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 13, 2021

The Grace of Silence by Michele Norris (Zoom)

Journalist Michele Norris grew up partly in Minneapolis and writes about her family's life there and in Birmingham, Alabama, including the interesting secrets her parents kept from her for years.  The story telling flows easily, but unravels slowly, detail by detail.  Our next book is Mikhail Bugakov, The Master and Margarita, a 1940 novel set in Stalinist Russia.  Also considered were: LeCarre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Tokarczuk's Primeval and Other Times; Wilson's To Name Those Lost; Forester's Hornblower and the Hotspur; and Backman's A Man Called Ove.  

We hope the next meeting will be in person on June 14.  Max is in line to suggest the following book.

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