December 2011 Book Club Christmas Party "Shakespeare's Restaurant"
Hi Everyone, “Let the New Year begin!” Let’s challenge ourselves to read books in 2012 that not only entertain us, but enlighten and dare our thinking. Kicking off with The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a great start. A best selling young adult pick and soon to be in the theaters, this book is not so much a work of science fiction as it is an allegory. Read it for fun or read it for the deeper meaning, but try to make it on Tuesday, January 24 to Panera Bread for our next meeting at 6:30 P.M. to discuss this first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. Sitting at home for most all of my holiday vacation (stomach flu struck the Smiths), I had time to reflect on our book choices of 2011. I graphed them by preference and found it looked somewhat like a lopsided bell-curve. We had more dynamos than we did flops, so all-in-all it was a pretty good year. Go ahead and join me in critiquing our year’s books by using your own review system: 67. January 2011: Free Man o...