Last night we managed to talk to each other for the most part. Not about the book, really although we did give it a short chunk of the night (The Mermaid Chair - meh). Mostly we talked about us; about our relationships, our lives, our kids, our needs, our pain, our dreams, politics, losing kids, losing parents, food - you know. No topic is off limits and no one is short of opinions. We drink, we talk, we fall in love with each other.
There is a reason men worry about becoming marginalized. They just aren't half as interesting as women nor are they as capable. In fact, I might go so far as to say they have a very specific use and if they would just shut their yaps and stick with the program the world would be a better place. Not really - but when I'm fresh out of book group that's just about how I feel.
DATE: November 23, 2005 6:35 PM
That's how I feel about my writing group, too. (I've heard nothing but so-so's about The Mermaid Chair, and some worse)Let's face it... women are from Earth, men are from Uranus. ;)
DATE: November 18, 2005 6:37 PM
I would love to join a book group, but I am so completely busy.Michele sent me.
DATE: November 15, 2005 6:00 PM
Oh, such a great post!! I don't know the book at all. Don't think I'll rush out and buy it. I've been MIA for a while what with retreating and conferencing and running marathons--sigh. no time left for reading blogs.So puleeze, do NOT leave us hanging about the man who did/did not love to read! Is it possible that loving to read is the new lying about your age? Ah, I'm such a cynic....
DATE: November 10, 2005 6:48 AM
Love this post 21CM and I feel the same way about the (two) book groups I'm in. Wish you lived closer, dear!P.S. - I didn't care for the Mermaid Chair. I think I'm pretty over Sue Monk Kidd.