Late but still great

Sully - the Brewed Book pet of the month; "who me?"

This past Friday was Book Club night.  Yes, we had tasty food again even with a hard "food" book.  And yours truly even donned a time travel t-shirt. (I realize that makes me a super geek; no need to point it out.)  We had a delicious Lemon-"Time" dip;

It was so good in fact, we all requested the recipe.

1 C low fat sour cream
1/2 C low fat mayo
1 lemon juice and zest
1 Tbs finely chopped fresh thyme
Coarse salt and pepper to taste

Try it - you will be glad you did!  Refreshing NOM.

We also had Philly cheese steaks, pretzels, a Boston cream pie, a old-time orange cake and donuts.

The book discussion was very good even with our full tum-tums.  Our venture into sci-fi/fantasy was a light story unlike our dessert laden plates:  The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch.

 Everyone enjoyed the concept and thought the book was a fast read.  Some felt there were too many deaths; I mean really, how many times does a person have to die?  And a few felt the main character should have "done more" with his chances; tried different things and approaches.  Several areas of the story felt rushed, especially in the last few chapters.  It was very hard to believe a person could wake up from a coma/near death experience and be able to eat oreos without at least a stern look from the nurses. But things needed to be wrapped with a neat little bow for some reason so oreos it was.  There was also a feeling of too many characters and especially too many bad characters.

Even with all the "really?" <eye-brow cocked, head tilt face> moments, there were some gems in this book.  The idea of "perceived value" was very intriguing.  Is an object as valuable as we perceive it to be?  The book also highlighted the concept of what should be important isn't usually what we focus on.  And the story briefly discussed the ripple-effect of one person's choices; we impact the lives around us even when we don't realize it.  So there were a few deep ideas running through the action; they just weren't developed as fully as we would have liked.  Overall, it was a C+ to B- book.

Next month, a French book; let the noms abound!  

Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation; a History of Literary Paris in the Twenties & Thirties by Noel Riley Fitch.

Club will be hosted by the Slaughter's on Friday, 9/30.  7PM as usual.  Hopefully, the promise of French food and wine will have everyone excited!

Until then - Happy Reading!

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