Hooked On Phonics
I used to be a fairly avid reader, but over the last few years, my reading skills have declined significantly. Enough so that I’m amazed I don’t need to use “Hooked On Phonics” just to get through my People Weekly magazine. To remedy this sad situation, I decided to start a book club for myself and my friends.
We’re called “The Bookies” ( I know it’s a tad gay, but I couldn’t come up with anything better) and so far we have 11 members, although some just joined for the monthly meetings which will involve alcohol, so we’ll see how many people actually read the book I picked. We’re going to meet on the first Thursday of the month, so our first official meeting won’t be until February. I’ll be writing a review of each book we read, along with what everyone in The Bookies thought of it. So…this should be interesting.
If anyone would like to read along with us, our first book is “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. I’m about half-way through and it’s really intriguing so far. My friends mom read it and told her there was some kinky sex stuff involved, but up until last night everything I read was pretty tame. And then I got to the chapter she must have been talking about because *SPOILER ALERT* one of the main characters gets raped…anally…with a butt plug. But it’s cool because they get an AWESOME revenge on their attacker. I can’t wait to see how it finishes out! Happy reading!
Butt plugs are everywhere. It’s a conspiracy, I tell ya. The butt plugs are taking over!!
Really though, maybe I can be a virtual member of your group. I’ll see if i can find that book at the library.
Foxy- I just finished it last night and it was awesome! Thankfully, the part with the butt-plug was very short.
Browsing through my local Barnes & Noble, I spied a copy of “The Idiot” by Doestoevsky. I went through my periodic guilt-trip of “That’s what I should be reading: the classics! Not this pop culture stuff.” Oops, but then the new Rolling Stone arrived in my mailbox. Maybe next time…
I checked Milner and Normal Libraries and they don’t have the butt plug book. So I ordered it on Amazon… you can get pretty good deals on used books. Anyway, mine is on the way and I can’t wait to start it! Go Bookies!
Jerry K- Classics are boring. I say pop culture all the way!
Val- I can’t wait for you to read it!