NH book group books 2018 - 2019

Another year of books all planned out....

Our annual Rhode Island weekend was a success! Eight of our group members gathered together at Ruth & Stearns's  beautiful home near Westerly, RI. It may not have been a sunny summery weekend but spirits were high as we had our beach walk and began to relax and wind down.

On the way back to the house we took a detour to a brewery...

The pear ginger cider was a big hit. I got a flight to try a few different brews. A nice little side trip.

We always have lots of wonderful food and drink! I didn't take too many pictures this year. But I do have this photo of the delicious salmon and grilled vegetables. Simple recipe - mix the salmon in a zipper bag with a tablespoon of melted butter and two tablespoons of olive oil. Add 2 lemons sliced (the ends that are not nice slices discard after squeezing the juice into the bag). Finally add some salt & pepper. Mix all up and marinade for a few hours. Cook on the grill on top of foil (do not make packet of foil - we are not steaming this fish) at about 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Yum!

After a lovely dinner and before dessert, we finished our planning of books. book group hosts, and dates. In some cases the host & the book discussion facilitator are the same person. (when they are different they are listed as such). Here is what our 2018-2019 looks like:

Monday, October 22

Pat's house & Ann's book

Tuesday, November 27 

Cindy's house & book

Tuesday, December 11

Holiday potluck and Yankee Swap ($20)

Naedine's house, Marjorie's book

Tuesday, January 15 

Marjorie's house, Ruth's book

Monday, February 25

Jeanne's house & book

Tuesday, March 26

Jin young's house & book

Tuesday, April 30

Ann's house & Sequella's book

Tuesday, May 21

Sequella's house (possibly MA back-up) & Naedine's book 

Tentative Monday June 17

this date is subject to change - it's our end of the year potluck

Susan's house, Pat's book

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!