Loved It
Liked It
Neutral
1 Disliked
4 Hated It
Comments:
• Terrible book – couldn’t get past page 30! – Stephanie
Conclusion: We all really did not like this one. Most of us never even made it through the whole book.
3 Loved It
3 Liked It
1 Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• I found Memoirs of a Geisha more believable than the “real” memoir. – Kerry
• Very interesting. – Lilac
Conclusion: Well liked and a good comparisons to Memoirs of a Geisha which most of us read and loved but is fiction.
5 Loved It
1 Liked It
Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• A good read… – Stephanie
Conclusion: Recommended for book clubs! This was really liked across the board.
3 Loved It
1 Liked It
Neutral
1 Hated It
Comments:
• Cool twist at the end. – Lilac
• This is the one book club book that I did not even start but it keeps coming up at meetings that I really should take the time to read it. – danica
• One of my favorite books ever! I think of it often and recommended it to lots of people. -Stephanie
Conclusion: There was definitely strong feelings about this book. For the most part, it was well liked.
1 Loved It
3 Liked It
Neutral
1 Hated It
Comments:
• Didn’t have time, but wanted to read it. – Brandi
• Michael Moore is entertaining. – Lilac
• Not as good as Stupid White Men …and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by him but Moore is always very funny. – danica
• A fresh look at the troubles of America. – Stephanie
Conclusion: It sparked less of a conversation than I think we expected but we had still had a good book club.
Loved It
6 Liked It
2 Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• Still a classic! – Lilac
• I never read this as a child but I found it way too dogmatic. – danica
• Read it when I was eight. – Julie Ann
• I couldn’t get past the in-your-face dogma. – Stephanie
Conclusion: Most of us liked it and I seem to remember that we had a good conversation about it.
6 Loved It
3 Liked It
Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• A fun read! – Brandi
• Fast read. – Lilac
• Loved the ideas and it kept my interest but it was very poorly written. – danica
• I couldn’t put it down even though the writing was terrible! – Stephanie
Conclusion: We overwhelmingly liked this one. A definite recommendation to other book clubs. We also had a really good religion and philosophy discussion because of it.
1 Loved It
2 Liked It
3 Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• I expected a lot more controversy. – danica
• One of the most amazing books I’ve read. – Julie Ann
• Definitely a good read – great style. – Stephanie
Conclusion: For all of the mystique surrounding this one, it does not deliver.
Loved It
1 Liked It
3 Neutral
2 Hated It
Comments:
• Couldn’t get into it. – Tami
• I enjoyed some chapters more than others. It has come up in my work and I have often thought about about it many times since. – danica
• Not compelling. – Stephanie
Conclusion: Unless you are a history buff, this may not be the book for you.
3 Loved It
2 Liked It
3 Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• I had such high hopes for this book and it just did not deliver. – danica
• I loved this book! I keep recommending it to others who just don’t share my enthusiasm. The plot was layered, and the idea of such a politically charged climate in the land of Oz just really entertained me. – Marlo
• I liked it for a long time but got bored by the end. – Stephanie
Conclusion: Some loved it, some didn’t. We did have a good discussion though and I think most of us finished it…
1 Loved It
1 Liked It
4 Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• I couldn’t get into it. -Stephanie
Conclusion: No one hated it but most of us had a lackluster response although this is one of the members favorite books.
2 Loved It
1 Liked It
Neutral
Hated It
Comments:
• I’m a sucker for short stories. – Stephanie
Conclusion: For those of us who actually read and finished this book, enjoyed it.
4 Loved It
Liked It
1 Neutral
2 Hated It
Comments:
• Just not a Potter fan… Sorry. Didn’t help that I never read the first 4. Couldn’t finish it. -Brandi
• I didn’t finish it. – Stephanie
Conclusion: It seems like you either love the Harry Potter books or hate them. Maybe it wasn’t such a great choice to choose book 5 when half of the group had never read any of them before.
Loved It
5 Liked It
Neutral
1 Disliked
1 Hated It
Comments:
• All the more relevant now that I have a daughter. I plan on re-reading it soon! – Brandi
• Anyone who knows girls (or is one) realizes how mean girls can be. Wished she had more ideas on prevention/solutions. – Kerry
• Educational, gave insight to the future family therapist. – Lilac
Conclusion: A very important read for us both as women having gone through similar sitautions and for us as teachers/mothers/aunties of girls.
4 Loved It
2 Liked It
Neutral
1 Disliked
Hated It
Comments:
• Loved it, loved it, loved it! – Lilac
• Good story – easy, fast and a good read. – Stephanie
Conclusion: I think we all actually finished this one and we all really liked it for the most part.
Because we had a lot going on this month, an anniversary, a wedding, the beginning of a pregnancy (with a baby boom to come – it was contagious), too many books that we started and did not have a chance to finish and life of course, we decided to take a book free month and just get together for dinner. A good time was had by all.
