Leann hosted a spooky and delightful meeting with six of us present. She had many tasteful Halloween decorations about and served two great entrees for us, a baked veggie dish and a quiche. Becky supplied some marinated steak that was scrumptious, and Karen's antipasto salad was a nice complement. We had themed dessert -- cookies, cupcakes, and, most notably, Lisa's monster eyeball treats (peanut butter balls dipped 3/4 in chocolate with an M&M's for a pupil -- scary and delicious!).
We had a good discussion of Audrey Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry. Everyone who read it liked it, although we had varying takes on Elspeth's motives. We all loved the descriptions of Highgate Cemetary.
We discussed many other books as well. I'm currently reading The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll. It's one of the oddest books I've ever read but it's also really interesting and very cool.
Lisa talked about Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, which said is an excellent but difficult true story of a refugee from Berundi.
We also talked about the memoir of a girl growing up in Iran, Persepolis, which is in graphic novel form and was also made into a movie.
I'm sure there was more but that's all I can remember! Those with pen and paper, feel free to chime in.
Next Meeting
Due to the fact that in a month it will be Thanksgiving, we decided to make our next meeting our holiday gathering.We didn't discuss doing a Yankee Swap this year -- are people interested?
Where: Nancy's
When: December 3rd
What: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (reputed to be both light and good)
