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.

April 29, 2009

Blood Done Sign by Timothy Tyson (Mairin's Table)

We met at Mairin's Table, a Moroccan place with half-price wine on Mondays and Tuesdays. Service was a little slow, but it was quiet enough to talk and the food was mostly good. The book, Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson, was admired by all, and it sparked a discussion about race, the south, and our own experiences. For next month (actually June 15), at Jim's suggestion, we will read G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday. Other books Jim suggested were Philbrick's Mayflower, Schlink's The Reader, Murakami's Wild Sheep Chase, Brock's Charlatan, and Ackerman's Zookeeper's Wife. Paul is in line to suggest the next book.
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