We are seven handsome and charming* guys who meet at a different restaurant every month or so, having read a book in common, and discuss whatever we want--generally the assigned book, but usually many other timely topics as well. We rotate the responsibility to suggest titles, but the group has the final say. Our book club rules: 1) Anything goes, fiction or nonfiction; 2) paperbacks are preferred; and 3) staying under 300 pages is desirable (N.B., we violate this one all the time). We rate all books and restaurants on a 5-point scale.

* All other adjectives were vetoed.

June 13, 2005

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond (Craftsman)

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel was book-of-the-month. Most were glad we read it, but were unconvinced of its argument. Dinner at Craftsman restaurant.