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EAT PRAY LOVE National Girls Night Out

August 6th, 2010

Elizabeth Gilbert’s mega best-selling memoir EAT PRAY LOVE is hitting the big screen in a movie of the same name starring the delicious duo Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem next week.

Pause, drool, resume.

So to celebrate the movie premier on Friday, August, 13th, we’re asking our Book End Babe chapters around the country to host a special book club Girls Night Out. (See the full list in our Twitter directory.) We’re THRILLED to partner with Moroch & Associates to promote this story about a woman’s trip around the globe to find herself after a tough divorce and identity crisis rocks her world.

First, if you’re not an official Book End Babe chapter, I encourage you to join. We’re a sorority of lit sisters whose mission is to promote great reads, authors and girlfriends. This contest is open to our existing chapters, but we welcome new chapters! The more, the merrier.

I have EIGHT fabulous prizes so eight total lucky queen B’s (the hosts of our book club chapters). It’s first-come, first serve on the prizes. It’s up to you whether you want to keep the prize for yourself or do a drawing at your next book party.

HOW TO ENTER:
Host a Book End Babes EAT PRAY LOVE Girls Night Out, beginning Friday, August 13th. Doesn’t matter if you eat first, after, go for drinks, or what have you. Just get together and go see the movie! The first EIGHT queenBs to submit a photo of your event including AT LEAST THREE OF YOU and short summary of your night out and thoughts on what your gals had to say about the film. The first eight of you to do so will get to pick either a T-shirt or bracelet. We’re celebrating girlfriends so dates with your guys don’t count. :)

E-mail me at bookendbabes (at) me (dot) com with your photo and recap of your night and what your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice would be on your prize. LOOK AT THESE CUTE T-SHIRTS AND BRACELET. The shirts are fitted. The bracelets are one-size fits all. :)
I’ll keep you posted on Twitter and our Facebook page when we’ve reached our allotted number of winners. All winners will get some EPL bookmarks, too.

Good luck and enjoy the movie! The Bookettes (the fab BEB bloggers who keep this baby rockin’) are getting to see the movie early – next Tuesday – so we’ll post pics and give you our recap, too.

Books rock, gilfriends rule and girls night out at the movies based on a book we love is cool, too.

xo,
Malena Lott
BEB founder & author

P.S. Special thanks to model Kendall Cook for showing off the prizes.
P.P.S. Yes, I’m hoping you’ll still read the book.

It’s Party Time!

July 13th, 2010

by Anne Greenwood Brown

It’s Party Time!  One of the time-honored traditions in our house are Book-to-Movie Premiere Night Parties.  Depending on the movie, sometimes they work out as mother-daughter affairs, other times they’re a fun Ladies’ Night Out.

With the recent premiere of Eclipse, we had a high school graduation themed party, complete with diplomas, miniature graduation caps, cocktail meatballs, and–of course–my famous trivia game.  A trip to the liquor store turned up an armful of red wines with such labels as: Jacob’s Creek, Alice White, Shine, and Wolf.  Perfect, right?  The top three winners of the trivia game (and depending on their age) got either a bottle of wine, a copy of the recently released, Twilight Saga novella, or a Barnes & Noble gift card.  Of course, the soundtrack added just the right ambiance.

The three keys to a good Book-to-Movie party are a table top theme, entree, and signature drink that reflect the book and get people revved up to see the movie.  If you’ve got time for a short contest or game, go for it!

Some past examples include:

P.S. I Love You (by Cecelia Ahern)

  • Table Top: Green table cloth; Potted Shamrock
  • Entree: Corned Beef & Cabbage
  • Signature Drink: Guinness or Irish Coffee
  • Game: Best Shoes Contest

The Time Traveler’s Wife (by Audrey Niffenegger)

  • Table Top: Scattering of Watches and mini Hour Glasses from kids’ games
  • Entree: Chicago Style Hot Dogs
  • Signature Drink: Goose Island Beer

The Girl Who Played with Fire (by Stieg Larsson)–in theaters now

  • Table Top: Mocked up Millennium Magazine covers; Matchbooks
  • Entree: Swedish Pancakes & Lingonberries
  • Signature Drink: Strong Coffee

Some upcoming movies promise more fun!

Eat, Pray, Love (by Elizabeth Gilbert)–hits theaters Aug. 13, 2010

  • Table Top: Red & White Checked Table Cloth; Travel Post Cards
  • Entree: Bruschetta and Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini
  • Signature Drink: Chianti

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (by J.K. Rowling)–hits theaters Nov. 19, 2010

  • Table Top: Witch Hat, Wands, Snakes (for the brave)
  • Entree: Bat Wings (chicken wings) & Dragon Balls (meatballs in grape jelly & BBQ sauce)
  • Signature Drink: Pumpkin Juice (Apple Cider w/ nutmeg and cinnamon–add Cinnamon Schnapps for adults)

If you decide to have a Book-to-Movie Party for these or any other upcoming movies, please post photos!  I’d love to see what you come up with!

It’s Not That I’m Bitter

June 24th, 2010

Book babes,
I am SO loving reading this Top Pick. It’s funny and relevant. Click on the book cover in the right sidebar to order. The author is a great speaker, too! Here she talks about swimsuit season.

Author’s Lament

May 20th, 2010

With the exception of a few authors who have lines out the door, book signings are dreadful, cricket-chirping events. Here’s a funny video to illustrate why. (Be sure and seek out book signings and support authors, babes.)

Committed Spotlight

February 18th, 2010

For Valentine’s Day, I treated myself to finishing COMMITTED by Elizabeth Gilbert, one of our February Top Picks. (Yes, I ate chocolate, too.) I really can’t say enough good things about the book. I liked it even better than EAT, PRAY, LOVE and found Gilbert’s writing and insights into the topic both intellectual and kitchen-table ready. Gilbert is brilliant, yet her conversational writing makes her relatable in the same way that our girlfriends talking about the topic around the kitchen table might be. I’ve often pondered my grandparent’s lasting marriage and my parent’s short-lived one. I thought and thought and thought about marriage as a child after seeing divorce, after divorce, after divorce occur in my family. (My conclusion then was to not get married, though having children was still a strong maybe for me.)

I did find a suitable marital partner and he turned out to be more than suitable. I’d easily call him a soul mate and life partner and we’re seventeen years plus together already. Obviously you know I love the book or I wouldn’t have made it a Top Pick, but if you are interested WHATSOEVER in the topic of marriage around the world and want to look within, then I highly recommend you splurge for the hardcover on this one because I guarantee it’s a keeper. Give it to girlfriends, pass it around and by all means use it as a discussion resource to talk to your own kids about marriage someday.

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Spotlight

February 15th, 2010

Time to get to know CeeCee and the creator Beth Hoffman a little bit better as we continue to give props to this magical, magnificent southern read!

We Heart Our February Top Picks!

February 1st, 2010

It’s February, the month of LOVE so all week we’ll be celebrating our love of books and love of life. We’ll be doing our first-ever FREE workshop series on happiness that you can follow along with on our Facebook group and we’re discussing finding your fire, marriage and authenticity thanks to our top picks! See why they were selected in this month’s video.

How to make a vodka gimlet

January 15th, 2010

More from HOW TO SEW A BUTTON. This one is perfect for the weekend: how to make a vodka gimlet!

How to Sew a Button: The grandmothers

January 14th, 2010

How to Sew A Button by Erin Bried is a January Top Pick

Watch the interviews of the grandmothers Erin interviewed for her book and then join us on Twitter tonight from 8-9 p.m. EST. One lucky tweeter will win a funky notepad for your fridge.

January Top Picks Video

January 4th, 2010

How about a thriller, a YA urban fantasy, a book about that time of the month, and stuff your grandma may not have taught you? Yeah…we think our January Top Picks rock the good reads spectrum. Find out why we picked them and then celebrate all month long.