Well, our book club's summer break is coming to an end. I don't know about you but I haven't taken a break from reading. I've been downloading lots of free books on my Kindle and it's too easy to dim the brightness of my screen and read all night.

We sure appreciate what a fabulous host Patti was last month! Hidden Places was a great book and we had a great discussion with wonderful treats that went along with the book's theme (like cotton candy).

Our next review will be hosted by Fay on August 21. Our favorite book club author, Randall Wright, will be joining us for the discussion and I think this will be a very enjoyable read:

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

by Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright, Barry Moser (Illustrator)

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Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his hard life dodging fishwives brooms and carriage wheels and trade his damp alley for the warmth of the Cheshire Cheese Inn. When he learns that the innkeeper is looking for a new mouser, Skilley comes up with an audacious scheme to install himself in the famous tavern. Once established in the inn, Skilley strikes a bargain with Pip, the intelligent mouse-resident, and his fellow mice. Skilley protects the mice and the mice in turn give to Skilley the delectable Cheshire cheese of the inn. Thus begins a most unlikely alliance and friendship. The cat and mouse design a plan to restore Maldwynwounded raven and faithful guard in the service of Queen Victoriato his rightful place in The Tower, but first they must contend with a tyrannical cook, a mouse-despising barmaid, and an evil tomcat named Pinch. Will the famous author suffering from serious writers block who visits the Cheshire Cheese pub each day be able to help?(less)