tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post4518958275348892689..comments2024-03-26T16:10:35.178-05:00Comments on The Bookish : How To Host a Winter Themed Book Club Meeting *and* Books With a Winter Setting Round-Up Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-46288400631245096642018-01-26T17:48:08.447-06:002018-01-26T17:48:08.447-06:00Oh, dear, I love everything about this post. It wo...Oh, dear, I love everything about this post. It would be a joy to go to all three of them! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed THE WINTER SEA. It's been on my TBR pile for so long, maybe this will be the year I break it open.Book of Secretshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06259592113584639013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-72294000681798777812018-01-25T08:56:23.668-06:002018-01-25T08:56:23.668-06:00I love this post a lot. And I love the entertainin...I love this post a lot. And I love the entertaining ideas. But I'll tell you, your book club is way more high maintenance than mine! At ours, everyone brings a dish we can eat on our lap -- last night there was a mix of salad, veggies, chips/salsa, brownies, cookies, cheese/crackers -- and usually a bottle of wine. The food table generally looks nice but no special decorations are required because most of the houses are so unique to the person, they are the decoration. The person hosting picks the book. We make an effort to talk about it -- once we even talked most of the meeting about it but generally it ends up being about 10-15 minutes or so before we go off on another topic. Last night we talked about Swans of Fifth Avenue (our book), The Charming Quirks of Others (the book some read instead), then about the Larry Nassar/gymnastics case, Jewish holidays in interfaith homes, the Mueller investigation, gerrymandering, Academy Award-nominated movies, cats and fecal transplants. It was all very illuminating. <br /><br />The books you mentioned sound very good. I love Allende's writing. That one may go on my list for sure as well as the Russian one.<br /><br />And your table is drop dead gorgeous! (I'm glad to know about Rachel Ashwell not ironing this. I don't think I have an iron anymore. I might in the basement... just haven't needed it for -- well, that's another subject.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-9221032478667117272018-01-25T08:43:01.622-06:002018-01-25T08:43:01.622-06:00So lovely RJ. I love all of your ideas and prettie...So lovely RJ. I love all of your ideas and pretties. Good reads for our cold winter days, enjoyed your reviews as always.........The French Hutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028597144785773804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-20252199792379587532018-01-25T08:01:08.899-06:002018-01-25T08:01:08.899-06:00How much fun! I love the idea of matching the menu...How much fun! I love the idea of matching the menus to the books, and the idea of just serving dessert and coffee or tea. Your table looks lovely, and I had to laugh when I read the part about not ironing the linens! So many books, so little time!! I apologize for not keeping up with your Sketchy Reader book club, I hope to get caught up and sign up for more months again soon!<br />Jennathepaintedapron.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956666284000629194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-19869897932434016222018-01-24T20:00:47.759-06:002018-01-24T20:00:47.759-06:00Great post! Some wonderful entertaining ideas as w...Great post! Some wonderful entertaining ideas as well as delicious reads for a winter’s eve!! Well done, Ricki Jill!!Preppy Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13446028963455322844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2820471780736941349.post-75109210191291668322018-01-24T17:23:54.751-06:002018-01-24T17:23:54.751-06:00Love your ideas for hosting! In our book club we t...Love your ideas for hosting! In our book club we take turns hosting and sometimes we strike out for a restaurant. It's so much fun to have the girls over though and much more relaxing.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728612514516285320noreply@blogger.com