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DCIB Book Club: Rainbow Valley, Book of Terrible Adults and Wonderful Children

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The last two Anne books! Which are also the two I was most looking forward to discussing. Please please read just these two, even if you don’t read any of the others. This one is the childhood story of a gang of children, and the next one tells what happens to those children when they grow up. They are very different from anything else Montgomery wrote, and pretty different from anything I have ever read by anyone else either.

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DCIB Book Club: Anne of Ingleside! A Bunch of Short Stories of Varying Quality, and Anne Makes Mistakes!

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Well, I had to stay up almost to midnight but I finished it! The problem is, I enjoy these books so much that I keep putting them off as a special treat for the weekend. And then I have so much to do on weekends that I finish them late. Anyway, I’m starting Rainbow Valley TOMORROW! It makes me happy, why not read it right away?

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DCIB Book Club: Anne of Windy Poplars, Best Characters and Worst Plot

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I just had the loveliest morning finishing this book. I put it off partly because I was super busy this week (this was Week of Getting Yards Ready for Spring), but also because I remembered it being kind of dull. Not at all! So many fun little stories in there once the book really gets going.

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DCIB Book Club: Anne of the Island! My Favorite Anne Book

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I am SO EXCITED to talk about this one. I remembered it has Ruby Gillis, but I forgot it also has the John Douglas-Janet Sweet romance. Either of these sections on their own would make it one of the most thought provoking Anne books, but the two together, plus Anne’s own maturing idea of romance, plus Phillipa Gordon’s romance and character, make it just a feast for discussion.

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DCIB Book Club: Anne of Green Gables! The First Book in the Series, the First Sunday of Our Series!

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Don’t worry, the discussion questions are going to be very general, so even if the last time you read the book straight through was years ago, you can still contribute. Personally, I was just going to sort of skim, and then I ended up sitting down and reading and crying for 2 hours straight yesterday and forgot to eat lunch. Basically the same as the first time I read it

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DCIB Book Club: Bridgerton 2! The Viscount Who Loved Me. Get SEXY!

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I’m not gonna read this one with you probably, I read it like 5 years ago. So y’all will remember it better than me! That will be fun. Anyway, all the books are very well-written romance novels. Meaning, actual 3 dimensional characters, fun dialogue, and smoking sex scenes. Not meaning, actual deep novel questions.

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DCIB Book Club reminder! Next Sunday, Just Jennifer, WWII Children’s Book/Young Romance!

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This is just a reminder, next Sunday, we are discussing an obscure children’s book that I personally quite like and also think you all would find it a fun light quick read. We all have graduate degrees (mostly)! We should be able to read a 100 page children’s book!

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DCIB Book Club: Just Jennifer, 1940s America Family Romance, Discussion March 6th!

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This is a bit of an off one, and I will be curious how many of you bother to read it. It’s short and easy, should only take you maybe 3 hours. You probably can’t get it from your library, but you can buy it on kindle or order it. And it’s such an interesting oddity I just want to share it with others.

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DCIB Book Club: Sparkling Cyanide! My Favorite Agatha Christie!!!! Discussion Sunday the 13th

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Woot! Keeping up the book club train! It’s cold and snowy, it’s book season. And this is another short fun one with, best of all, a large specific list of characters that it would be super fun to recast in Indian film. Oh, and a nice little romance.

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DCIB Book Club: Laura! The Most Romantic Murder Mystery EVER!!! UPDATE: Discussion is NEXT WEEK! Posted This Early, Will Repost Next Week

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UPDATE: I messed up! This discussion is supposed to be next week. But I’m not going to pull the post, you can read it now to have things to think about as you read the book. And I will repost it next week.

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DCIB Book/Movie Club: Laura! One of the Best Books, and Movies, EVER!!!!! Come back in 2 Weeks, January 30, To Discuss!

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I just remembered this book, and then I thought “hey, I bet the DCIB people would like it too” and then I thought “I should restart our book club for it!” And now I am. And I am giving you 2 weeks, so you have plenty of time to find it and read it.

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DCIB Book Club: Thinky Things Not By Me! Prayer by Anne Lamott, Picture by Edward Hopper, Taylor Swift Song, Discuss!

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I can feel my brain melting, so I need to read and talk about thinky things. DCIB Book Club this week, short stuff to consume, big things to think. You can put your thoughts down now, or later. I will keep this post pinned to the top of the page until Monday.

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DCIB Book/Movie Club Reminder: Meet Me in St. Louis! Discussion This Sunday! Available on HBOMax, and For Rent

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This is a selfish pick. I just love love love this movie. And it has a nice big Halloween section, so that’s fun. On the less selfish side, I think I can guarantee, this is a movie everyone on DCIB will enjoy. Great songs, amazing costumes, lots of family romance plot, just a total joy. Watch it with your family! Or remember when you saw it previously with your family! And come ready to discuss why Judy Garland is, or is not, the best character in the film.

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DCIB Book/Movie Club: Meet Me in St. Louis! For Halloween! Watch By Next Sunday and then Discuss With Us!

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I am bringing back the DCIB Book/Movie club! Because it’s fall, it’s cozy, and also my brain is atrifying. Anyway, Meet Me in St. Louis! One of my favorite movies, and I guarantee all y’all will like something in it. Also, I have a great need to talk about how BORING the love interest is.

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