Divergent!

Consensus: Divergent is a quick, easy read. Rather than the original plan of reading it in 2 weeks, I think it took us all 2 days to finish! Very formulaic young adult on many levels (boy meets girl, boy flirts with girl, girl doesn't realize that boy is flirting, girl realizes she likes boy... and so on!), but the concept of five factions is new, unique, and gives you something to think about. Which faction would you choose? Or would you be divergent? I certainly recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopian societies, anyone who enjoyed The Hunger Games, or anyone looking for a quick & easy escape read. Divergent is slotted to become a trilogy with the second book coming out next year. Film rights have already been sold as well, so be on the lookout for Edward Cullen's replacement: Four. They better cast him better than they did Edward (-;

Next up: Sarah's Key. We've had multiple recommendations for this one, so I have pretty high expectations. Gerald & Lea will both be out of town next week, so there's no meeting for 2 weeks. We're planning to read the entire book by that time.

A little late, our next meeting will take place in a Dauntless location (that's a Divergent reference): Bw3's. 5pm, 2 weeks from now. Be dauntless! Be there!

Happy reading of Sarah's Key!

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3 new selections and a big day change!

Today was our first meeting in three long lonely lackluster weeks (OK, maybe it wasn't that bad!) We've all been so busy wrapping up our summers that we've neglected our book club. We met at Gourmet Cafe in Bridgeport and our normal group was joined by Becky & Sarah. We discussed "In the Garden of Beasts," which no one really liked (I shared Laura's perspective, which she emailed me after finishing the book. We all agreed with her that [what we read of] the book was long and boring, we were all surprised on some level (I think - I know I was) to see America's slow response to a genocide, and everyone thought the book was a collection of nympho tales from Martha's promiscuous lifestyle.) Anyways, no one really liked it, and 3 of us abandoned it altogether.

On to our new selections. Next up: read the first half of "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. It's slotted to become a trilogy, but so far only book 1 is out. Once we've finished that, we'll move on to "Sarah's Key," and then to "Robopocalypse". After that it's Gerald's choice since the first is young adult, the second sounds like chick lit and the third is (obviously) sci-fi... none of which are up his alley, but lucky for us, he's a team player!

The big change announcement is that we will be moving book club from Tuesday evenings to Wednesday evenings indefinitely. Some (positive!) life changes for one of our members have caused her to be unavailable throughout the week except for Wednesdays. Maybe this day will work out for some of you so you can join us!

Next week: Wednesday, 5pm, @Panera Bread. Read the first half of Divergent.
Happy Reading (:

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cancellations

Meeting cancelled last week & this week (8/9). We will reconvene next Tuesday August 16 at the Gourmet Cafe in Bridgeport. Meeting begins at 5pm.

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