The Locale: Susan H's
The Book:
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine
Sarah's Summary:
Thanks, Susan, for hosting another successful book club! I was certain we would be served pizza and vodka. 😉 The pasta was delicious and I really enjoyed the sausage rolls, a nod to Scotland. I believe all of us liked getting to know Eleanor; a complicated, hilarious, not so easy-to-love character. There were many times we laughed out loud reading her comments and observations. I think the author did a wonderful job narrating. I loved it!
We next meet at Jessica’s to discuss The Great Alone on June 3rd. Next up, NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. It got 6 votes edging out Killers of the Flower Moon, which got 5. We have tentatively set that meeting date for 19th at Kristine’s house, which gives us plenty of time to read this summer! Holly is next to present her choices and we should look for those about a week out from Kristine’s meeting.
Susan S, you were missed. I don’t think you’ve missed more than a handful in 13 years!!
I hope we all survive the final weeks of school- we have a few kids graduating H.S. this year, which is unbelievable to me as they were wee little munchkins when we started this club.
Happy reading!
The Vote: Kristine presented...
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann WINS!!
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill WINS!!
Up Next: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah @ Jessica's on 6/3
Next to Present: Holly
Then:
- Tassy
- Jolynda
- Brenda
- Susan S
- Tassy
- Lori
- Gina
- Jana
- Susan H
- Sarah
- Jessica
- Kristine
- Holly
