Fun Book Club Night

March was my month to host book club.  I picked a great fantasy novel called Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.  I don’t read fantasy very much.  (I’ve survived never reading Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.)  I just don’t get it – please give me real life and a happy ending.  But this is a good one and it fits into the category of “historical fantasy.”  Loved it.  Another treat about preparing for book club is researching the author.  Why don’t I do this with every book I read?  I gain so much more appreciation for the book by learning about who wrote it and why and with Google it only takes a few clicks to get tons of info. 

The book retells the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the 6 swans.  (And there is a little romance that involves apples) so in keeping with the themes of the book, I served apples and I had Mike cut a swan out of an apple.  Pretty good for a Marine.  Getting in touch with his former college work in catering.  Oh and I made some killer apple bread – I’ll save that for another post.  But it tastes like friendship bread without the 10 days of growing the starter!   Can I just say how much I love my book group.  Always having a book to read, looking forward to talking about it.  We have been meeting since 2002 and have read 85 books together!  Diane keeps our blog updated so if you ever need a great idea for a book to read check out what we’re reading here.