V-Licious discusses Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Since I was the one who picked this book, I guess I have to explain why I would ever thing this would make for a good INAUGURAL book to our book club! Well, I thought it would have a little bit of everything….a cultural aspect (Indian culture vs. Western/English culture) a social aspect (fitting in and assimilation) and a little romance (Nazheen’s affair with Karim)…but it turned out the book was just a bore from beginning to end! Well I can’t even say end, because I didn’t finish it! Yes, I admit it. I picked the book and didn’t finish it. But hey, I guess it worked having a boring first book for our book club, because by the end, we were all so sick of Brick Lane we couldn’t wait for the next month’s book! My strategy worked. :)

- V-Licious