Kim, Jackie, Vanessa, June, Naomi and Valerie met for round 2 of the book club on 29th March, 2012.
The book of the month (The Chemistry of Tears - Peter Carey), though not read by all, was not given enthusiastic reviews. Jackie said she couldn't finish it, Valerie ploughed on, but admitted to skipping most of the Henry Brandling sections in Germany ("I just didn't care") but was more engaged in what Catherine was doing, but the summation was that the story was overly contrived, unsatisfying and the automaton (?pronunciation) was not that interesting. Ba Bow!
Moving on, Naomi reported that "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (Zora Neale Smith) was an interesting read (albeit a bit difficult with the phonetic language), written by an African Amercian writer and set in Florida in the early 20th century, is a story about slavery.
Jackie had borrowed Obedience (Jacqueline Yallop) from the library. Set in World War II France, it is a tale about a nun who has an affair and gets pregnant to a Nazi soldier. Jackie liked it - must have been a bodice ripper! Speaking of bodice ripping, Jackie had also noted Mia Freedman's enthusiastic comments regarding the ebook sensation 50 Shades of Grey which has been topping all the book charts, probably because its mass market soft porn. Valerie enthusiastically asked Jackie to download it onto her iPad!!
As per our group name, 'Kevin' was discussed again with varying opinions of the nature/nurture debate (I still think that he was just a little shit as evidenced by Celia's role in the book) and there are some yet to finish, so I'm guessing the conversation will continue : )
Vanessa is still working through 'The Room' and suggested Indelible Ink (Fiona McGregor) as the book for the next meeting. After a read through of the blurb - all agreed! A quick google search reveals that this book was reviewed on First Tuesday Book Club back in 2010, so I've put a link to that on the Links page.
Valerie also widened the discussion to her non-fiction reading during the month including Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals (loved it), The Bartender's Companion to 750 Cocktails (but she hadn't successfully made 1!), and exposing her fetish for paper and craft - Paper Bliss by Skye Rogers.
Taaraa till next time!
The book of the month (The Chemistry of Tears - Peter Carey), though not read by all, was not given enthusiastic reviews. Jackie said she couldn't finish it, Valerie ploughed on, but admitted to skipping most of the Henry Brandling sections in Germany ("I just didn't care") but was more engaged in what Catherine was doing, but the summation was that the story was overly contrived, unsatisfying and the automaton (?pronunciation) was not that interesting. Ba Bow!
Moving on, Naomi reported that "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (Zora Neale Smith) was an interesting read (albeit a bit difficult with the phonetic language), written by an African Amercian writer and set in Florida in the early 20th century, is a story about slavery.
As per our group name, 'Kevin' was discussed again with varying opinions of the nature/nurture debate (I still think that he was just a little shit as evidenced by Celia's role in the book) and there are some yet to finish, so I'm guessing the conversation will continue : )
Valerie also widened the discussion to her non-fiction reading during the month including Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals (loved it), The Bartender's Companion to 750 Cocktails (but she hadn't successfully made 1!), and exposing her fetish for paper and craft - Paper Bliss by Skye Rogers.
Taaraa till next time!
