Good food, good book and FUN elephant exchange!
Meredith was the hostess with the mostest. Though self-admittedly she hates to cook, Meredith created a yummy veggie pasta for us all to feast on. There was a bit of a salad competition going on between Kim's organic tasty salad with calamata olives and Rebecca's salad with fresh Korean pears. We had roasted rosemary potatoes, fresh honey biscuits and carrot cake. (I was really happy about the left overs).
There wasn't too much discussion on the book. Some people found the writing a bit corny, others didn't like the ending or certain parts that were left unexplained...but all of us that read it whizzed on through the book and found it entertaining. We all felt bad for poor Ingrid.
As usual Meredith had some great books to nominate, but in the end I think it was Katie's reading excerpt that used the word "arse" repetitively that sold the winning book.
Here were the most tempting books:
Out by Matsuo Kirono
Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
The winner was...the Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
The highlight of the night was of course the White Elephant Gift exchange.
Most coveted items? a white lacy, vinyl table cloth; Smart Women postcards; and a wind up mouse that flips (which Moses later had fun with...poor mouse.)
However, Katie by far received the gift of the night:
However, Katie by far received the gift of the night:
Next Book Club is Monday, January 5th at Tahne's house in Honomu. We will be discussing Slaves in the Family (at least those of us who aren't reading Twilight).
