Attendees: Addie, Denise, Heather, Lisa I, Raven, and Rhonda
We discussed the book River Town by Peter Hessler. Rhonda was the only one that finished the book. The rest of us were about halfway through with the book. The overall consensus was that the book wasn't super captivating and a page turner, but it was interesting to read and not horrible. We all really liked the entries of Peter's students that he included in the book. We discussed how the Chinese are very black and white with everything. We also talked about the Yangtze and the damming of it that happened after the book took place. Addie recommended the movie Up the Yangtze. Here is a picture of one of the Stick Stick men. Lisa said that she Googled a lot of what Peter discussed so that she could see what he was talking about, which was a very brilliant idea to do! We also discussed the American names that the students chose for themselves and everyone seemed to like "Mo Money" or "Lazy" the best.
The one other thing that I can remember that stood out at this book club was that at one point everyone either had out their phones or iPads and were playing Draw Something :). I think that we have some addicts in this group!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Tuesday May 1, 2012 at 7pm
Where: Rhonda's House
What We Are Reading: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Oh, we also talked about the Hunger Games movie and Addie and I both liked the movie and thought that they did a good job with it.
We hope to see all of our missing members at the next one!
Heather
