Sunday, March 3, 2013

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent

I can't believe it has been three years of FUN and reading!  Oh, the memories we have made.  I am not sure where I would be without these amazing woman and wonderful books.  I was very sick this month so we had to celebrate a little late.  We wore the signature Firefly color blue and decorated the same.  We talked about Favorite books from the year.  These is My Words was popular amongst all of us.  Gone Girl and The Shoemaker's Wife seemed to be the runners up.  We talked about our favorite costumes.  Hmmmm....this one was tough.  My personal favorite costumes were The Great Gatsby and Gone Girl!  The Amish outfits lost the costume competition.  We all seemed in agreement on that one.  We also discussed favorite laugh out loud moments, foods and memories from the year. 
One member mailed us all forms to fill out. This helped  get us thinking about the above questions before we met.   Everyone got a handmade silver firefly charm to celebrate the occasion.  Maybe on the 5th anniversary we will go crazy and get tattoos!   

Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie




This book was perfect for getting us in the mood for a couples Murder Mystery party!  Crazy Christmas season was coming so we needed a fun and silly party to just relax and have fun.  This was a great escape from reality to play parts, dress up and be silly with friends!  We have had trouble in the past finding good Christmas books that are not too cheesy!  So if you need a good Christmas pick we would all recommend this one.  We all had a great time and enjoyed the Murder Mystery party experience.  The men were great sports and surprised us all with their acting skills.  It was fun to try but we probably won't be doing it again anytime soon. 

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen

The Firefly book club is full of moms of boys.  We all have children ranging in ages 3 to 16!  It is nice sometimes to read a Young Adult or Children's book for a meeting.  Especially one that the kids or kids friends have already read.  This book was OK and gave us a little discussion.  We mostly used this book has a Halloween theme to make sure we got in the annual book club costume bash!  Yes, I am aware we are usually in costume but we invited the whole family for this one!  We had Superhero squads, Ghost Hunters, Dawg the bounty hunter and his wife, The Simpsons and a Cowboy & Angel right from the country song!  We suggest every member planning an activity or game to share and play with the kids or whole group.  It takes pressure off the host and brings lots of creativity and FUN to the party.  A favorite this year was trying to eat the doughnut off the string the fastest.  HAppY HaLLoWeeN!!!