Our Schedule for 2009

Hey there ladies! As promised, here is the schedule for the 2009 reading season:

• January 11, Sarah R
• February 8, Kathleen
• March 8, Clara
• April 12, Sarah D (this may change b/c of Easter and Passover)
• May 10, Dana
• June 14, Alison
• July 12, Karin
• August 9, Rachel M
• September 13, Alexis
• October 11, Andrea
• November 8, Christa
• December 13, Rachel P

Hi again Paperback Princesses!

So the time has come for our second book club selection, and this time the choice was up to our lovely hostess, Kathleen.

Kathleen has chosen Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

Here is a brief description of the book:

In this wide-ranging third installment of Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how people and social phenomena work, the New Yorker journalist takes a close look at what constitutes high levels of success. That is, what makes people at the top of their respective fields get there? As we've come to expect from Gladwell's previous books, the answer to the question is a bit complicated.

He says that upbringing, culture and even random luck have something to with success, but there is another important quality that anyone can control. Two chapters are dedicated to the "revelation" that IQ is only a baseline quality and success has little to nothing to do with having a high IQ or a low IQ. Rather, success is substantially a product of cultivating a high degree of what Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence" or what most refer to as "emotional intelligence."

This book sounds like a great read! Thaks Kathleen for making a great pick for our second book.

Check your inboxes soon for the book club schedule and information on the next party. See you in February!

S

Party Number One - A Success!

Hey ladies,

Just a quick note to say thanks to all of you for coming out last night - I had a great time! I know there were a few of us who couldn't make it, but we're really looking forward to meeting/seeing you again next month.

I think it's safe to say that we all really enjoyed the Time Traveler's Wife and we had some great discussions on all sorts of topics - from the theme of "waiting" to Henry (and Henry) and Clare's various sexual exploits :)

Thanks again for coming out and see you in a month!

Sarah