Book Club Recap 7/26/11

This was one of our least attended book clubs, but it was a really good one!

Attendees: Callah, Heather, Lisa I., & Rhonda with appearances by Cooper and Raven

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan was our book that we discussed this go around. We all liked the book overall, but we had a lot of gripes about it too. We thought that the book was more like reading a whole bunch of short stories that never "tidied" up the storyline. We found that when reading a chapter we would get really invested in the characters only to have the chapter end and not find out what happened to all of the characters or we would want to know more information about them that was never revealed. Since the stories did go backward and forward in time and were each told from a different person's perspective it was sometimes hard to remember characters that would appear in different stories. Since some of us read the ebook we found it difficult not to be able to go back and search as easily to see who a person was. A lot of our discussion was trying to figure out what event happened when in the storyline. We all did agree that the book was easy and fast!

The next part of our book club was the best part. First, we talked about Rhonda's dog business and she showed us her new logo that she had made. It looks awesome and we really hope that Rhonda's business succeeds! I think when we were trying to come up with our next book Callah started talking about how her ex sister-in-law is writing a book about her ex-husband's family that she would want us to read when it comes out. Callah started to tell us stories about the family and her ex-husband that were crazy! It will definitely make for a very interesting read. When Callah was talking about these stories it was discovered that Callah's ex-husband worked for Lisa's dad! What a small world! Lisa and Callah even figured that they had been to some of the same events and probably met each other previously. The conversations were really interesting and I think that we have some of the best book clubs outside on Rhonda's patio (this is where we got to hear all about Rambo's family). To top of the book club, Callah made this delicious peach crisp! I had two servings!!! I also made some cream puffs that were pretty tasty too.

For our next book club here are the details:
When: Tuesday 8/23 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

I hope that everyone will be able to make it. We miss seeing those who can't come!

-Heather

Book Club Next Week Tuesday 7/26/11

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to send out a reminder that book club is going to be in one week! Next Tuesday 7/26 at 7pm at Rhonda's house. We are reading A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.

I hope to see lots of our long lost members there (and of course I look forward to seeing the regulars!).

-Heather