Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Leader: Grace Pires Email. silvara@xxxxxxx Assistant: Susan Lumpkin Email. slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx The Romance Book club held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 with the following summation: 1. Members discussed what they liked about romances and how they began reading this genre. 2. Grace Pires, the club's leader gave a broad overview of the evolution and different forms of romance with discussion by participants in the group. 3. Five Christmas books were recommended. The club voted to read A Cinderella Christmas (American Romance) by Shelley Galloway. When Morgan finds himself suddenly dateless for his company's Christmas ball, he asks the woman who cleans his office. But the fairy tale evening falls apart when his ex-girlfriend shows up. 4. Meetings were scheduled for the third Friday of the month. In January, the group will reconvene in the Friends of Bookshare Community Room on January 18, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific, 9:00 p.m. Eastern and Wednesday GMT 02:00. 5. Everyone was encouraged to communicate with Grace or Susan in email about either books or authors they would like the club to consider in the future. We both wish you a joyous holiday season and hope you will visit our Romance Book Club again on Friday, January 18, 2008. Grace and Susan