New Order

As promised, I've updated our hosting order... schedules got a bit conflicted this month, so Clara's hosting in October and hopefully Althea can host in November. As we're getting together late in both these months, a few of us were talking about skipping December altogether - it's always difficult during the holidays anyway. So here's the new (tentative) list!


Clara - October
Althea - November
Sarah D - January
Alison - February
Rachel M - March
Rachel P - April
Alexis - May
Kathleen - June


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October!

Hey there ladies,
Thanks for coming out to September's party - A Reliable Wife was pretty steamy, but I think it led to some great conversation. Thanks to Sarah D and Alexis for letting me host at their place!

And now, on to October. We've got the schedule sorted out now, and Clara will be our next lovely hostess. As for November, stay tuned for updates!

Clara's choice for our next read is Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Here's the blurb:

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind...
Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.

Sounds great! See you on October 31st.

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