games. Best book I've read in ages!! I can't wait!
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> I suggest "Bitter is the New Black" by Jen Lancaster. I've mentioned it to
> you ladies before. It's a funny as heck chick-book. You can check out the
> author's blog (http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/) to get a sense of
> her sarcastic style. Definitely better than some of this other crazy
> (and/or snooze-worthy) stuff you all have had made me read. ;)
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Stephanie L. Fontenot <fonteno...@gmail.com
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> > wrote:
> > *The GPBC wants to know what that book would be! *
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> > We're on a *search for books for our 2012 list* and we need your help!
> > (252) 955-8680
> > <http://2010alz.kintera.org/bvbdc/stephfont>
> > @StephFont
am sure you all have seen or heard of the movie, but it honestly
doesn't even compare to the book. Emily Giffin is one of my favorite
authors and I would recommend any of her books, but these two are
great and are similar to a series so we could read them over two
months.
On Jan 12, 6:05 pm, Elizabeth Lauten <elau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yay Hunger Games. Best book I've read in ages!! I can't wait!
>
> I suggest "Bitter is the New Black" by Jen Lancaster. I've mentioned it to
> you ladies before. It's a funny as heck chick-book. You can check out the
> author's blog (http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/) to get a sense of
> her sarcastic style. Definitely better than some of this other crazy
> (and/or snooze-worthy) stuff you all have had made me read. ;)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> > wrote:
> > *The GPBC wants to know what that book would be! *
>
> > We're on a *search for books for our 2012 list* and we need your help!
>
> > February's Glover Park Book Club will be "The Hunger Games". We'll be
> > organizing a happy hour/theater date when the movie comes out, so keep your
> > eyes out for it!
>
> > *Do you have suggestions for books? *Send your pics to our Google Group
> > February's Glover Park Book Club will be "The Hunger Games". We'll be
> > organizing a happy hour/theater date when the movie comes out, so keep your
> > eyes out for it!
>
> > or reply back to this email. We're open to any and all ideas as long as
> > they're under or around *250 pages* long.
>
> > Cheers and happy reading, bookworms!
>
> > The GPBC
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> > --
> > Stephanie L. Fontenot
> > Fonteno...@gmail.com
> > Cheers and happy reading, bookworms!
>
> > The GPBC
>
> > --
> > Stephanie L. Fontenot
> > (252) 955-8680
> > <http://2010alz.kintera.org/bvbdc/stephfont>
> > @StephFont
Lauren Russell
Jan 17, 2012, 9:55:34 AM1/17/12
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What about the Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen? The description is below. It is a very easy read.
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s famous waterfalls, and the stuff of superstition is just as real as you want it to be.
It’s the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam—built by Willa’s great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water’s heyday, and once the town’s grandest home—has stood for years as a lonely monument to misfortune and scandal. And Willa herself has long strived to build a life beyond the brooding Jackson family shadow. No easy task in a town shaped by years of tradition and the well-marked boundaries of the haves and have-nots.
But Willa has lately learned that an old classmate—socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood—of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored the Blue Ridge Madam to her former glory, with plans to open a top-flight inn. Maybe, at last, the troubled past can be laid to rest while something new and wonderful rises from its ashes. But what rises instead is a skeleton, found buried beneath the property’s lone peach tree, and certain to drag up dire consequences along with it.
For the bones—those of charismatic traveling salesman Tucker Devlin, who worked his dark charms on Walls of Water seventy-five years ago—are not all that lay hidden out of sight and mind. Long-kept secrets surrounding the troubling remains have also come to light, seemingly heralded by a spate of sudden strange occurrences throughout the town.
Now, thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerous passions and tragic betrayals that once bound their families—and uncover truths of the long-dead that have transcended time and defied the grave to touch the hearts and souls of the living.
Resonant with insight into the deep and lasting power of friendship, love, and tradition, The Peach Keeper is a portrait of the unshakable bonds that—in good times and bad, from one generation to the next—endure forever.
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s famous waterfalls, and the stuff of superstition is just as real as you want it to be.
It’s the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam—built by Willa’s great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water’s heyday, and once the town’s grandest home—has stood for years as a lonely monument to misfortune and scandal. And Willa herself has long strived to build a life beyond the brooding Jackson family shadow. No easy task in a town shaped by years of tradition and the well-marked boundaries of the haves and have-nots.
But Willa has lately learned that an old classmate—socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood—of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored the Blue Ridge Madam to her former glory, with plans to open a top-flight inn. Maybe, at last, the troubled past can be laid to rest while something new and wonderful rises from its ashes. But what rises instead is a skeleton, found buried beneath the property’s lone peach tree, and certain to drag up dire consequences along with it.
For the bones—those of charismatic traveling salesman Tucker Devlin, who worked his dark charms on Walls of Water seventy-five years ago—are not all that lay hidden out of sight and mind. Long-kept secrets surrounding the troubling remains have also come to light, seemingly heralded by a spate of sudden strange occurrences throughout the town.
Now, thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerous passions and tragic betrayals that once bound their families—and uncover truths of the long-dead that have transcended time and defied the grave to touch the hearts and souls of the living.
Resonant with insight into the deep and lasting power of friendship, love, and tradition, The Peach Keeper is a portrait of the unshakable bonds that—in good times and bad, from one generation to the next—endure forever.
Russell, Lauren
Jan 17, 2012, 9:58:37 AM1/17/12
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Great suggestion. :) I feel like I haven't seen you in forever, can we grab coffee or just generally hangout soon?
Hope your first day back in session isn't too too bad!
Hope your first day back in session isn't too too bad!
Lauren Russell
U.S. Rep. Robert Hurt (VA-05)
1516 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: 202-225-4711 I F: 202-225-5681
The GPBC
Jan 17, 2012, 2:33:42 PM1/17/12
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Thanks for all of y'all's suggestions!! Look for our newest list of
books in our upcoming email announcing February's GPBC reception!
And don't forget....we're SO excited to see all of you tomorrow at
3816 Beecher!
xo
The GPBC
On Jan 17, 9:58 am, "Russell, Lauren" <Lauren.Russ...@mail.house.gov>
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books in our upcoming email announcing February's GPBC reception!
And don't forget....we're SO excited to see all of you tomorrow at
3816 Beecher!
xo
The GPBC
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