Book Club Recap 6/21/11

Attendees: Callah, Christopher, Denise, Heather, Lisa, Michelle, Rambo, Raven, and Rhonda with special appearances by Anderson, Cooper, and Nathan!

First, for all of those who couldn't make it I should let you know that for most of the day Nathan would keep asking us if we could go to Rhonda's house because she was going to have lots of food there and he wanted to eat it all. When we got there he did a pretty good job of eating it all :)

We talked about Bossypants by Tina Fey. We all really liked that book and thought that she was really funny. We were amazed at the detail of stories that she remembered from her life. I know that we talked about more, but I can't remember what was said because all I can think about was the delicious pizza that Rambo and Denise made and the delicious cake that Raven made :)

We also talked about Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. I guess that the book gets really good at the end, but Lisa and I still had around 100 pages left to read so the group was very polite and didn't talk about the ending. Everyone, but Rambo liked the book. We all agreed that there were slow parts in it and that the author could have cut down some on the book. Can't remember what else.

The conversations about the books were longer than what I have listed above, but I can't remember. I also had to leave for a short while to help put the boys to bed. I remembered the food, the presents (thank you everyone!), the story of the lady that was in Rhonda's yard (you need to ask her about this!), and the fainting goats.

Our next book club info:
When: Tuesday 7/26/11 @7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan


Here is what Wikipedia said about it:
A Visit From the Goon Squad (2010) is a work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan.[1] It won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction,[2] and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[3] It is being adapted by HBO into a television series.[4]

Most of the stories in A Visit from the Goon Squad concern the associates and friends of a successful music executive and aging punk rocker named Bennie Salazar. It traces a large cast of mostly self-destructive characters as they grow older and fate sends them in directions they did not intend to go. The book shifts back and forth in time, moving from the late sixties to the present day and into the near future. Many of the stories take place in or around New York City, although some are set in California, Italy and Africa.

Hope to see everyone at the next one!

Heather

Book Club Next Week Tuesday 6/21

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to remind everyone that next week is book club. We will be discussing Bossypants by Tina Fey and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. We will be meeting at Rhonda's house at 7pm.

I hope to see most of you there!

-Heather