Bossypants, Tina Fey

Average Rating: 7.5
Menu: Baked zucchini, risotto, brownies

Rebecca: 7.5 - Very Tina Fey. Very entertaining (8.5), parts made me laugh out loud. Writing was funny but not well done, no plot or story line just pieces put together. Loves Tina Fey so liked it but was expecting a bit more. Could have put pieces together better to make a better story.

Anne: 7.0 - Did not read the book, but I like Tina Fey. She gets a 7 as a person.

Sara: 8.0 - Read it in four days. Hilarious. 9.5 for entertainment, but no plot and not actually a good book. The ending is a fart, no story. Enjoyed the "working women" part, was able to connect with it and the guilt, could have written it better.

Angie: 7.0 - Read it almost a year ago, does not remember it. Read it on a night flight and was laughing out loud. The beginning was really fully, middle ok, ending was great.

Jennifer: 8.0 - Not actually a good book. Do not really remember it but remember laughing until my stomachs hurt.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer

Average Rating: 7

Becky – 5.5 He is an interesting kid, but I am not finding his adventure as intriguing as he does. The picture aren’t adding as much as I thought they would. I am only though ½ done
Rebecca – 8.5 The story kept me interested, I liked the kid. At times you couldn’t tell who was talking. I am not sure why the mother was not more involved in his life, but the kid was endearing and heart breaking.
Dana – Was busy so didn’t have time to read. The kids are in swimming lessons now
Anne – 6.0 I found the story very annoying, I wanted to connect but couldn’t’ sympathize with them. Hard to head on the kindle with all of the pictures and writing. It brought me back to 9/11, tragedy
Tina – 7.0 – When reading it was interesting but doesn’t stick with you. It made you reflective on 9/11 and hot it effects other vs just myself
Jennifer – 7.5 – It could have been heartbreaking but it was not. The pictures do not anything to the book. It was hard to get into the book but it got much better in the 2nd 1/2 .

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson

Average Rating: 5.25
Menu: Steak, corn on the cob and Sangria

Tina: The guy is a douche bag. He was trying to hard to be funny. It got better though over time or just got used to him. Very cliché of times and nothing new

Rebecca: Currently on page 69. Good stories if one of his good friends or grew up with him during those times, or location. Good if you really knew him, but being an outsider it was hard to connect.

Angie: Gave up on page 86. It was somewhat more interesting than a history book.

Anne: 4.5

Becky: 6.5 1st time laughing out loud on the bus. Reminded her of stories that her Aunt use to tell her, and the things that she learned along the way. It was not written well

Jennifer: 6 Not quite funny, not quite interesting. He was trying too hard to be funny but was not able to be funny

Can You Keep A Secret, Sophie Kinsella

Average Rating: 7.66
Menu: Make Your Own Salad

Angie: 8 - Hard to get into at the beginning but then it got fast and funny. It was a nice break from the depressing books. Dislike Jemima by the end of the book.

Tina: 7 - First quarter was slow but then started to really pick up. It was a fun quick read and felt like she could really relate to the main character. Felt that it was the same as the book “true Confessions a Shopaholic”.

Anne: 8 - Liked the book but realized that all of the story lines were the same as Kinsella’s other books. It was a good fun chicklet book.

Rebecca: 8 - It was an endearing, laugh-out-loud, fun, easy book. It taught you that you need to face the truth, that the truth should set you free and that honesty is openness. You need to be open to maintain a good relationship.

Dana: 7 - Read 7 of her books and like the author and her characters that she creates. It was a good quirky book.

Jennifer: 8 - It was a good fast summer read. I enjoyed the lightheartedness of the book.

Becky (from email): 7.5 - It was a perfect beach read and exactly what we needed to get out of the winter doldrums (I read it right away, so it’s been awhile). It reminded me a bit of Bridget Jones’s, but better and with a lot more fashion sense.