First, I have to say that seeing you all outside and some of you in short sleeves made me very jealous! I look forward to the sun and heat coming this way (although it was sunny and warm today!).
The book that we discussed this meeting was The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.
Everyone in book club had read this book! Julie and myself previously read this book and we needed a refresher on what the book was about since it had been awhile. Michelle did an excellent job summarizing the book and all of the characters. We all really enjoyed the book and like Liane's writing. Michelle said that she figured out the secret right away, but there were others that didn't know what the secret was right away. We all felt really bad for the Colin (I can't remember if that name is right) character because he really got the short end of the stick for the whole book. Some members thought that the story of woman that left her cheating husband and went back home didn't fit that well into the book and could have been left out. We figured that Liane put her in because she likes to weave different stories together and that was one that she could do.
I read this book soon after reading two of her other books and it was too much for me. I think that her books are very similar and kind of remind me of Jodi Picoult's novels and one should read them spaced out, so that they don't get burned out on them :). Rhonda did mention that she thought it was really shitty that the one lady that gets pregnant at the end and doesn't know who the father could be didn't tell the PE teacher (Colin?) that it could be his.
We talked about Rhonda's new company, Tuscan Women Cook and it sounds exciting! Michelle talked about a vacation that her and Tania will be going on together. There was Girl Scout cookie talk, Julie talked about visiting her daughter after she has the baby, which is very exciting! At about this time I disconnected so I'm not sure what other fun conversations were had!
Here are the details for the next book club:
When: Wednesday April 13th, 7pm
Where: Rhonda's house
What we are reading: A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Laura and I are currently reading this. It is a Swedish book that has been translated and I believe that you pronounce "Ove" as "Ooo-va" (at least that is how I think the audiobook pronounces it).
Happy Reading!
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