For the november book club we read Barbara O'Neal's How to Bake a Perfect Life. At first glance I was pretty thrilled as this book cover has a baker and a dog... two of my favorite things. It took me a few days to really get into the story as it is a two part book... really two different stories. The first story is about a girl that got knocked up at 16 and is now a grandmother so it is the story of her life and how she came to own a bakery. The second story is about a young girl who is living with her step grandmother and trying to find her own place in the world.
I found the intertwining of the two stories was good and they melded together in such a way that the resulting story was more complex than either individual story. In the midsts of their lives there were several recipes for different breads and muffins and how to start a starter (for things like sourdough bread and the like). I really love to bake so I am pretty excited to bake some of the items out of the book as they seem kinda fool proof... I will be sure to let you know how that goes. I also found that this book was a little heavier than I had anticipated as it dealt with injuries to a military guy. I was not expecting this, so if your loved one is over seas this is probably not for you at this time.
Now to the book club itself: we met a pretty good mexican place. There were only 6 women so it was nice to not be overwhelmed with so many new people at once. For the most part it was lots of chatting about life and since they all knew each other I didn't have much to add to the discussion but at the same time I felt welcome. The book portion of the discussion was really good, we mostly all felt the same way about the story but again it is nice to hear other peoples ideas on the book.
I will definitely be attending another book club with this group pretty soon, I think I could make some pretty good friends or least people that I enjoy reading with. At the moment I am toying around with the idea of starting a book club myself but I think I might make it an internet one since so many of my friends live all over the place it might give us a chance to get together for a reason. Who knows, if you would be interested let me know. I'll let you know what I decide to read next but for the time being now that my books are out of storage on up on shelves I have been shopping through them most of the time.
I found the intertwining of the two stories was good and they melded together in such a way that the resulting story was more complex than either individual story. In the midsts of their lives there were several recipes for different breads and muffins and how to start a starter (for things like sourdough bread and the like). I really love to bake so I am pretty excited to bake some of the items out of the book as they seem kinda fool proof... I will be sure to let you know how that goes. I also found that this book was a little heavier than I had anticipated as it dealt with injuries to a military guy. I was not expecting this, so if your loved one is over seas this is probably not for you at this time.
Now to the book club itself: we met a pretty good mexican place. There were only 6 women so it was nice to not be overwhelmed with so many new people at once. For the most part it was lots of chatting about life and since they all knew each other I didn't have much to add to the discussion but at the same time I felt welcome. The book portion of the discussion was really good, we mostly all felt the same way about the story but again it is nice to hear other peoples ideas on the book.
I will definitely be attending another book club with this group pretty soon, I think I could make some pretty good friends or least people that I enjoy reading with. At the moment I am toying around with the idea of starting a book club myself but I think I might make it an internet one since so many of my friends live all over the place it might give us a chance to get together for a reason. Who knows, if you would be interested let me know. I'll let you know what I decide to read next but for the time being now that my books are out of storage on up on shelves I have been shopping through them most of the time.
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