She's the wiser, more serious of the Vaginas! But spunky, fun, and unique!
After much deliberation, she chose one snoozer of a book! (I can say that now because it literally was!)
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
It tells the story of a well behaved, small town Indian girl married off to a man twenty years her senior and shipped off to England to live on, you guessed it, Brick Lane!
The characters never really develop, although the story line takes place over a 20 yr span.
My thoughts on this book? BORING!
God, I'm so hard to please, I know!! But it was soooo hard to get into this book! It was long and winded and just seemed like the author was trying too hard! Her descriptions went on forever! If she was describing a plastic bag, she'd tell you what it was made of, how it looks, how big it was, what it smelled like, what it tasted like, what colour it was, what shape it was, what texture it was, how big it was, etc, etc, etc! Get my drift? As an author, yes, you have to sell your product, and descriptions are fantastic, but to describe EVERY SINGLE THING this way gets a little repetitive and dull!
Hi, my name is Vagina Vixen and I'm the originator of this wonderful club!
I was sitting around one day looking at all the books on my shelf and thought, wow, so many that I've begun and never finished! Some became boring... some weren't all too interesting to keep me entertained.... and some, well, I fooled myself into thinking I should read! But now they just sat there, collecting dust and staring at me!
I wondered how I could possibly read more, what could I do to make reading more enjoyable?!
So I emailed a few of my closest girlfriends! I figured, why not start a book club! One where once a month, we choose a book, read it, and meet up to discuss it!
Not that us girls ever really need an actual reason to meet up, but this one would be for a good, solid thing!
A commitment to read something not chosen by you... something that may not be in your comfort zone, something you may have never picked out yourself! And really force yourself to get through it!
Mind you, I've been pretty horrible at making time to read in the past... but now, in the present, I will make the effort to stop and read!
So here's how it works:
- I assigned everyone a different month to chose a book!
- That person then is in charge of choosing the book and meet-up location
- Usually, the meet-up is scheduled for the last week of the month
I was thrilled when they all agreed! What better excuse to force me to do something I really don't enjoy (reading, that is, not meeting up with my friends... lol!) and have an excuse to see some of my favourite ladies once a month, because let's face it, as we get older, it's harder to stay connected! Now we can say to our families, work, significant other, etc, "No, I can't tonight, I have a book club meeting!" AND hopefully, we don't come off as old, uncool and boring chicks!
I must confess, we have a blast at our meetings! We discuss the characters, their flaws, how realistic they and the plot are, and usually end the night by picking and choosing funny quotes, that taken out of context, crack us up!
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Look for our picks at your local book store and library! You'll know it's our pick by the sticker on the book! ;)
Have a great one ladies.... and remember.... no vagina, no opinion!
We are 5 hot, young, vibrant 20-somethings who were looking for a reason to widen our horizons and read more! So why not start a club with your closest girl friends?!
We meet up once a month to discuss, and it usually lasts for hours and there are a lot of laughs!
Join us in our quest for knowledge, by learning from the books we read and each other!
The Vagina Book Club was created by a group of women who wanted to have an excuse to get together and chat over coffee about books! In this blog, you will find 5 women with very different opinions, ideas, morals and traditions! We will read one book a month and discuss it openly! Join us in our venture to grow, change, and learn to accept eachothers crazy ideas!
