Thursday, September 24, 2009
That Old Cape Magic
An old love, a new love, and all the relatives in between lightly summarizes Richard Russo's "That Old Cape Magic" novel. Jack Griffen is a 50-year-old husband and father coming to terms with his past and embracing his future (not to mention attempting to get his mother's voice out of his head). As he prepares to attend his own daughter's wedding, he must come to a decision about his own marriage. As Russo reveals "There is nothing further to do but hope that chance, not known for compassion, would intervene in his undeserving favor." Our "Ratted Out" book club gave this novel thumbs up (with a caution to other readers - it's a slow read unless you've actually vacationed at Cape Cod).
Friday, July 24, 2009
Flipped for Flipped
Ok, I've not kept up on the book club blog - but our group has met each month and reviewed some very good (and not so very good) books.
On the one-year anniversary of our book club gathering (July 2009) - we shared our thoughts about "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is a very charming, easy to read, coming of age, love story. Main character Bryce Loski's grandfather notes "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss... But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare." Still it takes young Bryce a lot of growing up to do before he actually sees that iridescent sparkle coming out of the book's other main character, Juli Baker.
Flipped is also being made into a movie right in our very own neighborhood - one of the reasons we made it a book of the month choice. How fun to see cast and crew playing out the characters and story line right in our own backyards! Can't wait to see the movie!
On the one-year anniversary of our book club gathering (July 2009) - we shared our thoughts about "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is a very charming, easy to read, coming of age, love story. Main character Bryce Loski's grandfather notes "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss... But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare." Still it takes young Bryce a lot of growing up to do before he actually sees that iridescent sparkle coming out of the book's other main character, Juli Baker.
Flipped is also being made into a movie right in our very own neighborhood - one of the reasons we made it a book of the month choice. How fun to see cast and crew playing out the characters and story line right in our own backyards! Can't wait to see the movie!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
When Will There Be Good News
"Run, Joanna. Run!" Kate Atkinson's intriguing suspense novel slowly and meticulously merges together the lives of four central characters: ex-cop turned PI, Jackson Brodie, 16-year-old Reggie Chase, Dr. Joanna Hunter, and Detective Louise Mason. Through shockingly tragic and personal life experiences as well as endless twists and turns within numerous story lines, Atkins takes us on a well-written journey. In the end Reggie wisely sums it up - "We're all on our own, Mr. B., that's why we have to care for each other."
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