Last Thursday the Book Thieves (our ‘chill-coed-young-professionals-who-love-books-friends-food-drinks-and-smart/funny-conversation’ book club) met to determine our books for next year. We read one book every two months and meet for two months in a row (we discuss the first half of the book the first month and the full book the second month), followed by one month off. This schedule allows us to keep up with our busy careers, families, and social lives and still have time to read other non-book-club books that we have a hankering to read. After much suggestion, discussion, and voting, we decided on:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (currently reading until December)
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- Little Women by Luisa May Alcott and March by Geraldine Brooks (for our classic…with a twist)
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
Also high contenders on our list (and therefore possibilities for the year after next) were The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue, NW by Zadie Smith, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester, some Sherlock Holmes, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, and Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.
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Then on Sunday night we all met for a special Midnight Dinner in honor of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (if you haven’t read it, you’re missing out!). It was all kinds of fun and delicious. We ate our fill of awesome food and desserts, drank butterschnaps apple cider martinis from hollowed out apples, explored a tarot card reading, read fortunes from the book, and enjoyed surprise goodies.
On Tuesday we had an autumn-themed potluck lunch at work – we all brought a homemade fall dish, beverage, or dessert to share, served it up buffet style in the kitchen, and dined together in the library/conference room at one big table. So fun to enjoy a long and relaxing lunch with great co-workers…and so delicious! Fall foods are the BEST. I brought my traditional pumpkin mac n’ cheese. Not pictured were all the tasty pumpkin cookies or breads, pumpkin curry soup, and apple cider. Also, double stuffed Halloween oreos with a peanut butter cup in the center and the whole shebang dipped in chocolate is just about the most phenomenal dessert…ever.
And on Tuesday night Ted and I used a gift card a kind soul had given us to Open Face for dinner (try this sweet and quirky little place in the Southwedge…it’s so fresh and delish!!) and then we had a fun time seeing Pump Boys & Dinettes at Geva.
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What fall fun have you been up to lately?
