We had a rich discussion trying to figure out why we were all so engaged in this depressing book about an old man in Norway who moves to a cabin on a lake. Turns out many of us had different interpretations on what happened in the book and differing levels of difficulty recalling plot facts and inferences. But, this was a very well-written book...steeped with all the mind blowing stuff that you learned about in A.P. English class...Motifs, themes... I don't think we really reached consensus on the main message or purpose of the book, but its definitely one to reread.The food can pretty much be summarized with two words: Pizza & Desserts. It was a sweet lovers paradise - brownies, chocolate fudge pie, krumkake (Norwegian cookies)...I think I'm forgetting something.
Shelley was the hostess this time and I think we'd vote her living room furniture as the most comfy furniture owned by our group. She had quite an eclectic assortment of book nominations for us...
One from her mom, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, about the emotional world of farm animals. One from her friend who works on Mauna Kea at an observatory, called Space.
(these two didn't make it through the first voting round).
Quote of the Night:
"Those are not exactly my favorite animals."
- Melissa, in response to the introductory blurb of The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
The final nominees were:
- Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
- Welcome to My Country by Lauren Slater
- The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
And the winner was:
Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
Next Book Club:
December 8th at 6:30
Meredith's House
1 comment:
emily, as always you capture the spirit of the event so well... especially your photos! thanks for all the work you do to keep the blog going, as you can see we couldn't do it without you!
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