ReCap and PreView!

We had a fantastic first book club meeting on Saturday! We discussed the book Gone Girl and decided that the next time we meet (March 7) we will watch the movie Gone Girl. In the meantime, we are reading our next book club book, which is called Margarita Wednesdays so we can discuss it for our April meeting which will be the second Saturday in April (since the first Saturday is the night before Easter).   I am super thankful and excited for this here book club.  We had some great book conversation and some great not-so-much-about-the-book conversations. We shared food and drinks and stories.  Everybody contributed. And, for me, I thought it was just nice to be among friends who also like to read. I'm very proud to have a legit excuse for taking time away from my every day life to read again!   (The wine is good, too...)

Here are some highlights:

• Everybody else hated the ending of Gone Girl, too!
• Amy's parents are loony but we don't give them full credit for Amy's ...ahem... personality.
• Sentences that include word strings like, "well when I did think Nick Dunne done it..."  make us sound really ignorant.  Thanks a bunch, Gillian Flynn!
• We agreed that Amy's writing was annoyingly bad in the beginning of the book. We expressed how grateful we were that her writing changed in the second half. :)
• Tanner Bolt was a fun character to reflect upon. Very realistic, we thought!
• Nick's father had a nice role in the book. Funny(?) how he kept showing up..

Alrighty - I'm sure I missed some other GREAT points that were made! Those were just a few that I had sitting at the top of my head.  

Mark your calendars for our next gatherings!  Please don't feel like you have to bring anything. I'll have some drinks and a few snacks (Popcorn and Kristie's cheese/crackers...)   Bring something if you'd like - but don't let it stress you out. We'll have plenty for everyone!

March 7, 6:30pm - Gone Girl Movie at Maggie's
April 11, 6:30pm - Discuss Margarita Wednesdays at Maggie's.