my own little kingdom in chicago
Love to read — the girlfriends and I discuss said novels over wine.
We made it through each day in December counting down to Christmas Eve with a Harry Potter Advent Calendar. To spice things up a bit this holiday season, we added an Advent BOOK calendar and loved opening up a book each day! We added 24 books in 24 days to our own library, and so happy that our local book store Madison Street Books helped picked and wrapped each one!
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I have never been more excited for December to start. Each year we do various advent calendar (usually Lego) and thought this year we would spice it up with a Funko Pop Harry Potter Advent Calendar. But I still felt like something was missing. Then, one of my favorite local independent bookstores posted something on their IG feed. I was hooked. I just had to do it. And only two more sleeps before it begins!
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For a busy year of kids, traveling, work and everyday madness – we certainly squeezed in quite a few books this year! What did we read in 2019? And what do we plan on reading in 2020?!? Here’s the recap!
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Another busy year for Book *Wine* Club. Considering a handful of members had some major life events this year – 2018 included kids entering their freshman year in high school, moving, job changes and more. We are happy we squeezed in what we were able to when we did! Here is our 2018 recap of books!
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November 14th 2008.
This was the night of the first Book Club. Considering many of us were juggling newborns and toddlers as well as working – we were impressed we pulled off the first book club. We probably weren’t drinking much either. My, how times have changed. Back in 2008, we started out with the simple fact that our elementary school required the kids to read 30 minutes a day. If we had to watch them read, what better way to reinforce the importance of reading but to read along side them! Read more