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| Barbara, our BCDP winner!!!! |
Book: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Meeting Place: Harvest Room -- Palos Heights, IL
Ratings:
Tracy - 1.75
Joyce - .5
Sherry - 1
Barbara - 2.5
Melissa - 2
Kathy - .5
Michaelene - 1.75
Kim - 2.25
Average Rating: 1.53
Discussion: Kim chose this book based on all the great reviews and "hype". Our book club strongly disagreed! We were all very disappointed and bored reading this book. Before we discuss the details, it needs to be said that we all felt sympathetic towards this family. Unfortunately, we have all suffered losing loved ones to cancer and know firsthand how emotionally draining life can be.
We tried.......we really tried to give this book a shot....but it just didn't cut it! Early on in the meeting, it became apparent that everyone disliked this book. We started the meeting with our low ratings. Will's mother, Mary Anne, was diagnosed with an aggressive pancreatic cancer. Mary Anne and her son, Will formed an informal book club at her treatments. Most of the books that were discussed throughout were not of interest to any of us. The conversations were boring and we all felt as if we needed to push our way through. The best parts of the book were the mother's cancer updates, but not enough to gather up any interest. We felt that this book might be interesting if we had a personal connection to the family.
We met at the Harvest Room restaurant in Palos Heights. Their concept is simple: from the farm to the table. We all enjoyed an organic or gluten free meal. Kathy, Sherry, and Tracy especially loved visiting their old neighborhood and remembered this restaurant as Johnathon's. Lastly, and certainly not least, Barbara brought her homemade Sour Cherry Pudding. YUM!
BCDP: Being our newest member to the club, Kim didn't realize she was responsible for bringing the BCDP. So, she promised the winner, Barbara, to bring her prize next month. Our names were put into a hat and the waiter chose Barbara.....Congratulations!
Recommendation: Not one member of our group recommends this book!
Discussion: Kim chose this book based on all the great reviews and "hype". Our book club strongly disagreed! We were all very disappointed and bored reading this book. Before we discuss the details, it needs to be said that we all felt sympathetic towards this family. Unfortunately, we have all suffered losing loved ones to cancer and know firsthand how emotionally draining life can be.
We tried.......we really tried to give this book a shot....but it just didn't cut it! Early on in the meeting, it became apparent that everyone disliked this book. We started the meeting with our low ratings. Will's mother, Mary Anne, was diagnosed with an aggressive pancreatic cancer. Mary Anne and her son, Will formed an informal book club at her treatments. Most of the books that were discussed throughout were not of interest to any of us. The conversations were boring and we all felt as if we needed to push our way through. The best parts of the book were the mother's cancer updates, but not enough to gather up any interest. We felt that this book might be interesting if we had a personal connection to the family.
We met at the Harvest Room restaurant in Palos Heights. Their concept is simple: from the farm to the table. We all enjoyed an organic or gluten free meal. Kathy, Sherry, and Tracy especially loved visiting their old neighborhood and remembered this restaurant as Johnathon's. Lastly, and certainly not least, Barbara brought her homemade Sour Cherry Pudding. YUM!
BCDP: Being our newest member to the club, Kim didn't realize she was responsible for bringing the BCDP. So, she promised the winner, Barbara, to bring her prize next month. Our names were put into a hat and the waiter chose Barbara.....Congratulations!
Recommendation: Not one member of our group recommends this book!
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