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Member Event Report!

You know that it’s cold outside – snow, ice, wind…brrr! We want to help all of us to have more hygge in our lives.

So it was great to get together last week, to have food at Mexican Village, and to chat about books with members!

Our format for this group is pretty flexible, to be sure we meet the needs of all members: we sit in our reserved area, and everyone shares a book (or two!) they are reading. People can order whatever food they want. There is chatting on other topics, sharing of photos, an occasional YouTube video watched – all the typical fun stuff!

It’s been pretty crowded at these events, and we are always fine with more people joining us. So here are all the upcoming events. If you sign up on Meetup.com (it’s a free account, and they don’t spam you), you will get reminded of sessions automatically. (I put the app on my phone, and it sends me reminders for the meetings, and even another one a couple of hours early so I won’t forget!)

And of course, all these events will be promoted here on the website, in the newsletter, and on our social media. We don’t care where you hear about it – we will just be happy to see you!

So, the books are the fun part of the event! Here are the books, and other resources we shared, so you can admire them too.

(As always, our book links go to Amazon.com. If you click one, and buy anything at all, Amazon sends of a very small percent of their profits. You can support CMLE without doing a thing. Thanks!!)

There was discussion of a perfume that smelled like old books/bookstore. Here are a few places you can check out if you want to try some book-related scents.

We also had an optional book everyone could read: The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, by Gretchen Rubin. “Gretchen Rubin’s year-long experiment to discover how to create true happiness. Drawing on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world examples, Rubin delivers an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. ” We did not get much time to discuss this one, so will probably carry it over to February too. There is always time for more happiness!

Thanks so much for joining us, and we look forward to seeing you at some upcoming events!