Spring Cleaning for a Cause

Thanks to Hannah, we have a chance to Make a Difference! She is collecting books for the Carrina School in East Orange for her Girl Scout Silver Award project.

Bring new or gently used books to our next meeting. You reading girls know how much it meant to have books when you were first starting to read (and still now). So let's support Hannah's efforts and help kids in East Orange get off to a great start!

Meeting Tomorrow

So many things to do:

• Talk about And Then There Were None
• Tell me what you thought about the Cillian book
• Vote on our May-August books. Top candidates are:
• Skellig,
• Doll People,  
• Night Tourist
• The Mysterious Benedict Society.
• Decide on our good deeds. Some ideas:
• A beanie baby drive for troops in Afghanistan
• Contribute to toy drive
• Other ideas?

Looking forward to seeing you!

Dame Agatha is Next!

I'll admit that we gave Ella short shrift, but we had fun sipping our tea and nominating our next books to read.


Thank you, birthday girl Alexa, for not only coming to the meeting with seconds to spare before your game...but also bringing brownies!!!


The overwhelming winner for our next book was And Then There Were None, which was written  by Agatha Christie in 1939. I've ordered copies through other libraries. Let me know if you need one. The date of our next meeting is March 22.


If you've already read this one, how about reading another of her books -- there are soooo many -- and telling the rest of us about it?


The book for our April meeting will be The Hunger Games.


Other things we need to do at our March meeting:

• Vote for our other books. The leading candidates are Doll People, Skellig, Night Tourist and the Mysterious Benedict Society.
• Get feedback on the Cillian story.

Stay well, dear ladies!

Kennedy Wins Globetrotter Tickets!

That was so fun watching Ella, dancing and filling out reviews!

Turns out our very own Kennedy won the Globetrotter tickets. Congratulations!

See you next Tuesday for Ella chitchat and deciding on our next books.

Read, Review, and Win Free Tickets

We're having a contest at the library that I think will be right up your alley, ladies!

CALDWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY READS!

For every book you read, you can enter a raffle for four tickets to these events at the Izod Center.
• The Harlem Globetrotters: February 19-21
• Barnum and Bailey Circus: March 2-13
• Stars on Ice: April 2

Drop by the library to pick up an entry form. You can enter as many times as you like. The more you read, the better your chances.

Drawings will be held on February 9 for the Globetrotters, February 23 for Circus, and March 23 for Stars on Ice. We will call the winners to let them know immediately. You are only eligible to win once.

We Knew Cillian When

Thanks to all of you who agreed to read my friend Colleen's book, Cillian his Adventures on Causeway Island. She is so excited to get your reaction to it!

I'll  bring copies to our showing of Ella Enchanted next week and our regular book club meeting the following week.

Let the Enchantment Begin

What a first meeting of 2011!

• We welcomed Alexa, Kennedy and Rachel to the bookclub.


• Our oldtimers got their official Dahlathon medals, books and certifcates.


• We celebrated Anne's birthday with some delicious cupcakes.

How was it possible that we squeezed in any discussion about our two books?! We did, though, because we are just those kinds of girls.

Coming up:

• Tuesday, February 8 at 6 pm: Come to the Library to watch "Ella Enchanted"


• Tuesday, February 15 at 6:45 pm: Come to our regular meeting.


• We'll talk about Ella Enchanted (book and movie).


• We'll also decide on our next three books. Come prepared to convince us -- in two minutes or less -- to read the book of your choice. We'll decide by top-secret ballot.

See you soon!