Babes with Brains Book Club

Loved It
1 Liked It
1 Neutral
2 Hated It

Comments:
• Some chapters were better than others. – danica
• Boring. – Stephanie

Conclusion: Most of us lost interest and did not finish. I think it would have been a better idea if we read one of Cussler’s pure fiction novels.

This was the first book where we decided to implement a change on how we choose which books to read. The new scheme is as follows. One member is chosen per meeting to bring in two to three books to present for a vote. We all vote and a new book is chosen. We choose two months in advance so there are always three books in our queue.

Loved It
2 Liked It
2 Neutral
1 Disliked
2 Hated It

Comments:
• Eh, could have done without the whole homosexual scene. – Lilac
• Weird, quirky but honest and good. – Stephanie

Conclusion: It was not widely liked.

5 Loved It
1 Liked It
1 Neutral
Hated It

Comments:
• Amazing! – Lilac
• A page turner. -Stephanie

Conclusion: Recommended. We LOVED this one and had a great dialogue about it as well.

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1 Loved It
1 Liked It
1 Neutral
1 Disliked
1 Hated It

Comments:
• Didn’t finish it… just didn’t like it. – danica
• Very contrived and insincere. – Stephanie

Conclusion: We had such high hopes for this one. The premise sounds like it could be fascinating. Some of us didn’t like the writing style while others just got bored, although a few did like/love it…

2 Loved It
3 Liked It
Neutral
1 Hated It

Comments:
• I just loved it! – Stephanie

Conclusion: Again, most of us liked it, but not all of us.

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1 Loved It
1 Liked It
2 Neutral
2 Hated It

Comments:
• Hated it, and then some. – Marlo
• Weird, sick and without merit. – Stephanie

Conclusion: This is one of the rare books were we completely ran the gamut of loved to hated. There were definitely some strong opinions that came up in book club. Not necessarily recommended but it did engage us.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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