Me Talk Pretty One Day - Recap

On Feb. 17 we had our meeting for Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. This book was rather difficult to discuss. Don't get me wrong - everyone had an opinion on it, but that was about it. Some of us really disliked it, some of us thought it had some great parts, some of us thought it was pretty good ... but that's as far as the discussion went. We talked about a few of the essays and about the author's ability to turn everyday experiences into humor. And all that took about 15 minutes total.

Nine of us rated this book, and the ratings went as follows: 4, 5x2, 6, 7x2, 8x2, 9. The average rating was 6.6.

The rest of the meeting was lots of fun though! Nancy is always an excellent hostess. We finally had our Christmas Book Exchange, and Nancy had lots of goodies for everyone to take home.

Our next book is Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. It was my pick, and I can't wait to reread it!

Christmas Book Exchange

At our Christmas party we began our discussion of Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. However most of us had not finished the book so we decided to give another month to complete it. So we skipped ahead to the book exchange part of the evening. Each girl brought a wrapped book and we took turns opening them and stealing from each other. In the end, here's who ended up with what (sorry, I don't have all the authors):

Nancy: The Polished Hoe, by Austin Clarke
Bev: The Kite Runner, by Kaled Hosseini
Heather: The Sunday Wife, by Cassandra King
Steph: PS I Love You
Nicole: 12 Red Herrings
Kara: The Mermaid Chair, by Sue Monk Kidd
Anna: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Annette: 2 books - Joshua, and The Pilot's Wife