Let the Trickle Begin

I'm hoping two weeks will be enough time to read the book, because that's what we have. The first copy of Twilight finally showed up today and more are on the way. Give us a call (495-7540) before making the trip up to make sure we have one for you, but we should have most everyone reading by the end of the week. See you soon.

meebo me

I've been contemplating Gabs' request to join us through chat or IM next month. I don't know if this will be a workable solution, but I've tried embedding a meebo widget in the sidebar of this blog. That way you can IM me anytime you have the blog up and I'm signed in. I expect I'll mostly be signed in while I'm at work during the day instead of at night like the rest of the world, but it's there if you want to give it a try.

What's Your Parasite of Choice?

I'll start by saying I read Peeps a while ago and really liked it. I loved the fact that it was creepy and gross and almost believable. I loved the new and unique take on the vampire mythology. And I thought it had a really good story, but was a bit disappointed with the end.

At first I thought having every other chapter as a short nonfiction essay about a real parasite was kind of strange, but the further I got into it the more it made sense. Nonfiction, real parasites are scarier than anything you can make up, so it made the story all the more plausible. And then the whole idea of vampirism as a type of parasite. Cool. I really liked it.

The only thing I didn't completely get into was the ending. It was a personal story to that point, almost a mystery with Cal trying to figure out what he's become a part of. I know it completed the parasite theme, but it got too broad and unfocused, a bit too large in scale. I lost sense of the character development and the completion of his story, if you will.

What did everyone else think?

Asleep At the Wheel

Eek! Ach! Oops! I'm getting things ready for our gathering tonight and just realized I have forgotten to request copies of our next book (Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer). I'll put the holds on ASAP, but won't have them tonight. You'll have to make a special trip in for your copy in a week or so. So sorry.

Welcome to Our Book Group

I don't know if this will have any appeal, but I thought I'd try creating this forum for those who can't make our gatherings but still want to share their thoughts about the books we're reading.