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.

August 23, 2016

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (Erte)

We met at Erte in NE Minneapolis.  The menu included steaks and lots of comfort food which proved good but not great.  The book, part of a series involving Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant,  was mostly admired for its unique plot and its raising of interesting historical facts about the War of the Roses and King Richard III.  But it seemed a little contrived and, while easy to follow, employed somewhat stilted language.

The next meeting is set for Tuesday, September 20.  We chose Annie Proulx's Close Range: Wyoming Stories as our reading assignment.  We also considered Orhan Pamuk's Snow and Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer.  Bill suggests the next book.
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