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 23, 2007

River of Doubt by Candice Miller (Sakura)

Our book was Candice Millard's River of Doubt, an account of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing trip down an unexplored river in central Brazil after his failed bid for a third term as president. The trip was truly amazing, and Millard describes it in a compelling way, but some of us felt the book could have been more analytical. Dinner was at Sakura. Next book is John K. Toole, Confederacy of Dunces, August 27. Max is on deck.
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