Surprise comment! Sorry, I've been rather LJ absent for a while.
Anyway, the first book group I was in ended up being the typical 5 minutes of book talk book group. It was okay since it was all people who were friends and we had fun but it wasn't a great book group. I love the one I'm in now, though. We have been following a great theme - read a classic and then read a contemporary companion (Alice in Wonderland and Alice I Have Been, Jane Eyre and Jane Slayre) so it's good for lots of commentary and discussion.
I read that book too
anonymous
August 11 2011, 11:52:04 UTC
Hey Rachel,
I read the Eagan book as well and I kind of felt the same way....what was the point. It received so much gushing and fanfare that I suppose I was bound to be let down a little. I liked the book, but can't say that I thought about it much after I read it. I've since moved on the Ann Patchet's State of Wonder, another book receiving alot of praise.
Re: I read that book tootigerlily_blueAugust 12 2011, 01:27:24 UTC
Darlisha, I'm so glad there are others out there who kind of didn't see what all the fuss was about :-) I just moved on to the new Lionel Shriver book - "So much for that." Her books are TOUGH to get through - a punch in the gut, if you will.
Read Rebecca on your suggestion - enjoyed it! A nice classic, that one.
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Anyway, the first book group I was in ended up being the typical 5 minutes of book talk book group. It was okay since it was all people who were friends and we had fun but it wasn't a great book group. I love the one I'm in now, though. We have been following a great theme - read a classic and then read a contemporary companion (Alice in Wonderland and Alice I Have Been, Jane Eyre and Jane Slayre) so it's good for lots of commentary and discussion.
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That sounds like a really interesting book group - how did you all end up finding each other?
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I used to work at Barnes with the person who started the group so she invited me in. Most of the others are horse friends of hers.
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I read the Eagan book as well and I kind of felt the same way....what was the point. It received so much gushing and fanfare that I suppose I was bound to be let down a little. I liked the book, but can't say that I thought about it much after I read it. I've since moved on the Ann Patchet's State of Wonder, another book receiving alot of praise.
Darlisha
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Read Rebecca on your suggestion - enjoyed it! A nice classic, that one.
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