I realized after the last GGG book club meeting that I had never reported on previous meeting… OOPS! So here goes: two at once. Hope y’all can handle it. In November we read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Practically everybody in the world has read this, it seems. We were very…
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BANG Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
Today I went with Skye and Skye’s friend to see HP7i at the VIP cinema in Oakville. I’d like to say we got into the VIP place (which is age 19+, has big crazy chairs, alcoholic drinks, and reserved seating) on the sheer awesomeness of our persons, but actually entry is achieved by the purchase…
Eating Well
Sean and I are giving our digestive systems a break this week. Sean has been reading the famous book Skinny Bastard, guy version (complete with swearing and other locker-room lingo) of the even-more-famous book Skinny Bitch. It’s all about how you have to shape up and eat right if you want to be fit, so…
BANG Book Review: The Year of Living Biblically
This month’s GGG book, chosen by the oft-mentioned Skye ( 🙂 ) was The Year of Living Biblically, by A.J. Jacobs. Skye picked it because she had read The Know-It-All by the same author and loved it. Not all the gals who made it to the meeting had finished the book, but we were all…
Dilovely’s Harry Potter Geek-Out, including “Harry, A History”
SPOILER ALERT: I may discuss Potter plot. If you have been meaning to read Harry Potter – any of it – and still haven’t gotten around to it… what’s wrong with you? Go read it. Just close this window and go. Shoo! For the rest of you… here we go. It’s a doozy. Ahem. We…
BANG Book Review – Three Cups of Tea
The GGG’s latest book, discussed yesterday over frozen drinks on the patio (which, now that I think about it, is a bit ironic), was Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It says Greg Mortenson’s name first on the cover, but it seemed to me that David Oliver Relin was more…
Requestion #4: What book broke your heart?
What was the first book that broke your heart? I was inspired to ask this question by a friend who wrote on her Facebook status that her son came downstairs sobbing one night, because Charlotte’s Web broke his heart. It’s a very special and sad thing to go through, especially when you’re young, with that…
Why I Love Emily Giffin
Emily Giffin is the author of The Heart of the Matter, Love the One You’re With, Baby Proof, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue. Her novels aren’t considered great literature – it’s what you would call “chick lit”, but I own all five of them and find them not only readable, but re-readable. Why I love…
Smut Month at GGG Book Club
This evening, the GGG Book Club met at a public venue for our meeting to “discuss” our Harlequin Romance novel-reading experiences. We all had a few books to read – some of us managed to finish more than others. I should explain, a couple of us are friends with a Harlequin employee, so we have…
BANG Book Review – A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Our latest GGG book club pick, A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, was pretty much a unanimous “not recommended”. Overall, the gals were disappointed. Before getting into that, I will say that although I didn’t love the book, I did enjoy it. I did not find it boring or hard to get through,…