Kicking Off 2014!

Fun times at book club Ladies!  Looking forward to next month! 

Paula - February - Friday February 21st

Location TBA

Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

Book Description

The Last Guard Out is the fascinating true story of one man's life as a guard behind the merciless concrete walls of Alcatraz.I was newly assigned to the infamous island penitentiary of Alcatraz. Reporting to Alcatraz required me to uproot my wife Cathy and young son Kenny from Colorado to California. As we approached San Francisco via of the Oakland Bay Bridge we got our first foreboding glance of Alcatraz Island with a dense circle of fog surrounding it. A strange sense of dread came over me. I looked at our young son asleep in the back seat, then turned to my wife next to me and I whispered "What The Hell Did We Do". After moving on to Alcatraz our thought on Island life quickly changed and we decided not to apply for a transfer out, which consequently left us there until the Island closed in March of 1963.Because of our newly born daughters foot problem they left us there until June of 1963 making me The Last Guard Out.

Kimbril - March - Thursday March 20th

Dana - April 

Cherie - May

Denise - June

Jennifer Malin - July

Amy Gall - August

Need to discuss dates for rest of the year.  Please let me know when you would like to schedule your month. 

January 10, 2014 JC book club Wine Exchange

reservations under my name at 7pm.

Wine Exchange
1609 W Snow Ave
Tampa, FL 33606

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage) Paperback

by

Cheryl Strayed (Author)

A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, St. Louis Dispatch

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

Katheen's Service Saturday January 4th from 11am to 2pm Rusty Pelican

http://adams-jennings.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2363701&fh_id=12401


Kathleen Elizabeth Hogan
(March 29, 1971 - December 17, 2013)

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42, passed away after a valiant battle with cancer. Born and raised in Tampa, Kathleen graduated from Plant High School and St. Petersburg College. She loved her job and colleagues at Jabil Circuit and remained close friends with former co-workers at Carrabba’s. No one who knew Kathleen will forget her wall-to-wall smile, genuine warmth and offbeat Irish humor. Even while fighting the battle of her life, she charmed her medical team and buoyed loved ones with her confident optimism. Throughout that too-brief life, she used her incisive wit and practical intellect for good, but delighted in fun-loving (though never mean-spirited) naughtiness. She wrote the book on strength of spirit and quiet grace in the face of agonizing challenges. She will be deeply missed by her loving parents, Thomas (Red) and Ellen Hogan; her doting sister and brother-in-law, Meghan and Steve Tauber; devoted boyfriend, Bill Kelleher; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends across the country; plus her furry kids, Butter and Sugar. Kathleen’s friends and loved ones will gather to celebrate her life, swap stories and tickle old memories January 4, 2014, at the Rusty Pelican, 2425 North Rocky Point Drive, Tampa; 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, LifePath Hospice, the Humane Society Tampa Bay or charity of your choice.