Mike's notes of Dec 13, 2011
It was great seeing everyone last night. Our thoughts were briefly with missing comrade, Christian, who fortunately did not slog through The English Major. Those of us who did were unrewarded by the effort. While the sentences slipped by smoothly enough, it was a relief to turn the last page. The general consensus was that the novel could not have been among Harrison’s better works. It was plotless, shallow, and meandering. While Von and others found an interesting trinket or two in the mud puddles of each section—we’ll mainly remember the mud.
Conversation skipped as usual from topic to topic (though most were of the geriatric ilk) : acupuncture, ergonomics, cataract surgery, artificial lenses, vitreal detachment, Palestine, the Ottoman empire, local jazz, LP to CD and MP3 conversion machines, movies, ranked voting, and for about 10 minutes, The English Major.
Moving on: For next time, please rank vote for three of the books below , with 3 being the number for your first choice, 2 for your second choice, and 1 for your third choice. The book with the greatest number of overall points will be our next victim.
Lost Memory of Skin (Russell Banks)
· Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/books/review/lost-memory-of-skin-by-russell-banks-book-review.html
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes) Booker Prize 2011
Polls close Sunday, Dec. 18, at midnight.
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