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, 2025

Serviceberry by Kimmerer and March on Washington by James (Mill Valley Kitchen)

Great restaurant experience with a quiet table, good service and fine food. Our books, however, got mixed but mostly favorable reviews.  The Serviceberry was a paean to communitarianism with a hope that, as a culture, we can create the circle of life represented by the serviceberry's role in the natural world. The March on Washington was bogged down at the beginning by detailing the almost day-by-day efforts of A. Philip Randolph to organize a massive demonstration for civil rights before and during WWII.  We found the author's story-telling skills to be weak.

Our next book is Kevin Barry's Night Boat to Tangier.  Other titles considerted were Moore, The God of the Woods, Backman, My Friends, and Snyder, On Tyranny.  Peter is up next to suggest books.  We'll meet on July 1.

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