The Giver

We met at The Log Den. Apparently, they have just changed the menu, so some of the food was kind of, well, not what was expected. The inside of the restaurant was beautiful. We had a good time talking, as usual! Of course, we talked about the book AND so many other things.

We talked about things like Stirrings, Sameness, cults, love and families. Overall, we all thought the book was ok, not great, but just ok. Here are the average and our words to describe the book......


Average was 6.5

Our Descriptive words....

Weird
Disturbing
Lacking
Truman Show
Controlled
Fantasy
Disappointing
Unfinished
Intriguing

The Nanny Diaries

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I was slacking and didn't update this after our fun night at Lori's watching the Nanny Diaries. The good news is, I'm doing it now!! :)

It all happened on a Thursday night! hee hee We all gathered at Lori's house to snuggle in to watch the Nanny Diaries since we had all just read the book. Most of us were pretty disappointed in the book and the movie. It was entertaining, sure, but the movie only followed the book a little bit. There was a nanny. There was a mom, cheating dad and little (cute) boy. Harvard Hottie was even in the movie, but the movie ended sweetly, unlike the book. Oh well. It was fun to gather with the girls. Here are our ratings and comments......

Book Rating average -6.25
Movie Rating average - 5.1
Comments (we didn't stick to the One Word Rule) ~

So Different
Book More Engaging
Harvard Hottie
Thought the Movie would be funnier
Hit It
Well Written
Different - too close to real
Fun style writing
slow movie/ fun book to read
Too real