Dear Book Clubbers,
Whew, I would say that our co-ed meeting was a great one. Although Catch 22 only scored between a 2.5 and 3, the variation in how people felt about the book and Chris’s well-prepared questions made for a fantastic discussion. Apparently, if everyone in the group loves a book, there is less to disagree on…therefore less discussion. I think we have discovered a reading group paradox. Shall we name it the CRBC Catch 22? Anyway, thanks to everyone who helped with food, drinks and clean up. A special shout out to Chris for his thorough job in leading the discussion and to Paul B who showed up to help me Wednesday afternoon.
In a close vote for next year’s co-ed book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand was selected. This book has been high on the bestseller lists for a year now. Yes, it is another WWII book, but completely different in every way.
First up in 2012 is Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, which is supposed to be an excellent read. The meeting is now scheduled for Terry’s home at 7 PM on Wednesday, January 11th. Appetizer volunteers are Kathryn, Jen and Grace. Sue, Ina, Linda and Pam will bring wine. While scribbling notes, I wrote Marion under desserts and then the word “dessert” where I was supposed to fill in the second volunteer. Hopefully, this mystery person remembers who they are. See? We are lost without Jill there to check my work!
The February (2/15) book is The Hunger Games. Please don’t get turned off by reading a synopsis of this very popular young adult/adult book. It is really, really good and should be a nice quick read for everyone. We need a volunteer to host that night as well as for the March meeting.
In one final note, it has been brought to my attention by several people that we always seem to run out of white wine and have leftover red at the meetings. Since we seem to mostly drink white (and I can bring some reds that didn’t get consumed last Wednesday), let’s concentrate on bringing whites to Terri’s. We’ll have to work on our ratio for the future. Incidentally, something like 17 or 18 bottles of wine went out in the recycling bin on Thursday AM. Good for us!
Have great holidays! I hope the gift of time with friends and family, good health and some excellent reads come your way this season.
Jan
