Merry Martha(s)

Last night was the first official meeting of the Merry Martha(s) ... a new BOOK CLUB that happens to include a group of my most favorite people in the whole wide world from Senior Club ... Kat, Mona, Cathy ... and I think that we were all in agreement that the evening was a smashing success!

First book read and discussed was The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

I would like to clarify, though, that none of us were particularly interested in trying to sound pretentious. We're just not that kind of people, and since we know each other so well, it was a very comfortable evening where we could just relax and say whatever we felt like saying without worrying about trying to impress anyone.

Of course there was a lot of delicious food. We all brought appetizers, and since it was at Mona's, she also provided the dessert and adult beverages. Next meeting will be here, more about that later.

The conversation digressed once in awhile, but we were usually able to get back on track.

And, we pondered over what role we would be assigned to if we were living during the time of the book, or what role we could stomach if we even had a choice. It was pretty much unanimous that we might want to be a Martha, hence the idea of the name of our club.

Our next book will be Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.