Another Successful Party

Our Bookgroup party was a success. Jennifer's menu selection (portabellos stuffed with fajitas and créme brûlè) was perfect. It turns out that our division of labor works very well for both of us. She did most of the prep work (which I don't like and at which I suck) and I did most of the cooking (which I enjoy) - allowing Jennifer to be the involved hostess to our guests. As I anticipated, the créme brûlè turned out on the runny side, but it wasn't much of an issue. The caramelizing of the sugar was awesome, everything I really thought it would be - fire and sugar rock!

Although not everyone finished the book, most of us liked Tracks quite a bit. It took me a while to get going with the book, but once I figured out who was who, the characters became very enjoyable. And as it turned out, the book wasn't as much of a downer as I feared - although there probably isn't any literature about early 20th century American Indians that has bubbly happy endings (at least I hope not).

Which brings me to next month's book selection. Again, being the lazy person that I am, I let Jennifer select the books so I really can't complain too much about the pick, The Vintner's Luck. It teaches me to be more proactive in this area, next time we're hosting there probably won't be any "gay angel" books in the selection.