The Bella Girls are starting their very own book group.

Not only will it be  a literary adventure but it will be a  a great opportunity to share everything from our love of books to our life’s experiences. I began by thinking of the “purpose” of our group, the  “girls” I would bring together and the “rules”. 

 My first prerequisite is that the Bella Bookies will be “age” diverse. 

 I thought that one easy way to make the group more varied was to bring together women from different age groups- i.e. young marrieds, married with children, middle age with children and middle age without children. What a great way to share our different perspectives about life and to learn from each other. Another prerequisite is that our members will be committed and lots of FUN!

 The Bella Bookies will officially start after their first planning meeting where the following will be decided: 

 What books will we read for the upcoming year?

 Each member will be asked to bring 3 book ideas to share at the first meeting where the group will discuss these ideas and then decide which books to read for the upcoming year. When we choose our books we will consider using the idea of “themes”-which can keep the book club fresh and exciting. When planning our reading schedule we will consider the time of year as well as such ideas as: reading books only from the best sellers list, classics, mysteries, romance, etc.  We might even consider in the future reading classics one year, a series the next year, etc.

 How often  and where will we meet?

Because our lives are busy I’m going to suggest that we start out by meeting 6 times a year. This gives us the flexibility to add our yearly planning meeting or going out to see a movie together based on a book we’ve read.  Having fewer meetings per year allows us the opportunity to take time off during the summer months and to avoid doing a meeting during the busy holidays.

Deciding where to meet is going to be a group decision. A couple of ideas we will consider is rotating the meeting between each of our houses or having it at Bella Fine’s new studio. The day of the week and the time will be another collective decision along with what to eat. After all, what’s a get together unless it has fabulous food!

How to stay informed and connected?

After we’ve determined all the above,  I thought that it would be a good idea to stay connected by posting our own Bella Bookies meeting schedule, reading guides, members birthdays, snack/food assignments and other pertinent information by using email, a blog or an “invitation-only” group online.

 

Now that I have the business out of the way I’m happy to introduce some of the Bella Bookies…

 

 

KY the ”Desperate Housewife”  

 

 

 

Mrs. “OCD” (Outta Control Deb)

 

 

Our “Corporate Climbing” CAM

 

  

 ”Auntie” JEN

 

 

 

“Wild n’ Crazy” CARLA

 

 

 

The  Super SIL “JAMES”

 

The Awesome “ASHNIC”

 

 

 

The “JENSTER” (without the T.J.)

 

We will be adding more to our group so if you’re interested in being a part of this wonderful adventure we are excepting applications now. (Just kidding about the applications part…)

Happy Reading

Debs

 

 

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