Another meeting in the books Novel Spirits. We are so official now! We are like a well-oiled not-for-profit business operating machine. Here are the highlights of the business portion of October's meeting:
First off, Boss read to the group. He read THE BERENSTAIN BEARS RIDE THE THUNDERBOLT by Stan and Jan Berenstain. He is getting very good at reading and that makes at least two of us very happy.
Then we all described our costumes and a brief reasoning for our selections. And the turnout was really good! Everyone came correct to this dress-up shindig! So here's the summary:
Deuce: dressed up as Mama Bear from THE BERENSTAIN BEARS series. Not only a very creative selection, but she actually sewed the costume herself. Very well done Deuce. Her reasons werethat she did not like reading until she had her own children. And THE BERENSTAIN BEARS books were what she started reading to her children, so those books have an important place in her life. Additionally, she told her grandchildren that she wrote THE BERENSTAIN BEARS books herself. Sounds like chastisement material to me!!
Diesel: dressed up as Nancy Drew from the NANCY DREW novels. Her reasons were that she read several of those novels when she was younger and that she really enjoys mysteries.
Chief: dressed up as Percy Jackson from the PERCY JACKSON series. His reasons were that he really liked those books. They had action, adventure, and ancient mythology. Additionally, his costume was simple to execute. I can't argue with that logic!
Cat: dressed up as Neil Degrasse Tyson, interestingly the only real person selected in the group. She stated that she prefers non-fiction, particularly science related subjects. She enjoys watching his show STAR TALK on the national geographic channel.
JB: dressed up as Alex Rutledge from the series of books by Tom Corcoran all set in Key West, FL. Anyone who knows JB understands that this is a perfect selection for him. JB loves the weather, atmosphere and general attitude and culture of Key West. Tom Corcoran is native to Key West, and the character Alex Rutledge personifies the Key West culture.
Baron: dressed up as James Bond. No explanation necessary. But just in case, Jame Bond is one of the coolest dudes ever created in reality or in fiction. Intelligent, witty, funny, good-looking, athletic, a spy!!! Get sweet gagdets and vehicles. Travels to the world's most exotic locations, busts up into the bad guys' super-secret lairs and just blow them up. Beats the crap out of all the tough-guy thugs. I mean, Dang! Oh yeah, and he's always gambling and smoking cigarettes. Coolest man EVER
Indy: dressed up as Cosette from LES MISERABLES. She likes in-depth characters such as the ones created in LES MISERABLES. It's a beautiful story. She read it for the first time as a freshman in high school and it had a strong positive effect on her. And as with Chief, she also liked that this costume was a rather simply executed one.
Archimedes: dressed up as Lizbeth Salander from THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Her reasons were that this is a very strong female character, it was an interesting story with a very distinct style. Apparently, Lizbeth is a real badass. This worries me because given the fact that Archimedes likes this character, watches the TV show SNAPPED (and takes notes on how the ladies get away with murdering their husbands), enjoys kickboxing, I am starting to see a very scary trend that seems to end in my painful, agonizing, unavenged death!!! Oh dear.
This post is getting long and there are much more notes to go over so I'll end this one and submit a part 2 shortly. Assuming I'm alive in order to do so :(
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