A wonderful crowd for the June 29 meeting! New member Christine joined us, Lisa M. who's been lurking since the begining was able to come, and we welcomed back Becky, an original member who moved away and came back. Leann and Lisa L. rounded out the group, as our other members were missing for various and sundry reasons. (You're truly has been stricken with the plague and the group should be glad I didn't come breathe on them. ;-)
I asked Lisa L., our hostess, to summarize the discussion of Eragon, and here's what she said:
"We agreed lots of HP and Tolkien in it, but as I pointed out in the discussion, these types of books are what are getting Reece's age group to read again, and families are finding them interesting enough to read together, to discuss. All of us liked the Dragon, Saphira, and also the fact that Eragon did not choose to be who he was, and didn't buy into this quest right away. The WereCat was a great touch, we all being cat people thought it was an interesting and original character. And the ending was too abrupt, almost as if he wanted us to buy the next book. This is again something that seems quite common for these young adult books, as is the pace of the book, where there is not a moment of breathing space! Some of us have already pre-ordered the next book, and agreed that we will be interested to see how his writing has evolved."
Thanks Lisa! I hear your gazpacho was yummy, and I'm sorry I missed it.
Next meeting has been scheduled for Monday, August 22, 6:30 p.m. We'll be meeting at Leann's and reading two books: The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova and The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason.
Happy reading!
