Still going strong!!

This marks the beginning of our 6th year of the Friends Food Fiction Book Club! We have had such a fun time, made great memories and enjoyed reading SOOO many books!!!

This month Carrie kicked it off by hosting at her house and choosing A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs, as a holiday pick.

We played the left/right game and all went away with a new book for the book exchange!

November BCM Hosted by SharRee

SharRee picked The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey. Abandoned by her father and neglected by her self-centered, unstable mother, Sheila McGee cannot wait to escape the drudgery of her mill village life in Northern Ireland. This book had its ups and downs for sure!!! 

We enjoyed a hearty Irish Stew and a sweet fall dessert, played some fun games and even had our own limerick song contest!!

Robyn hosted October 2015

Three's a company!! Even though we were low on numbers tonight we still had a great time and missed those who couldn't come. Robyn picked a book from a friend, Murder by Dewey Decimal by Stephen B. Bagley.

September 2015 Meeting Hosted by Jolene

Jolene chose The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addisen Allen (we sure like this Author it seems). The ladies met at Smithfields and enjoyed some NC BBQ and discussed the book! Jolene made a yummy cake too! Sad I missed it!

August 2015 Book Club Meeting

Whitney hosted this months meeting and she chose the book The Kiss of a Stranger by Sarah M. Eden.  She taught us how to make "fairy cakes" and they all turned out precious! And TASTY!

July 2015 BCM

Sam hosted this months meeting and chose the sequel to P.S. I love you, P.S. I Still love you! by Jenny Han. Such a sweet book on innocence and young love!

Sam made us a delicious dinner with some yummy treats!

June 2015 Book Club Meeting - Hosted by Jan

For June's book Jan chose Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. It was a magical book filled with hope, love and yummy goodness!

We ate at Morgans Tavern and discussed the book. Jan made us all some homemade Apple Butter which was DELISH!!!

May 2015 - Hosted by Carrie

For the month of May we read The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It was the last Book Club Meeting for Angela. :(
We can't wait for the second book in the series next year!

We ate at Persimmons and while the food was great the wait was INSANE!!!

Sad to see Angela go but happy we had her for the time we did!

Addies BCM!

Addie chose The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh for Aprils Book Club Pick! It was such a great book. Then we met up at Michael's where we got to make our own realistic flower arrangement! Afterwards we went to Annabelle's for dinner. We had great fun and TONS of laughter that evening. Thanks Addie for a amazing meeting!

Next month Carrie will be hosting and we will be reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

Laura's BCM

Laura hosted this months book club meeting. We read The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom.  She made us a very delicious southern style dinner and we had a trivia game based on the book. Thanks so much for a great evening!

Next month Addie is hosting and has picked The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.

Angela BCM!

Angela hosted for the last time before she moves in June :(, She will surely be missed!

She chose To All The Boys Ive Loved Before, by Jenny Han.  It was a sweet teen book read!

We all came in our PJ's and had the most delicious Korean food! Thanks Angela for a really fun night!

Next months book will be - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom and hosted by Laura Pedersen.

Well hello 2015!

WOW! So stoked to be beginning another year of book club! This month is our kickoff to the new year, so I thought we would have a little different kid of fun. I created a book quote scavenger hunt at our local book store, had prizes then headed to the neighboring Japanese restaurant for dinner!

SharRee Hosted last BCM of 2014

SharRee Hosted last BCM of 2014!  She chose Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts! We ate yummy chili, and corn bread and had some tasty pie! We did some fun trivia and had a wonderful evening!

Those DARN BANDITS!!! Thanks for a great meeting!

October Book Club Meeting

Robyn hosted this months meeting. She picked Whistling past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall. This was one of my favorites this year! I loved Eula and Starla!

A few great quotes:

  "Remeber when we was bakin', and what I say about overworked crust? You and me, we done pushed our luck 'bout as far as a body dare. We overworked crust."

Eula

"My Grandmother said she prays for me every day. Which was funny, because I'd only ever heard Mamie pray, "Dear Lord, give me strength." That sure sounded like a prayer for herself..."
Starla

"Our upstairs is hot as the hinges of Hades... I kinda hoped when Mamie got home late this afternoon, she'd find me passed out from heatstroke."

Starla 

We had some pizza, pie and pumpkin decorating!

Septembers Book Club Meeting

Sam chose The One Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais.  It was a endearing book about family, struggles and the love of food!

We met at the BayLeaf in Downtown New Bern and enjoyed a wonderful meal!

August Book Club Meeting

Jan picked The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline‎.  It was such a good book! Jan made some really yummy treats as well as some beautiful hand painted bookmarks for the each of us.

 SharRee called out the book club members to the " ALS Ice Challenge".

ALS Ice Challenge Video link

Jana's Queen Bee BCM for July!

Miss Jana hosted July's BC meeting and she chose The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.

I'm sad to say I missed this Fabulous meeting too! I heard it was a blast and very "bee"-utifully done!

These are some Bee-Utiful Ladies!!!

Painting Party at Whitneys - June Meeting

Whitney picked Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson for Junes Book Club read.

She had us all over to her house and surprised us with a quiz and a lesson on painting! It was so much fun and relaxing. We have some seriously talented ladies amongst us.

We would like to welcome our newest BCM to Friends.Food.Fiction, Samantha Rausch!

May Hosted by Leisha

Leisha hosted May's BCM and she chose The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright.

She picked Morgan Tavern and grill to meet up and it sounds like it was so much fun! So sad to have missed it.

April's Decades/Murder Mystery BCM

Brittany hosted her LAST BCM in New Bern. She's been with me from the beginning and it will be sad not to have her coming anymore but she's off on a new adventure in Va.

Brittany chose Murder at Rosamunds Gate by Suzanna Caulkins.

She had us dress up in our favorite decade and we had a murder mystery dinner to boot!

I think she enjoyed her farewell cake a "bit" too much! Lol