Rockettes, Rockstars and Rockbottom by Keltie Colleen

This book was picked entirely for the theme potential!  Seriously, we had to throw in a cool Rockette costume to all the book club fun!  The decorations, dancing, costumes and New York Style food was a blast.  We had such a great time at this meeting!  We felt like serious Rockette dancers until we tried to take a picture lined up and all kicking our feet at the same exact time!  So this whole Rockette thing is not as easy as it looks!  We had loads of fun trying though and lots of memories that only bring us closer together! 

                                        

I guess we need to talk about the book since this is a book club blog!  It was a super easy fast read and a bit annoying.  We did immediately research her three unnamed guys after reading.  She teases us with thinking they are mega stars by not offering up who they are just referring to them as Singer, Dreamer and Dasher or was it Dancer?!?  I created a quiz all about the Rockettes since this book wasn't really a discussion piece.  The quiz was fun and had a fancy New Yorkish style cupcake for the champion.  Well, a cupcake from the local bakery because we live far from the real thing!  Sample questions from the quiz... How tall do you have to be to be a Rockette? 5'6 to 5'10 1/2.  What two forms of dance should you be highly skilled in? Jazz & Tap. 
                              

My husband made decorative stars for all the members from cereal boxes!  We also made one of a kind Firefly bleach shirts for all the Rockettes at the meeting.  

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

We love a free book contest!  We all have been winners a time or two!  Katie won each of us a copy of Life After Life.  Check out Reading Group Guides or Goodreads if you want to enter a few.  We seem to have good luck at either of those. 

This book makes you think!  It definitely makes for a good discussion.  Most of us really liked it.  Watch out!  You might even want to re-read it!  The book can be read and enjoyed or delved deeper into and studied. 

We had decent food choices from the book to have a sit down meal together.  We had Salmon, seed loaf and German pastries from a local German Coffee Shop. 

We collected change for a give back project this month.  My cousin is heading to Romania for a mission trip so we were able to help a local girl make a difference in the world.


*What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally get it right?  Wouldn't that be wonderful?   -Kate Atkinson, Life after Life