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    Good Book Cafe - a Pat Sloan Book Club

    THAR_US   2009 Good Book Cafe Book

    Welcome to Pat Sloan's 'Good Book Cafe' here at the Sloanie Ranch!  We've had an enormous amount of fun reading the book selections and chatting about them at my yahoo group. I hope you join us!

    Join the GBC Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Good-Book-Cafe/

    FYI - Current month is first!

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    **JULY

    Author -  Kate Morton   
    Website -http://www.katemorton.com/

    Recommended by Laura on the Good Book Cafe. Kate has lots of interesting info on her blog and has authored several books. Claire cook

      Alternate Authors

    Author Claire Cook "Wildwater Walking Club" www.clairecook.com/

    Website - Amazon LinkCook yourself thin

    Author Lifetime Cook Book 'Cook yourself thin' 
    Website -Amazon Link

    The title has me! 'Cook yourself thin' with a cute little dress... it's ALL about the packaging!

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    **JUNE

    Author -  Nicholas Sparks

    Website  http://www.nicholassparks.com

    Margi's selected 'The Choice'... all the rave with her girlfriends!

    Alternate Author

    Author - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

    -Read a review here

    And HERE

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    **MAY

    AuthorJeffery Archer 

    Website http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/

    Betty's Pick.

     Alternate Author

    Author - Barbara Kingsolver 

    http://www.kingsolver.com/home/index.asp

    Betty's Pick - An interesting book on eating locally. It's non fiction and very interesting. I've read a few of her books.

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    **April

    Author -  Edward Dolnick

    Website  http://edwarddolnick.net

    Pat's Pick. I first heard about this book while listening to a radio interview with the author. It's a fabulous tale that I hope you enjoy..

    ---Edward Dolnick is the author of The Forger's Spell, the true but bizarre story of the twentieth century's greatest art hoax. His previous book, The Rescue Artist, looked at the thugs who snatch masterpieces off museum walls and the detectives who chase them. The Rescue Artist won the Edgar Award in 2006 for best non-fiction, and Art News declared that "there has never been a better book on art crime."

    Alternate Author

    Author - Heather Graham

    http://www.theoriginalheathergraham.com/

    Margis's Pick - From the Bio - New York Times and USA Today best selling author, Heather Graham was born somewhere in Europe and kidnapped by gypsies when she was a small child. She went on to join the Romanian circus as a trapeze artist and lion tamer. When the circus came to South Florida, she stayed, discovering that she preferred to be a shark and gator trainer.

    Not really. 

    Kind of makes you want to check her out!

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    **March

    Author -  Dorothy Gilman

    Her Fan Club http://www.mrspollifax.com 

    Roberta's Pick for her Mrs. Pollifax books. I think these sound great! Here is a bit about the author

    "Dorothy Gilman started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10 to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Dorothy worked as an art teacher and telephone operator before becoming an author. She wrote children’s stories for more than ten years and then began writing adult novels about Mrs. Pollifax–a retired grandmother who becomes a CIA agent."

    Alternate Author -  Casey Daniels

    www.caseydaniels.com

    Emilie's Pick - "My friend Casey Daniels writes a fun mystery series about a woman who solves murders for ghosts. Very innovative and clever."

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    **February

    Author -  Patricia Cornwell

    http://www.patriciacornwell.com

    This is Betty's Pick, an author with exciting and interesting stories. Be warned that some of you may not like the descriptive nature of the crime scenes which are very detailed.

    Alternate Author - Diane Chamberlain

    www.dianechamberlain.com

    Emilie Richards pick - "My friend Diane Chamberlain writes really interesting books and would be happy to respond to questions. Her latest Before The Storm would be good for discussion".

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    **January

    Author - Catherine Coulter   

    http://www.catherinecoulter.com    

    This is Pat's Pick -On the way to our China trip in November, Karen read one of her books and when we arrived in China she gave it to me. I read it on the flight home and loved it! I read BLOW OUT from the FBI series

    Here is the link to the FBI series titles. I enjoyed the interaction between the husband and wife team.. plus the story had lots of twists so it kept me guessing what was REALLY going on!

    http://www.catherinecoulter.com/text/fbi_series.htm

    Alternate Author - Julie Powell

    http://juliepowell.blogspot.com     Pat's Pick is - Julie and Julia which I'm going to reading on my plane ride to the cruise this January! Julie decides to make ALL of Julia Child's recipes... the first few pages had me in giggles so I HAD to get the book!

    I think this is interesting... it's her thoughts about Julia Child
    http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/


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    Join my Yahoo group and chat with others! -

     Join the GBC Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Good-Book-Cafe/

    2008 Archive Page -

    The Archive page will have all the books announced. So right now it has Jan-June for 2008
    Visit the Archive HERE

    Good Book Cafe (GBC)– The Scoop

    I enjoy books, my friends enjoy books, my family enjoys books, and lots of people I meet enjoy books. So it made sense to have some fun and put together a Book Club! This is a place where we can share ideas, authors, and the best reads around.

    The booksare mostly 'light' reads. I will be listing an alternate book each month and if someone tells me about a great 'must read' .. well I'll list that too.

    I also have a Yahoo group for the GBC. You can sign up and chat with us. It is mostly a sharing of books, requests for feedback on books, and bringing up new authors. There is sometimes a small bit of story discussion. I'd love to have you join this more interactive forum.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Good-Book-Cafe/

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    I have all my blocks made and just waiting for an awesome setting. Will you be posting the settings you receive for this quilt? Thank you for posting the blocks, they were easy and fun to make. Have a wonderful New Year!

    For those of you that are trying the "Twilight Series" by Step Meyers, if you like them, also try her newest release "Host". It was great. This women has quite the imagination!

    yayyy!!!
    i am obsessed with the twilight saga!!!
    i have read all 4 of them.
    {reader's guide comes out december 30th}

    SO proud that you added steph for october.
    :D
    {perfect book since it's halloween!!!}

    Fixed the first link... thanks!

    Hi Pat:

    When I click on the link for Sarah
    http://www.sarahaddisonallen.com/
    I'm taken to Leslie's site
    http://www.lesliecaine.com/index.html

    Maybe I need more coffee to function properly :-)

    yayyy. how exciting.
    i just printed my six blocks, and have to start reading like crazy...lol.

    i would like to suggest a wonderful, qwirky writer...lolly winston. her book good grief is amazing. i have also read her book happiness sold seperately, another great read.

    Just wanted to take time to thank you for this nice site. I found it by accident but I will return for sure. Lots of helpful information that I found very interesting. Thanks again.

    I am almost finished reading "Death by Darjeeling" by Laura Childs and absolutely LOVE it!! The story line is great. Childs does a wonderful job with building characters and describing setting. I feel like I'm back in Charleston again. Great read!

    I just finished my first Laura Childs book, "Shades of Earl Grey." Sorry, but I won't be reading any more of her books = just not my cup of tea!!!

    I am looking for Pat Sloan's "Tour Ireland" book... actually more of the table runner or a picture of hills, 3 thached roof cabins, 3 sheep and 3 stars.

    Please let me know if you still have it.

    Pat Iammizburns@Yahoo.com

    Dear Pat, I love yove your patterns and have a lot of your books. I can always find a pattern in one of your books that fits the occasion that I would like to make a gift for. Everything I've mae from your patterns has been a success. Sincerely Sharon Robinson

    I TOTALLY forgot that I put the HST directions up on my website on the free pattern page
    http://patsloan.typepad.com/quiltershome/

    Thanks, Pat, ordered some fabric today and starting the book tonight. Looking forward to seeing what next month's block will be. I love your fabrics.

    My Book Club blocks are being made with Sweetbriar AND the green with brown dots that I have on my website... find it here
    http://patsloan.typepad.com/photos/fabric_bits/dumbdotmmillerlg.html

    pat sloan

    What fabric line are you using to make the blocks? Is it Sweetbriar?

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