Annual Holiday Book Exchange

I have been a book club with some close friends for a a little over two years now. We all get together at the beginning of the year and vote on the 11 (we don't read January- that is our voting month) books we will be reading. We always have a great choice of books, a lot of them I would never have picked but I ended up loving. At the end of the year we have dinner at a fun restaurant and do a book exchange. This year we met at the Bushambe Tea House in Boulder; the Tea House has all sorts of foreign foods (Indoneishan mainly). It is delicious and has such distinctive and strong flavors.

Jaime, Kristen and Tanaya

Wendy, Aubrey and Uli

Uli, Me and Emily

This year for the exchange I recieved The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is a book about World War II and I have been wanting to read it. I am really excited to have this chance.

Here are the books we read this year in book club:
Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd- This is a chick flick, girl meets boy and falls in love, book but it is interesting because it takes place in a bakery


Oneness with All Life by Eckhart Tolle- This is a book of inspirational quotes (I must admit I didn’t really read this one).

Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza- This is a true account of how a woman finds God through the Rwandan genocide. This was one of my favorites.

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin- This was a mystery with an interesting ending but it was written for a much younger age and was a little dull and boring.

Matched by Ally Condie- This is a ‘Giver’ esk book about a strange ‘perfect’ futuristic society and a girl who goes against the idea of arranged marriage.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot- This is a scientific history about the woman who’s cells (HeLa) began almost all medical advancement in cancer research and many other ailments.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne- This is a story about World War II from the perspective of a little German boy, who finds himself friends with a Jewish boy in a concentration camp.

The Blue Zone by Dan Buettnet- This is a documentary of the lifestyles of groups of people throughout the world that have the highest life expectancy rates.

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde- A comedic mystery in which all the characters are from Nursey Rhymes. Very clever and very funny.