Good Book Cafe - a Pat Sloan Book Club
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.
Alternate Authors -
Author Claire Cook "Wildwater Walking Club" www.clairecook.com/
Website - Amazon Link
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
And HERE
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**MAY
Author - Jeffery 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
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
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.
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!
Posted by: GeeGee | January 02, 2009 at 03:53 AM
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!
Posted by: Lori | October 19, 2008 at 09:22 PM
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!!!}
Posted by: rachel | October 06, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Fixed the first link... thanks!
Posted by: pat sloan | September 04, 2008 at 05:28 PM
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 :-)
Posted by: Darly Dulion | September 04, 2008 at 01:34 PM
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.
Posted by: rachel | May 23, 2008 at 11:15 PM
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.
Posted by: Florida Vacation | March 10, 2008 at 08:10 AM
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!
Posted by: Debbie | February 27, 2008 at 02:22 PM
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!!!
Posted by: annmarie | February 24, 2008 at 12:08 AM
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
Posted by: Pat Burns | February 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM
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
Posted by: Sharon Robinson | February 03, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I TOTALLY forgot that I put the HST directions up on my website on the free pattern page
http://patsloan.typepad.com/quiltershome/
Posted by: pat | January 30, 2008 at 08:34 AM
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.
Posted by: Cheryl | January 28, 2008 at 04:38 PM
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
Posted by: pat | January 26, 2008 at 05:38 PM
What fabric line are you using to make the blocks? Is it Sweetbriar?
Posted by: Cheryl | January 26, 2008 at 11:41 AM