NH Book Group Oct 2015 - June 2016

Another lovely start to our book reading year. We had our annual book group weekend at Ruth & Stearn's beautiful home in Rhode Island. And once again we had a terrific time with beach relaxation, food, drink, books & scrabble. I'm even inspired to go back to playing words with friends. Even though I lose.

Here is our traditional photo courtesy Chef & chief photographer David.

We had a relaxing Saturday afternoon at the beach.

Then it was back to the house for some happy hour and a little beverage tasting. All were enjoyable with everyone having their favorites.

Of course this was all with a beautiful view to entertain us (as well a much conversation).

We got down to a little business during this time. We all had book choices and did a nice job of lining up our year.

October (meeting 10/26 at Pat's house)

November (meeting 11/23 At LuAnn's house)

December  (tentatively 12/14 at Susan's)- our annual Christmas party with a Yankee gift swap. No book chosen but open to something light if anyone has suggestions (we don't usually do a structured conversation at our holiday party).

January (meeting 1/11 at Mary Anne's house).

February (meeting 2/29 location pending)

March (meeting 3/21 location pending)

April (meeting 4/25 Cindy's house)

May (meeting 5/23 JinYoung's house)

June - tentatively June 20? TBA...this is our potluck end of year meeting. We don't typically have a book unless it is something fun, summer light. And at this meeting we share summer reading ideas. And have lots of good food and fun.

Finally we rounded out our Saturday with a lovely dinner. Chef Dave grilled some salmon for us on a cedar plank, exquisite!

Many of us are inspired to try the recipe and technique. Recipe HERE.

And we finished dinner with some delicious dessert!

So that's our upcoming year of reading. This has been updated with our April book choice. Which sounds really great. And if anyone has suggestions for December and June - we're open to reading something those months even though those are our "party" meetings.

And finally a "shout out" to our members who couldn't come to the weekend retreat - Marjorie, LuAnn, Janet, Carol, Susan - you were all missed and we hope to see you all over the coming months!