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 2, 2010

Deaf Sentence by David Lodge (128 Cafe)

We made a return visit to 128 Cafe in St. Paul and gave it a pretty good rating, although not quite as positive as last time. Our book, David Lodge's Deaf Sentence, got mixed but mostly positive reviews, and everybody remarked on how much discussion it evoked, undoubtedly because most of us could identify with the main character and the topic of aging. Next month's book is Spencer Wells' The Journey of Man, a story of evolution that accompanied a PBS special. Other books considered: C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters and Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe; H. Von Kleist, Marquise of O.; Philip Pullman, Golden Compass; and Edward Buscombe, Stagecoach (plus the movie). These were Paul's suggestions. Phil is up next.
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