Monday, April 20, 2015

Do You Wanna Join a Book Club?

*Cue the Frozen music*

I recently joined a Book Club and last week was my turn to host! For my book, I chose The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. In preparation for the meeting at my house, I started thinking of how I could decorate. Most of you know how much I LOVE to decorate, so this was no exception.

I immediately started thinking of how I could make a red tent. Lol. Needless to say, I quickly scratched that idea and decided to go for simplicity. Here's how things turned out...


My CP sent me a pic months ago of a really cool book pages runner, so I tried to recreate that. (Yes, I did have to tear apart a book, but in my defense, I had two of the same book. And no, I'm not gonna tell you which one it was!) :)


I LOVE old books and have quite a few (some that even date back to 1891!) in our library. I added some flowers from our yard and voila!



We had light refreshments and just plain old water to drink. Nothing fancy there. Although I did put the water in a cute carafe. :)



The cake turned out super yummy and we even had leftovers (which my boys loved!)


The story of Dinah is only a few verses in the Bible, and yet, Anita Diamant was able to create an entire work of fiction based on those verses and the extenuating circumstances of that time period and culture. Truly brilliant.

Her writing is beautiful and heartfelt. When Dinah found her beloved Shalem murdered, my heart broke for her. When she found love again in Belia, I rejoiced with her. It was truly a touching story.

Now, with that being said, there were aspects of it that I didn't connect with. The beginning of the novel was a little too crude for my liking, and I didn't like how she portrayed some of the prophets of old. But that's just my personal opinion.

All in all, The Red Tent is a great book that will sweep you back to a long, forgotten time period, and give voice to a woman who begs to share her story.

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In other news, this is my week to host on Unicorn Bell, and you want to be sure to stop by! On UB I'm featuring authors and their "How I Got an Agent" stories. I love reading those stories! Definitely inspires me to keep trying and not to give up! Today, Beth Ellyn Summer is at UB sharing her story, and it's a great one! 

Wednesday, Beth Fred will be posting on Unicorn Bell, and Friday, we get to hear from Mark Noce and how he signed with his agent Rena Rossner. So be sure to stop by!

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Oh, and one last thing! You only have one more day to sign up to win a FREE eBook copy of The 
Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen. You can sign up HERE. 

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Sorry! Just thought of something else. This is the last thing, I promise. :) A BIG thank you to ninja captain Alex Cavanaugh for featuring me on his blog last week for the letter K in the A to Z Challenge. It was such a wonderful mention. You can find it HERE. 

Have a great week!

18 comments:

  1. I would be thrilled to show up and see something so pretty! And made out of books too. Now off to read Beth's agent post!

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  2. I would be thrilled to show up and see something so pretty! And made out of books too. Now off to read Beth's agent post!

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  3. This book sounds wonderful-sweeping in its history and very sad. You showcased the book ( and the yummy cake) just great! I thought it was very kind and special for Alex to showcase you

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  4. Fantastic job decorating! That book page runner is super-cool... :)

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  5. Your book club decorations are awesome. I belong to a Tea & Mystery book club through our local library. All we read are mysteries. Guess what we have for refreshment.

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  6. You are never allowed to visit my house. Your creative, crafty spirit would lose all respect for me.

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    1. Lol. You are too funny! And never. I could never lose respect for you! :)

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  7. omg SO cute...I watch a ton of Food Network and Sandra Lee does these gorgeous "tablescapes" and I'm so envious, I'm so not creative in the decorating sense!

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  8. Book clubs sound cool, but guys never get invited to those;( But I saw your post on Unicorn Bell and linked to it from my blog. Thanks! :)

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    1. My husband actually said the same thing! He wanted to crash ours (and kinda did towards the end). :)

      Thanks for linking it. Love your post!! :)

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  9. That book-page table runner is brilliant! What a cool idea for a book club meeting. I've never joined a book club, but I totally would if I could find the right group. I tend to read slowly, so it would have to be a monthly meeting. But, yeah, books and food and friends -- sounds great.

    And nice to meet you!

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    1. So nice to meet you too! Thanks for stopping by! :)

      Book clubs are fun, but I do sometimes have a hard time keeping up with the reading because of writing and other reading commitments like book reviews and beta reads.

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  10. All I can say is that I need to join a book club. It looks YUMMY!

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