The Woman Lit by Fireflies-January 2012

A new year. A new book. Every year anniversary in January we try to pick a book with the word Firefly in the title. The book club all started with a book by Kristin Hannah called Firefly Lane. The Woman lit by Fireflies has three short stories that are not connected. It was ok but not a favorite by our group. The great thing about a book club though is you are exposed to books you wouldn't pick up on your own. It does have lots of discussion questions and may be great for your group. We just can't recommend it. This was the anniversary meeting so we had lots of games from a year of reading. A guess the quote game with two competing teams. A who can put the year of books in order the fastest game. This got a little dangerous! Also, a guess the object game. A bag full of random things and you pick the book it matches.

We made firefly butter mints for favors and snacks.

We had lots of great favors to celebrate another year of reading. We also made handmade bronze charms and beaded charm bracelts. Each charm represents a book from the last year. Thank goodness we know an artist that was able to guide, teach and offer us space and equiptment to do this.

We donated fronts of cards to St. Judes Hospital this month. This is a great month to do cards to clean up all the Christmas cards hanging around. This was so simple & expensive. We had a ton of cards and busted the first envelope I filled. Shipping was around $5.00. Here is a link to copy & paste if you are interested.

http://www.stjudesranch.org/shop/recycled-card-program/

A year of books...

The Book Thief

What a fabulous read for discussion. This book was a crowd pleaser! We would all recommend for another book club. Lots of great quotes and questions. The quotes were so wonderful one member created handmade rings with glass and quotes inside. They are amazing!

This month and continuing through all next year we will be giving back at each meeting. We thought it would be perfect to start with books. Don't worry we didn't steal any like Liesel. We donated gently used or new childrens books to Nationwide Childrens Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
What a great way to help the community. If interested in doing this follow the link below. Copy & paste if you can't click it open.

http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/wish-list-for-donations

We should have lots of wonderful ideas this year to help out. If you don't live close to us look up a hospital in your area that might need similar items.

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief