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.

December 22, 2014

Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (Corner Table)

Graves' memoir of the years surrounding WWI, published in 1929, is a stunningly vivid account of the Great War from a personal perspective. His prose is sober and hauntingly beautiful.  We had few quibbles and rated it as one of our best book choices, appropriately timed to remember the war's centennial.  Our restaurant choice was also popular, and we had a lively discussion about a range of other topics like almost travelling to Antarctica and the hack of Sony Pictures.

Our next book is Adam Johnson's Orphan Master's Son.  Other ideas were Moon's Blue Highways and Kerouac's Lonesome Traveler.  We plan to meet on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 6:30 pm.  Bill is up next.
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