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.

March 10, 2010

Catcher in the Rye & Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (Spoonriver)

Probably because of his recent death, J. D. Salinger has been on our minds for the past few months, and so we decided to re-read Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories which predictably got high scores. So did the restaurant Spoonriver. Books considered for next time: Dexter Filkins, Forever War; Michael Kazin, A Godly Hero; Edward Bale, Slaves in the Family; and Somerset Maugham, The Skeptical Romancer. We picked the latter.
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