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.

December 19, 2024

Autocracy by Applebaum/Demon of Unrest by Larson (Raag)

We read two books on this occasion: Autocracy by Anne Applebaum, an eye-opening look at the patterns of autocracy around the world, and Demon of Unrest by Eric Larson, a close-up study of the period between Lincoln's election and the beginning of the Civil War.  Both books were praised by our group.  We met for a second time at the modern Indian restaurant Raag. Our next book will be The Dragon of Chicago.  Others considered were Hollars' Wisconsin for Kennedy, Milton's Stalin Affair, and Urrea's Good Night Irene.  Ron is in charge of making sugestions for the following book.


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