August 22 - Hooked

Karen hosted us for a lovely dinner. We got a tour of her wonderful gardens and then sat on the deck while she grilled chicken. She had at least three salads for us: a greens/feta/watermelon salad (which was so good!); a black bean & corn salad (also fabulous); and mozzarella and tomatoes from her garden. It was all topped off with chocolate indulgence cake and espresso/cappuccino by Karen's significant other Michael (brave man). Wow!

The overall assessment of Hooked was that it wasn't all that great: didn't hold our interest and/or had a far-fetched plot. Darla saw more in it from her perspective as a mother of computer-game-playing boys. She told us that game hardware is getting more interactive (you can buy "rumble packs" for Game Boy controllers that lets you feel explosions and the like), so it wasn't really far-fetched to her.

Next Meeting
We instituted a new idea this time -- whoever is hostess at the meeting gets to pick the next book. Karen chose Ann's suggeston: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time.

Date: Wednesday, September 26
Place: Jean's