The Dust Cover: and so the journey begins

Hey! It's Amanda! Trying to become a blogger has been an ultimate challenge for me. Am I on Dust Cover???

and so the journey begins

3 bottles on wine, 1 bottle of pellegrino, Hopi stew, avocados, tortillas, dark chocolate with chili peppers, and at least 4 hours of conversations...what a start! 


love you my fellow book readers. We are definitely a very strong eclectic bunch. 

Reminder: BooK Club Meeting

7:00 pm.
Also, we need to select books for future meetings. So let's come up with a plan. Maybe we just put titles in a hat, and select. Anyway, think about it.


Looking forward to it.


marisol

If the wine is good, drink it!

This looks good. Anyone up to it?

Get To Know Your Wines Wednesday Menu for: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 This Wednesday, we will feature the following bottles of wine for half price: Hopler Riesling Regulary: $38, Tonight's Price: $19 Caldora Pecorino, Regulary: $42, Tonight's Price: $21 Peter Zemmer Pinot Nero Regulary: $48, Tonight's Price: $24 Brutocao Quadriga Regulary: $42, Tonight's Price: $21 Castiglion del Bosco Brunello Regulary: $80, Tonight's Price: $40 Come enjoy a great meal and get to know a great bottle of wine.

Next Meeting coming up!

Hello fellow bookworms!

Our next meeting is set for Thursday January 27, 2011. 

Time: 7:00 pm

place: Marisol's abode

I am looking forward to it!

Happy New Year !

Hope you are doing well! 

How is your reading coming along? Are you ready to get together? 

Please let me know what your schedule looks like so we can determine our official first book club meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you!
~ marisol

Feliz Navidad!

100 Notable Books of 2010

Hi Ladies!

Thought this might be a useful and interesting reference for us. The New York Times posted 100 Notable Books of 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

Looking forward to our meeting in January!

xoxo

Lana

A visit to a Candy store...sorry I meant a bookstore

Yesterday I went with my sister Maria Elena and my mother to a bookstore near the house. I was so tempted by all the authors to buy every book..but just the thought of how much money I will have to pay for extra pounds to the airline made me re-think my purchases. The writers were frowning but I was strong! The only comfort I had was that both my sister and mami bought each a book. Maria Elena bought a book by Japanese author Haruki Murakami named Sputnik Sweetheart. I will read it as soon as I finished the Glass Castle...almost done eating it! My mother bought the latest from Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. The book is El Sueno del Celta / The Dream of the Celt. I might have to buy this one in Spanish as a way to keep up with the language. Airport purchase probably...

A must share this bit just because of the eloquence and beauty of the statement: This is what the Nobel Prize organization said about the award to Vargas Llosa:
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

XO

Traveling makes the best time for reading.

Hello fellow book readers,

As suggested by some of you, I am reading the Glass Castle...I cannot put it down! It is going to be interesting to see how Jeannette Walls new book " Half Broke Horses" stacks up to this one.

Looking forward to our first meeting in January.

What are you reading?

XO