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.

July 7, 2025

NIght Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry (Italian Eatery-Travail)

We found the restaurant food excellent and the service very good, not counting the food spilled in the cleanup. Our book was quite disappointing.  It purported to be a story of two friends looking for a runaway young daughter, but the plot was confusing, the characters unlikable, and the ending hard to understand.  We gave it one of our lowest ratings ever.  Our next book is In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, and we'll meet on August 12.  Other books considered: Hillbilly Elegy by Vance and Wild Dark Shore by McConaghy.  We also chose our following book: Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brien.

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