Murder on the Leviathan Meeting

LEVIATHAN MEETING
Jen’s Place
March 30, 2005

In attendance were Jen, Paula, Cynthia, Rachel, Beth and Roy.

First of all, I think everyone is a disappointed that Manda delivered her baby a little early. I think we were all hoping that she would go into labor during a book club meeting so we could all rush to the hospital with her and have a sitcom like scene in the waiting room. But we’re glad everyone is doing well.

Again, I didn’t take notes so this is just from my memory.

The Pizzaoggi web site is wrong - they do not deliver. We had to send Rachel and Paula off to pick up the pizza. Then the pizza was not ready for them. They had to wait so long, they ended up breaking book club rule #1 - they talked about the book! But it’s not their fault.

Everyone agreed that they liked the first half of the book, but the second half of the book seemed to be bogged down in plot. Well, basically, we talked about all the same things that Donna wrote in her blog. I really don’t have much to add. Jen felt that it was fun to read, but not nearly as good as Agatha Christie. Donna, I totally agree that it was just cruel to have Gauche killed at the end. I wanted to see him in retirement.

Rachel has an interesting story to tell about something that happened at work and it involves a card catalog, but you have to hear her tell it and make sure she does the pose for you.

Jen made a turtle cheesecake that was delicious. It started a conversation - what is caramel really? What about butterscotch? Is there scotch in it? If I drink a whole can of condensed milk will I get sick?

Cynthia is picking next month’s book, but she didn’t even give us a hint as to what it might be. If you refer to your book club log, you will see that the last book Cynthia picked was The Sheltering Sky