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 18, 2007

French Lesson by Alice Kaplan (Saffron)

The book was a memoir entitled French Lessons by Alice Kaplan, a writer with local roots. The story includes the author's memories of growing up, her father's role at the Nuremburg Trials, her early experiences in school in France, and her adult life in the academic study of French language, literature, and society. We gave the book mixed but mostly positive reviews; the middle eastern restaurant, Saffron, that served as our venue fared about the same.
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