August 2015

patty and meWe had a lovely dinner at Café Azzurro for our book club meeting this month.  Also all of the members were able to come, and even my cousin from England who was visiting joined us.

The night would have been a perfect 10 (instead of a 9.9) if the book had been more suited to book club discussion.    We read “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” by Neil Gaiman.   The book is an adult fairy tale that didn’t give us much in the way of discussion.  There was plenty of magic and imagination, but little for us to talk about.

So instead we moved right to Patty’s amazing dessert and satisfied our sweet tooth instead.

Death by Chocolate
Death by Chocolate

April’s Book Club

girl trainThis month’s book was “The Girl on the Train,” by Paula Hawkins, a New York Times bestseller.  It’s a psychological thriller and what a ride.

This book won’t change your life or help with world peace, but it will keep you up till the wee hours of the morning. (See my review to the right).

When your book club is looking for something a little different, try this.

November 2013 – “Reading in the Dark”

The last book of the year was amazing!!!

Seamus Deane’s “Reading in the Dark,” takes you to Northern Ireland in the 1940’s and 1950’s to an Irish Catholic family with secrets.  The last book I read on Ireland was the sensational “Angela’s Ashes.”   Both stories have the innocence and wonder of childhood, even while the worst of humanity is brought down on the families.

The protagonist in “Reading in the Dark,” is an unnamed boy we follow as he tries to figure out what is haunting his mother.  See my review under Reviews on the right.

An excellent book for book clubs!