March 2012 Book Club

Thanks to Jessica for hosting last month's book club. The overall consensus was great food and a great read for the month of February! We also welcomed Jenny to her first Booky Boo!! Moving forward with the next pick, we have selected Heft, by Liz Moore. A synopsis of the book is below. We have decided to push the next book club out to May to give everyone ample time to pick up the book and read (am I kidding myself here?). Jacque has graciously offered to host on Thursday, May 3rd at 7:00pm. Her house is located at:

15221 Hardy
Overland Park, KS 66223




On another note, a Booky Boo field trip might be in the works! Remember how The Hunger Games was our inaugural book club pick last summer? The movie came out last weekend. Look for field trip details forthcoming!!

In the meantime....happy reading!!!

Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career—if he can untangle himself from his family drama. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel’s mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur’s. After nearly two decades of silence, it is Charlene’s unexpected phone call to Arthur—a plea for help—that jostles them into action. Through Arthur and Kel’s own quirky and lovable voices, Heft tells the winning story of two improbable heroes whose sudden connection transforms both their lives. Like Elizabeth McCracken’s The Giant’s House, Heft is a novel about love and family found in the most unexpected places.