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 12, 2021

True North by Jill Ker Conway (Christos)

Having enjoyed Conway's earlier memoir of growing up in Australia, we decided to follow her later tale of her journey into the academic worlds of North America.  She's wowed by the intellectual swirl of Harvard and the openness of Toronto and finally finds her place as an academic leader.  We thought this book a little less compelling than the first, and found her ambition a bit overweening.  Christos' food was reliably tasty but the service was indifferent.

Our next meeting will be September 8 and we're reading Philip Caputo's Hunter's Moon.  Other books considered were Ronan Farrow's War on Peace and Richard Hughes' A High Wind in Jamaica.  The next title will be suggested by Phil.

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