Saturday, November 22, 2008

Our second newsletter.

Quiz Time -- Book No #1 -- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

1. What was Edgar’s earliest memory?
A. His dog Almondine when he was in his crib.

2. What question did Edgar ask his parents that was never truthfully answered?
A. How they met.

3. Claude told a lie to Edgar’s parents. Edgar knew it wasn’t true, but he went along with it. What was the lie and why did they tell it?
A. That Forte killed the deer, when in fact he shot it. Edgar did not want Forte killed.

4. Dr. Papineau came to dinner one night after Gar died. What dessert did he declare, “I bought it by hand.”?
A. Lemon meringue pie.

5. Where did Edgar hide to spy on his mother and Claude? Did he get caught?
A. In a tree overlooking the kitchen window. Claude saw him, his mother did not.

6. Edgar helped Henry find answers to what kind of puzzle?
A. Crossword.

7. What kind of car was Henry restoring?
A. 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner, retractable hardtop convertible.

8. Who was the ghost in the shed?
A. The previous owner, who had collected all the stuff because his wife wouldn’t throw anything away.

9. What is a waterspout? Does it make noise?
A. A tornado or funnel cloud over the water. It is very loud.

10. What is the significance of the photo Edgar found of Claude and Forte?

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

eNewsLetter #1

Jack and Jill...



This past weekend I carved two Jack O' Lanterns. A first for me! One for Mini Me and one for Mini Meow. Happy face is Mini Meow's & the other is Mini Me's.

It was fun!

We (Mini Me & Mini Meow) have decided to carve (Me doing the work!!) two small pumpkins per week until thanks giving. We (Again, Mini Me & Mini Meow!) want to carve a turkey (Turkey O'Lantern!!) during the thanksgiving week. Will keep you posted.

Radhika.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Deep thoughts...

Hi there Book Worms;

Radhika asks:
Do you think Carl Spitzweg was thinking of us when he did the painting??

Do you have any book wormy thoughts to share?

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Gift to the Clubbies.

Consider yourself tagged...

You are now officially a BookWorm.



Monday, September 29, 2008

Why?? Because Oprah said so...



The first book that has been picked is "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski.
Being new to the eBook Club scene, I wanted to play it safe. So I went with Oprah's pick. As we evolve as a group, we can pick the book based on mutual consensus or let a person pick each time around. We'll see how that goes.

For those of you who might have read the book already, please do discuss the book with us. The window to read this book is Oct 6th thru December 6th. We can discuss the book in the weeks following and take it from there.

If the majority of the group has read the book, we will change the book, of course!

In the meantime, feel free to leave comments on where you are in the reading of the book and such. Let us avoid spoilers as far as possible.

Be nice!! The goal is to have fun as a group.

I am still trying to figure how we could tag each other along the way to encourage each other to finish the book. More on that later.