Space Coast Women's Wine and Book Club

Instead of reading a book for December, we will be having our annual holiday brunch and blind book exchange. Laurie is hosting at her condo's club house again this year, thank you Laurie!

Directions: Condo is Diamond Bay and Pinellas Lane dead ends into their parking lot. Pinellas Lane intersects with A1A and is a couple of blocks south of 520. There is a church on each side of the intersection and the Hampton Inn is across the street.

***Please bring a dish and some bubbly and we will celebrate the season. Write in the notes section of the event what you are bringing. I am bringing a green chile and cheese egg casserole as always and bottle of bubbly and plastic cups.***

Also, we will play the Blind Book White Elephant game. Find a book you have on hand (not one we've read for book club) and wrap it up. Put a note on it with a couple sentences describing the main plot and genre. We will lay all the books out and then pick numbers from a hat and do a white elephant game to pick books from the pile or steal from another player. Everyone goes home with a new book!

***Location TBD***

Book Summary:

#### Stop Being A People Pleaser! Learn How To Set Boundaries And Say NO - Without Feeling Guilty!

Are you fed up with people taking advantage of you? Are you tired of coworkers, friends, and family members demanding your time and expecting you to give it to them?

If so, THE ART OF SAYING NO is for you.

Imagine being able to turn down requests and decline invitations with confidence and poise. Imagine saying no to people asking you for favors, and inspiring their respect in the process.

Grab your copy of The Art Of Saying NO: How To Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time And Energy, And Refuse To Be Taken For Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!)

Amazon bestselling author, Damon Zahariades, provides a step-by-step, strategic guide for setting boundaries and developing the assertiveness you need to maintain them. You'll learn how to say no in every situation, at home and in the workplace, according to your convictions. And best of all, you'll discover how to get your friends, family members, bosses, coworkers, and neighbors to respect your boundaries and recognize your personal authority.

In THE ART OF SAYING NO, you'll discover:

• my personal struggle with being a people pleaser (and how I overcame the habit!)
• the top 11 reasons we tend to say yes when we know we should say no
• 10 simple strategies for turning people down with finesse
• why saying no to people doesn't make you a bad person (the opposite is true!)
• the best way to develop the habit of setting personal and professional boundaries
• how to know whether you're a people pleaser (and how to gauge the severity of the problem)

PLUS, BONUS MATERIAL: dedicated sections on saying no to your spouse, kids, friends, neighbors, coworkers, clients, bosses, and even strangers!

If you're sick and tired of being taken for granted, grab your copy of THE ART OF SAYING NO today! Start taking control of your life by learning how to say that simple, beautiful word: "No."

***We will be at the new Rebellion Beachside Bar & Bistro.***

Book Summary

Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of…