Knitters, Runners, Writers and Local Business People are already great fans of the wonderful Daybreak Coffee House in Glastonbury, Connecticut.  For the 2013-2014 school-year Linda Kenneman and her brother Carmello also adopted Readers as their most enthusiastic fans by hosting a year-long book club.  At the first ever meeting, Linda hosted a packed house, yet the delicious coffee, tea and desserts were plentiful all night.  Linda and local author and Public Relations Expert, Wendy Paine Miller suggested that we break into groups of five or six. I urged English teacher and successful writer/mom-blogger, Julie to join our group which also consisted of two experienced nurses and an early twenty-something, professional photographer. Kudos to our hubbies for taking over dinner and bedtime routines, so that Julie and I could enjoy Daybreak’s Jittery Book Club discussion, which began with John Green’s bestselling fictional account of two young, but very ill lovers, The Fault In Our Stars. Both Julie and I have been patrons of Daybreak since we became moms in 2010, and we are so pleased that Daybreak has become a hub for culture as well as delicious foods and beverages. I hope that all moms are as lucky as we are and able to join a book club. Book clubs are also an excellent way to connect with people if you are new in town. Judi, one of the nurses in our group had recently moved to Connecticut from California, and she found this event to be very enjoyable and a welcome break from her graduate school program in medical law. Not only did we learn a lot about each other as we discussed Green’s novel, we also learned to look within ourselves. Both of the main characters in the novel face terminal illness, and this reminded us all to be so thankful to be of sound mind and body at this time. Here I am at the meeting with Julie of the website, www.ayearwithmomanddad.com.