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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