Gone Girl

Dear Hardcovers and Hangovers,

Up next is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.   

Discussion question can be found here.  The author’s website can be found here.  

I can't believe another year has gone by.  Thanks to all for opening your homes this year to share food, wine and books.  

Take some time and vote here for your favorite book of 2012.

Charli will be starting 2013 off with The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Jenn

October Meeting Notes

Dear H&H,

A big shout out to Ellen for a wonderful dinner and fantastic book club meeting. 

Here is a very quick recap of the evening:

Many of us struggled with the character development.  Amy mentioned in the end how she only really cared for Widget, Poppet and Bailey. 

A lot of discussion around how the order of the book was written and why the author did not write it chronologically.

Ellen and Susan loved the circus theme. 

Marco seemed very unstable.

Amy had a hard time grasping that Marco was plucked from an orphanage and able to ‘learn magic’.

Ellen stated that there really weren’t many nice people in the book.

Isabel was out for herself.

We hated the clockmakers death. 

Celia and Marco were raised by sociopath father /father figure who were willing to sacrifice their children’s lives.

The author has a nice writing style and lots of imagery.

The romance between Celia and Marco felt lukewarm.

See you all next month.

Jenn