You are so right about Ted Hughes. He WAS a cad, AND it is incredibly sad about his children. So many cads just get away with their caddishness, don’t you think? I try never to write negative reviews because the guilt wears away at me (and the fear of bad karma), but I could never advocate lying about the experience of a book, so sometimes they do just have to be done.

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That’s interesting. Science Fiction seemed to be the only thing we read. In fact, the only book I remember reading and enjoying for bookclub was something about sardines… I can’t even remember the title of it now. It was about a boy that felt like a sardine because he was always squished up with his massive family who hardly payed any attention to him. Arg, that’s really gonna bug me now; I just can’t remember what it’s called!!
What do you read then, if no genre fiction? Anything good?

Hahahaha, a glorious mark of distinction!

I embarrassingly had to google John Hart. Shows you how much I know.

Whaaaaat. You are blowing my mind right now.

I love my book groups! I really do. I have a good time talking about the books, and it’s fun getting drinks and I’m glad I do this. Just sometimes when a book’s not fun, it can be a chore.

Hahahaha, no, I think it’s fair to us bloggers! At least I hope so.

Right, exactly! I mean, the option wasn’t to write a nice post; it would have been to write no post at all. I really do truly prefer writing nice posts about books I loved. Since that is what I read book blogs for, to find books other bloggers loved.

Thanks! I am okay with having written it but I would feel terrible if Erik Larson read it and had his feelings hurt. I feel terrible just imagining that. But it would never happen! (Right?)

We haven’t read any science fiction so far, although I’d be up for it. Not much genre fiction generally, in fact.