Jan Thacker

The Book Party

We had the best time last Saturday night. Our first book party to celebrate National Book Lover’s Day. It was in August but it took a while to get a date where all 34 of us could attend. The house was full and the laughter and chatter carried down the block. My sister, Judy, helped putting it all together and Troy was the official Bingo caller.

We had a baked potato bar, tons of desserts, had bookmarks for everyone, played Bingle and gave away 40 prizes, and did a drawing for a monstrous gift basket. Judy even created a gorgeous throw and pillow to go with it. For the Bingo players who didn’t win I handed out tiny gold trophies as participation awards.
The best part was the book exchange. From the youngest, at age two, to the oldest we drew names. It was so much fun shopping for “my person” and to see what everyone else got. The book givers obviously put a lot of thought into the books they selected. The rules were it could be a new book, used book, a book from your collection, or just any book.

I’m hoping to make this a yearly event. It was just a delightful time with all these people I dearly love. The sad thing is I didn’t get one photo. Not one!