Between the Covers

Get your mind out of the gutter, this post isn't anything dirty. I'm in a book club! (Yes, I know I'm so punny!) I've always wanted to do a book club, but could never find anyone who read or just couldn't get it organized and scheduled. That has all changed. Tuesday night, I and 4 other friends gathered at my house to start our very own book club. We had dinner and discussed what books we want to read. We decided for our first book, we should read something none of us have read before so we settled on Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. None of us have read it yet and know that it's been made into a film that will come out later this year. My friend, Ashley had posted on her blog about how she's challenged herself to read 16 books before they become movies. This one is on the list and we're all pretty excited about it.

 

Dinner was followed by the yummy deliciousness from 2 different bakeries: Muddy's (a local shop that's been here for a few years now) and Nothing Bundt Cake (just came to Memphis and has locations all over, it happens to be next to "my" Starbucks this is bad, y'all). Serously, y'all. Go getcha some! Now! I recommend the Lemon raspberry from NBC and the chocolate raspberry from Muddy's. 

Our book club!

 

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

Tamera Alexander

Last week, my mom was in town. She spent a week here helping me with my patio at my town home (more on that in a later post). Wednesday night we saw Bon Jovi in Nashville and stayed at my good friend Rachel's house. Thursday, we had lunch at Puckett's on the Franklin square with our friend Tamera Alexander. She is an amazing author who writes Christian-based historical fiction. Her book "Inheritance," is my favorite and Miss Tammy was sweet enough to sign it for me. Check out her blog, "Writing Perspectives," it's great! Where the books she's written so far are set in Colorado (hence how we know her, my mom was her kids' teacher), the next series are going to be based around old homes in the Nashville area. These include Belle Meade Plantation and The Hermitage! I cannot wait to read them! Pics below of our day with Miss Tammy. By the way, can you tell I'm really into hyperlinking today?

This is mom and I with the sugar chest she bought the day before. Yes, she's putting a sugar packet into it. Sugar chests were where people in antebellum days (and earlier) stored their sugar (duh). They locked it up because sugar was so expensive back then. Anyway, I've heard mom go on and on about this for years how she's always wanted one. She hit the jackpot in Jackson, and hauled it back with her to CO. I tried to convince her it would be better off in my townhome, but no dice. Okay, I'm done with the gambling references.