Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is an enthralling tale accompanied by photographs that have to be seen to believe. The perfect book for our late October gathering! October's FCM Book club was hosted by Cindy Jett. She has the perfect yard for late autumn entertaining. The leaves were falling and the fire bowl was blazing.
A gardening bench served as an outdoor bar where pumpkin ales and steaming hot Apple Pie cocktails were served. The cocktail consists of apple cider, vanilla vodka and a generous dash of cinamon.
Appetizers were passed around while we discussed the book. These included pickled green beans wrapped in ham with Neufchâtel cheese and red pepper and deviled eggs covered in spiders. Creepy!!
We decided to get into the true spirit of the book and Halloween by dressing up. There were a variety of costumes. The host was a witch, Skylar dressed as a raven, Abbie was Miss Peregrine from the book, Ella was the mean librarian, Jamie a sailor and Katie a pregnant gal! That one was not too much of a stretch!
Dinner was eaten inside. Homemade french onion soup topped with swiss and parmeasan was accompanied by a variety of grilled cheese sandwhiches. The sandwiches included mozzerella, pesto and tomato, ham, cheddar and tomato jelly, and brie, apple and olive oil.
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Dinner was followed by cupcakes Skylar had covered in sugar glass shards and champagne.
Up next will be Jamie McDaniel with Angela's Ashes.
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