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.

May 31, 2019

When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson (Stella's Fish Cafe)

We agreed that Kate Atkinson is a pretty good writer, easy to absorb, straight-forward, and with a touch of humor.  Her story was a little contrived, however, and it was hard to believe that so many characters (in Scotland, of all places) were related to murder victims, were friends of murder victims, or were, yes, murder victims themselves.  Ok, we concluded, that's the genre.

Stella's was very accommodating and the food was quite satisfactory.  We also talked about the range of TV viewing options, golf, and (for good measure) the state of the world. We were joined by our new member, Peter.

The next book is Storm of Steel, a WWI memoir by Ernst Junger.  Other ideas were Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others; and Owen, War Poems.  The next meeting is scheduled for July 15; next book suggested by Don, long absent due to his affinity for Nebraska.



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