a Dining@Large reading group?
Well, I've been thinking about it.
Over the weekend, post your thoughts about starting up a Dining@Large reading group.
This Stewart O'Nan book, Last Night at the Lobster, is a recent favorite of mine. And at 160 pages, it's a good length for a busy-season read.
I'm away until Sunday evening. Everyone have a safe weekend. If you're running a race tomorrow, good luck.
On this blog try be nice. Except if it's about the slots, in which case have yourselves a Donnybrook.
Comments
I always "try be nice." Could be motto.
Posted by: Dahlink | October 15, 2010 7:51 PM
As a native of New Britain, Conn., the city featured in the book, I can tell you that O'Nan's description is spot-on. I really enjoyed it too. He's one of our best writers.
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2010 10:35 PM
sounds good richard..going to definitely read last night at lobster..I'd like to recommend Diane Mott Davidson who writes mystery novels with food theme such as Fatally Flaky. Sweet Revenge.Cereal Murders etc..fun to read and wont tax yr brain
Posted by: scoutmoss | October 15, 2010 11:22 PM
sounds good richard..going to definitely read last night at lobster..I'd like to recommend Diane Mott Davidson who writes mystery novels with food theme such as Fatally Flaky. Sweet Revenge.Cereal Murders etc..fun to read and wont tax yr brain
Posted by: scoutmoss | October 15, 2010 11:22 PM
hmmm, a reading club sounds like too much of a commitment. Perhaps there could be a pamphlet or brochure club.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | October 16, 2010 10:00 AM
Thanks for the recommendation Richard. Just ate up Frank Bruni's Born Round and Bourdain's Medium Raw. Another food favorite is Patricia Volk's Stuffed.
Posted by: Mags | October 16, 2010 10:19 AM
Robert of Cross Keys, Thanks for your funny comment. It gave me a laugh on Saturday morning.
Posted by: Paula | October 16, 2010 10:32 AM
I was told that there would be no homework. Could you read it to us via podcasts?
Posted by: B>( | October 16, 2010 12:25 PM
Owlie,
Maybe Mr McIntyre could read it to us :-)
Posted by: RayRay | October 16, 2010 12:29 PM
RayRay--brilliant!
Posted by: Dahlink | October 16, 2010 12:47 PM
Sounds great. As long as he can do more than one funny accent.
Posted by: B>) | October 16, 2010 12:47 PM
Color me there. I can get a used hard cover copy on Amazon for $0.01. I was going to get the Kindle version for $11.99 but I'm using it as a shim to level my abattoir.
Posted by: Owl Meat GlassesJustForReading | October 16, 2010 12:54 PM
I will bury you, Gorelick!
Oprah invented the book club. Oprah invented reading the same book. Before Oprah people only used books to hollow out the insides to hide magical lockets and treasure maps. Oprah will have Dr. Phil tickle you with his mustache and have Kenny G play his doodad horn until you beg Oprah for mercy. No chile, this SHALL NOT COME TO PASS!
Opraaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh........
I thought you retired?
Posted by: Oprah Winfrey | October 16, 2010 1:05 PM
Okay, I just plunked down $0.01 plus shipping, so I hope we do this. I plan to pass it along to other readers after I finish it; I hope other do the same.
I've always been a fan of Red Lobster fiction since I read "The Hardy Boys Crack the Case of the Purloined Lobster".
Good idea, Ricardo. Toss all your notions against against the wall and see what sticks.
Posted by: Owl Meat Greenback | October 16, 2010 2:07 PM
Dave -- hard to believe that two of us who responded to this topic are both natives of New Britain, Conn. Okay, maybe "native" is overdoing it since I was born there, moved to New York at the age of two and have never been back since. But I still hold a grudge against the inebriated New Britain clerk who stuck me for life with a birth certificate in which my name is misspelt.
Posted by: Michael A. Gray | October 16, 2010 7:02 PM
MAG--just how do you misspell Michael A. Gray? Grey?
Posted by: Dahlink | October 16, 2010 7:21 PM
Ramond Luxury Yacht
Posted by: Anonymous | October 16, 2010 8:53 PM
Anonymous:
It's spelt Raymond: Luxury Yach-t, but it's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'.
Posted by: ChefJoker | October 16, 2010 9:48 PM
Dahlink -- In a tribute to drunken dyslexia, my birth certificate reads Mihcale Gray. An interesting name. But not mine.
Posted by: Michael A. Gray | October 17, 2010 6:49 AM
Too bad you didn't run with it, Mags. You could have been the male Oprah. (See, everything comes back to Her Majesty.)
Posted by: Owl Meat Lemonjello | October 17, 2010 8:36 AM
MAG, my son had a friend named "Micah" but when he started school they had him down as "Micha."
Around here people constantly mangle our last name--it's a local thing, because this has never happened elsewhere.
Posted by: Dahlink | October 17, 2010 10:41 AM
Nothing to say, really, but I couldn't resist the captcha...bletch argument. In reference to political ads, no doubt.
Posted by: Mary Roby | October 17, 2010 5:43 PM
Just got a notice from Owl Books (really) that my copy (via Amazon) is on its way. Let's do it!
Posted by: B>) | October 19, 2010 6:55 PM