Little Bee

Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter  

                                                           May  2012                        

 

Held at Davey's Frankston, 

Apologies Jules, Leonie

 

Sarah has formally handed in her resignation, all of you should have received her email, sorry to see you go Sarah, we did have a few laughs especially your initiation  night when you looked likeJoanne!!!! you are more than welcome to be a guest at anytime you feel the urge.

 

 

We had a lovely evening around the round table, the meals were delicious and the conversation lively as ever. There were a few tales told of family history, Jayne shared a very sweet story and of course Susie has a Lady Bousie in her family Tree.

 

Book Reviewed: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

 

see attached reviews

 

General Business:

 

Sarah's resignation brought to the table the discussion of a new member to make it an even 10 again.

Our next official meeting will be held in July as we have the book launch on Wednesday the 13th at Aziza, PLEASE  let me know if you are not attending as I have confirmed numbers with Jo already.

 

We will make our next official meeting  a bring along a guest night and we will have a democratic vote as to who we want to join from the guests.

Jayne is the hostess and has suggested a great wine bar in Gardenvale as the venue for a Friday night, sounds fun.

The date is Friday 20th of July, she will get back to me with the finer details.

The book title is 50 Shades of Grey ( a raunchy read I believe!!!) Leonie has already read it a few times!!!!

Deb you might have to buy to take away with you.

 

Jayne has sent through an email re purchasing the book from Fishpond for around $10, I have already ordered my copy

The erotica novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey" has taken the world by storm. E.L. James' best-selling BDSM novel is a far better and greater opponent to that of Paulo Coelho's "Eleven Minutes" when it comes to S&M and all things sexually wild.

A few other titles you may like to look into are:

 Cafe Scheherazade.by Arnold Zables.
Good Living Street by Tim Bonyhady
Growing Old Outrageously by below

LIKE a fine wine and a good book, some things just get better with age, just ask Randwick’s Hilary Linstead.
Australia’s first theatrical agent, who fled England chasing both a bloke and the dream of becoming an actress (neither of which materialised), has filled her life with bright lights, divas and plenty of adventure.
Linstead packaged shows, including Tap Dogs, and threw her hat into film production. Her credits include Heatwave, Molly (the singing Dog) and Bootmen. But the next chapter of her life began when she reconnected with an old school friend from England, Liz Davies, after 35 years. Both shared a determination to venture outside their comfort zone and put the revelry back into retirement.
The pair embarked on a series of extended holidays and have been circumnavigating the globe ever since, taking in sights such as the Atlas Mountains in North Africa and safaris in South Africa as well as several music festivals in Naples and Prague.
The thrills and spills from their many colourful adventures is encapsulated in their book Growing Old Outrageously - a celebration of friendship and laughter. Available from Allen and Unwin.  Looks Gorgeous doesn't it??

Deb is off on her trip overseas this week, Have a fabbo time

 

See you all at the Book Launch

 

 

Audrey xx

Love Song

 

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                                       Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter  

                                                        April 2012

Hello ladies, sorry for the delay for last months newsletter, Audrey has been busy galavanting around the countryside!!!

Just got back from a wonderful long weekend away visitning our interstae memebr Merryn with Bousie in tow.

 

 

Our last meeting was held at Bousies( AKA Stephanie Plum) on the 24/4 To be commended on her yummy zucchin slice and dips that she made for us all.

 

Apologies: Gay and Deb

 

Book Reviewed was Love song by Alex Miller. Julia's choice

We had mixed reviews which made for a very interesting discussion, we really sounded like a proper bookclub!! Not everyone has forwarded their reviews so I have attached those that were sent through. Overall I would have to  say a negative review.

 

Our next meeting is earmarked for Sunday  the 27th of May with Gay( Elizabeth) as the Hostess with the Mostess, I am just awaiting confirmation from Gay for destination point and time , I was thinking a brunchie meeting?

The selected title is Little Bee by Chris Cleave wwhich Iam hoping most of you have started by now, I have just started reading and must say I am finding it very intriguing, get to the library SUSAN and start reading!!!!!!!!!!

 

GENERAL BUSINESS :

 

What a laugh we had when everyone presented their treasure form their past, Audrey presented her  dealry loved swap cards which had all the girls swooning, bringing back memories of good times had swapping them at primary school, she even had the coveted Little Boy Blue on horseback.

 

Jayne's doll Sallyann creeped us all out a bit especially when Jules placed a knife in her hand for the phot shoot.Leonie's teddy was very nervous looking, .

if Jill's Noddy car had of been bigger he may have made a getaway in it

 

Susie had us in fits of laughter with her Midge and Julia dolls, especially when she was playing dress ups later on. She also had her very precious medals from her gymnastic feats.

Merryn even sent us a video of her reading her diary she had made when she was a young girl.

 

Boodie was sadly missed on the night.

 

We did a collection for our charity, Leonie will keep us up to date on our total.

 

I will send out a reminder before next meeting but please remeber to send through a review before the meeting so I can collate onto one sheet and keep as a record .

Don't forget to keep the 13th of June for our Book Launch of Sinning Across Spain at Aziza.

 

Sinning Across Spain
Piper, Ailsa

Sinning Across Spain is the story of Ailsa Piper's 1300 kilometre walk from the southern city of Granada to Galicia, "the bathtub of Spain", in the far northwest, carrying an unusual cargo. Aside from 10 kilograms of practicalities, she also lugged a load of sins in her swag.
In the tradition of medieval believers, or scammers, who paid others to carry their sins to holy places, and so buy forgiveness, Ailsa asked her colleagues and friends to donate a sin. She then shouldered them across country, being taunted and tempted by them along the way, and trying to discover the mysteries of faith. What is faith? Did she have it? Could she get it? Would she know it if she saw it?
Sinning across Spain celebrates the call of the road, the possibilities for connection, and the simple act of putting one foot

for now

 

Audreyxx

Gold by Chris Cleave

 

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                                            Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter

                                                                          March2012

                                                                        Held at The Cove Hotel                        

 

Apologies  :Susan(on a cruise lucky duck), Leonie, Jayne

 

 

Hi ladies, sorry for the delay with newsletter, Audrey has been under the pump arranging a wedding and then ending up full of the flu!!!!!!

 

We all huddled up in a booth at the hotel, quite cosy and a great setting for a meeting, most of us enjoying their very tasty Tapas menu. I must say that I thought it was one of our better discussions on a book title, I think the added pressure of having to write a review created a bit more interest. All in all great reviews by everyone, we actually sound quite professional!!

LOL at Deb regaling us with stories of her childhood toy Boodie, you had to be there, then the moment when she was leaving and Gaye very innocently asked  ,Deb is that your bra? Again you had to be there!!

 

Book Reviewed was Gold by Chris Cleave, see attached reviews, I have attached info on his other titles which you may feel inclined to read after reading Gold.Jill has read Littel Bee and said it was excellent.

 

http://www.chriscleave.com/2011/12/first-reactions-to-gold/

 

As we had an interrupted reading schedule we still have to complete Lovesong by Alex Miller ( some of you have completed already) which will discuss at our next meeting, along with other title The Paris Wife

THE PARIS WIFE

The New York Times Bestseller

Set during a remarkable time, the same period as Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast and The Sun Also Rises, Paula McLain's The Paris Wife brilliantly captures the voice and heart of Hadley Hemingway as she struggles with her roles as a woman—wife, lover, muse, friend, and mother—and tries to find her place in the intoxicating and tumultuous world of Paris in the twenties.
"This absorbing, illuminating book gives us an intimate view of a sympathetic and perceptive woman, the striving writer she married, the glittering and wounding Paris circle they were part of, and the challenges of trying to preserve love and domesticity in the face of rising celebrity and ruthless ambition."
General Business:
As it was such a success writing the reviews it was decided that it would become a regular occurrence with everyone submitting a review to Audrey to be added to the next newsletter.
We will call it             In Your Words
Bring along a toy or something special from your childhood to the next meeting at Bousie's, this was propmted by Deb's stories about Boodie( who I might add was kidnapped over the weekend but returned home safely to his mummy!!!)

Important Stuff

Tuesday 3rd of April official photographer from Mindfood magazine will be at Audreys at 7.30 to take our photograph for the June edition of the magazine.
Dress to impress I say!!!!! and please be on time, make it to my place by 7.15
Next offical meeting  Tuesday April 24th, venue to be decided, Bousie AKA Steph will be the Hostess.

Until Tuesday

Audrey xx

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Tuscan Rose

 

                                                                                                              

                                       Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter  

                                                        February 2012

Held at Higginbotham Winery on 12/2

Apologies Susan and Jayne

A lovely rustic setting for our first meeting of the year, I feel very remiss though as we forgot to celebrate that it was our

        2nd  birthday, we will have to make up for it at our next meeting, look out Bousie!!!!

We did eventually get ourselves settled after deciding it would be too noisy near the band to hear our conversations, can you believe we thought they would be too noisy...... indeed.

Audrey spotted a bit of eye candy that seemed to keep walking past making it very difficult for her to maintain order.

OMG Audrey was in love with the beaurtiful big Clydesdale who was in the paddock outside

BOOK REVIEW:

Book reviewed was Tuscan Rose

A story that also presented us with some historical content, it was enjoyed by most, Jules was not too keen , it was a bit too bleak for her, I myself really enjoyed it, enough to want to read another title.

A bit more padding out of characters was a suggestion.

Overall rating was 7 out of 10.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Gaye has been nominated the knitting guru so if you are still feeling inclined to do some knitting of squares for charity then contact Gaye if you have forgotten the instructions.

Patrick-- We will continue to collect goodies on a monthly basis for Patrick to make hampers as we get enough stock, thanks Gaye for your last contribution.

We will also be starting to collect again on a monthly basis for our charity pick at the end of the year. Leonie if you still want to put your hand up as treasurer , if not let me know and we can handover to someone else.

Jill and I had a little venture down to Loch and had an encounter with the publican of the local pub, thought it would be a great venue for a Bookclub weekend away, Sybil the ownere is a member of a Bookclub too, there are books scattered throughout the hotel. She ahs given us an outline of what it would cost for a nights accommodation with dinner, it would work out to around $108 per head for dinner, breakfast and inc acc. i would love to hear your thoughts for a weekend later in the year.

http://www.royalhotelloch.com.au/

Next Meeting:

20th March to be held at Julia's

Book Title    

Love Song by Alex Miller, ( Australian Author)

Seeking shelter in a Parisian cafe from a sudden rainstorm, John Patterner meets the exotic Sabiha and his carefully mapped life changes forever.
Told with Alex Miller's distinctive clarity, intelligence and compassion, Lovesong is a pitch-perfect novel, a tender and enthralling story about the intimate lives of ordinary people

you need to get onto it( Susan that means you!!!!!!!) you can read it on the cruise and send us an update via email with some travel photos.

For all of you who don't know Susan and Cliff are off on a cruise around Australia for a month , lucky devils!!!!!!!!!!

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Siusie has also given us our title for April The Paris Wife http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/features/paula_mclain/

till next time, happy reading

Audrey xx

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Christmas

 

                                       Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter  

                                                        January 2012

A belated Christmas update:

Apologies: Merryn , Deb( our newbie member)

Everyone else attended.

 

Well hello everyone, Audrey has been on a holiday so she has been a bit tardy at getting our Christmas update newsletter out, she was busy scaling the heights of Mount Kosiosko, no mean feat against a strong headwind!!

 

I hope you all had a fab Christmas and New Year and are ready to approach 2012 with Zest and vigour, get those reading eyes out and about.

 

Our Christmas Breakup at Doyles was a great night , everyone looking gorgeous in their touch of sparkle particularly Leonie and Jayne in their gold dresses.

I am thinking next year we will hold it a bit earlier as I think everyone was a bit tired, we had our usual laughs when dealing with the KK, job well done again Steph( Bousie)

Just a few highlights, Jayne wanted the BIG ONE , Julia was a bitch , she took Shelle's present, Jayne still has hold of the BIG ONE , in the end everyone was happy with their gifts!!

 

Thankyou to everyone for their donations throughout the year for our charity, we raised $100 which was then matched by Ernst & Young, our selected charity was the RSPCA, lets aim for bigger and better this year, i have a few ideas.....................................

 

We never did get to finish those squares, we will have to try again this year, Gaye I think you should be the custodian of this one!!! what say you?? Deb we can get you some trainer knitting needles.

 

Patrick was presented with his Christmas Hamper and was very chuffed indeed, he took me on a tour of his vegie garden while I was there and said it meant a lot to him that we had thought of him at this time of year.

 

On a sad but exciting note, Merryn has departed our shores to head north and reside in Sydney and start on a whole new exciting centure, we will miss you Merryn , Merryn is going to continue to be a member  via correspondence, we look forward to your input.

 

Our next meeting is going to be held at Higginbotham Winery Dromana on Sunday the 12th of February for lunch12.00

http://www.hickinbotham.biz/

 

We will be reviewing 

 

Jill will be leading the discussion.

Jules your pick for the next book  so please bring along title for everyone.

Susie you are hostess with the mostess for April so maybe you can bring along your title as well so people can get prepared well in advance.

 

To date I know that Susan and Jayne cannot attend the next meeting due to prior committments, please let me know if you cannot attend as I will be making a booking for lunch so need accurate numbers.

 

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

 

Yours in reading

 

Audrey xx

The Original Group

Susie, Gay,Jill, Merryn, Shelle, Simone, Sophie, Jules, Jo, Susan,

Movie Review The Help

                    Breakfast at Tiffany's Newsletter  

                                                           September                                      

Hi ladies, this is a short and sweet Newsletter.

Shelle, Susan, Susie, Jill, Merryn , Julia and Gaye all attended the viewing of the Help at Brighton Bay Cinemas, everyone loved the movie, and for those that read the book they felt that the casting had been done extremely well and the fashion was fabulous.

I have been giving a lot of thought into the fact that a lot of you are finding it difficult to get the books that are selected read so after discussion with a few of the group it was decided that perhaps we need to make the meetings once every six weeks instead of once a month, this gives everyone plenty of time to source the book or borrow from someone else after they have finished it.

As to the selection of titles, maybe we should follow the CAE suggested reads, starting from the top.

Title for next meeting is

A Thousand Splendid SunsA Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to the post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love—a stunning accomplishment

by
Khaled Hosseini    
Next Meeting is now 8th of November at my place.
7pm for 7.30 start.

Happy Reading

Audrey