Starting in a new direction - July 11, 2012

Here's a quick initial post to christen our blog.  We'll be keeping records here of what we've read, what we will be reading and where we'll be meeting.  We made some basic decisions at the meeting this evening.

Our meetings will now have more structure. Our basic framework will be:

• Meeting at 7:30 at someone's house.
• Only appetizers and dessert will be served, both provided by the meeting hostess/host.
• A facilitator (possibly the person who recommended the title) will research the book to get reviews, author info., etc. Hostess/host cannot also serve as facilitator at a meeting.
• We'll meet, have drinks, enjoy the appetizers and begin the evening discussing the book.  We'll hold general chat until the book discussion has ended.
• Our discussions will include time to talk about the characters, setting, style, and other points. We'll develop a full list of those through email. 

We will be developing a list of books to read in advance.  Everyone gets to suggest two titles.  Send them to Jim via email. As they come in they'll be posted on the blog.

There will be other neato blog things that we might be able to do - e.g. email submissions and updates.  We can explore those in the future. For now our blog is here and we're on our way...