The second official meeting of the Literary ladies is in the
bag and dare I say it looks like we have a functioning (and very official) book club. Our dazzling fellow club member Jules is this months book selector and chose Burgoo on Main Street as the venue for our meeting (A very good choice, indeed). The LL member count is steadily growing with two new members P-Master and A-Red and this months meeting had a slightly better turn out than the first meeting with 5 members joining in the fun.With a very busy summer including weddings and other such fun we found it tough to set a date for this meeting. And because of this the book was read by most members quite some time ago, not at all or in the very distant past but in the end we were still managed to combine what we remembered to discuss this book.
We agreed that the book contained thought provoking subject matter about a women's role in society past or present. And Kiki put it succinctly when she said 'that if any of us were put a similar situation no matter how we would like to react or what we think we would do in this set of circumstances, the reality is that most of us would probably conform to the new rules.' The book's author, Margaret Atwood makes an interesting point when she says "...There isn't anything in the book not based on something that has already happened in history or in another country."
Our readers enjoyed the novel and agreed that it was imaginative, but intense with some disturbing and unsettling themes. One sore point with some of our lovely ladies was the abrupt ending to Offred's story. When asked to give an average rating the Literary Ladies gave it a 4 out of 5.
After more discussion and some (slightly unsuccessful) reading aloud of our favorite quotes we got on with ordering of our dinner. A delicious combination of fondue, toasted sandwiches, salads and fruit.
We are all in anticipation of the next book selection which will be chosen by the sparkly and vivacious Kiki.
