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.

January 24, 2018

Cruising Paradise by Sam Shepard (Stewart's)

There were only four of us for dinner, but that turned out to be a good number for a good conversation about replacing a totaled car, state politics, travel plans, the latest movies, etc.  Most of us were happy with the restaurant which delivered good food at reasonable prices.  The book was mostly thought mediocre, a collection of short stories that was jumpy, sketchy, and disappointing.  There were some flashes of brilliant writing, however, that sustained interest for some of us.

The next book is Derek Miller's Norwegian By Night.  Others mentioned were Thomas Ricks' Churchill and Orwell and Amy Goldstein's Janesville: An American Story.  Don should be next in line to suggest the next book, but if he's still out of town (which we think he is), Bill will fill in.  Meeting date is TBA.


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