Larson Lecture Notes and Next Pick

That's right... Signed book to the BWB!!

"Who am I making this out to?" "Oh, that's our book club, kind of nerdy, I know. We were reading your book so we could come to the lecture." "What's the name of your book club?" "Boozing with Books." "Haha, I like that, that's a good one (insert continued laughter here)."

Ummmm … actual conversation that I had with Erik Larson last night!! He thinks the name of our book club is AWESOME!! I mean duh, we all knew that but it's nice to hear it from a New York Times bestselling author. Riiiiight?!?! The after lecture consensus was that we absolutely needed to work more of these gatherings into our book club schedule (so be on the lookout). He was an amazing and funny public speaker and I feel like his perspective added a lot to the experience of the book. All-in-all, very cool.

Due to the pandemonium that occurred after dinner (long story short, Suz had never experienced nor heard of a “Canoli”...) and the craziness after the lecture, we didn't have a chance to pick a new book for next month. So, we are going to do this old school and have everyone send in their suggestions, then in about a week, I will post all the potential picks and we can vote.

I think the goal is to shoot for a meeting towards the end of May. As is the tradition of the last meeting before summer vacation, I will be hosting. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and we can turn this meeting into an all-out BBQ :) Bash!