Plum Spooky by Janet Evonivich
Below is a description of the book (taken from Amazon) we will be reading in June. We will discuss this book on Wednesday, June 26th.
Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey.
According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys.
Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He's chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he's chosen the Barrens as his new playground.
Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He's now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn't made it out of the boys' department at Macy's. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn't met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel.
Diesel pops in and out of Plum's life like birthday cake -- delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He's an uber bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He's after Grimoire, and now he's also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn't mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs.
Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course...monkeys.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Handsmaid's Tale Discussion
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| Barbara's Handsmaid Red Velvet Cake! Cute and delicious! |
Meeting Place: Blissful Banana Cafe, Orland Park
Ratings:
Melissa - 1.75
Kathy - .75
Michaelene - 2.5
Kim - 2.5
Tracy - 1.75
Joyce - 1
Sherry - 1
Barbara - 2
Average Rating: 1.66
Discussion: Based on our above ratings, I think its very clear on how we felt about this book! Unfortunately, it didn't move, excite, or "wow" any members in the club. We consistently felt the book was depressing, and we were all happy to finish and put it behind.
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| Sherry, BCDP Winner! |
BCDP: Congratulations to Sherry, our BCDP winner! She got to take home some fancy soap, and a Scrabble game. The Commander and Offred always played Scrabble. What a great way to "theme" Barbara!
Recommendation: As you may have guessed, our book club does not recommend The Handsmaid's Tale. On a good note, we got the pleasure of dining at a cute, quiet cafe in Orland Park -- The Blissful Banana. We all enjoyed the food, atmosphere, and the banana smoothie sample. So, instead of hitting your library for The Handsmaid's Tale, we suggest visiting The Blissful Banana Cafe. You won't regret!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
May Book Selection - Barbara
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Below is a description of the book (taken from Amazon) we will be reading in May. We will discuss this book on Wednesday, May 29th.
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time.
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of enigmatic commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.
Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant.
Below is a description of the book (taken from Amazon) we will be reading in May. We will discuss this book on Wednesday, May 29th.
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time.
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of enigmatic commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.
Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant.
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