When in the course of human events it becomes absolutely essential for women to have conversations about books, writers (and even bad movies), a little organization may be needed.
On July 12, 2008, the following women made Houston County history by talking about books non-stop for two hours. They met in the spacious kitchen of Landmark Realty to form Perry Bookworms.Present were: Becky Burnham, Cathy Goff, Charlotte Perkins, JoAnne Horrel, Emily Johnstone, Joyce Jones, Terry Everett, Olivia Stachorek,
Andrea Lasseter, Laurie Jones, Joy Skeen.
The name Perry Bookworms does NOT mean that you have to be from Perry to be in it. This is an open membership organization, except for the gender bias. 
Founders Emily and Charlotte were quite happy with the great group that showed up and felt that we were making new friends on the spot. We are expecting several more at the August 2 meeting because summer vacations made starting in July sort of tricky. Those attending the first two meetings will be declared Charter Members.
HOWEVER, this club will be set up so that if you miss a meeting, you can just come back to the next one.
A blog has been set up by Emily Johnstone at perrybookworm.livejournal.com. Please check in and take a look since the group photo is already up on the blog. Also watch the Houston Home Journal for a massive publicity surge. (Just kidding – but we will have the photo and story in)
The blog address will not be published and is only for members of the group, unless somebody has out of town friends who might like to jump in.
Meetings will be on the first Saturday morning of each month, starting at 10 a.m.
The next meeting is on August 2, and will be a general discussion of the works of Jan Karon – so if you haven’t read one, check out one or all of The Mitford Series. We will also have a round-robin discussion of what other books everyone is reading and wants to recommend.
Many Thanks to Lynward Barrett of Landmark Realty for letting us use his convenient and very nice meeting facilities!