The Vista Book Group met in April to discuss Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  This book was crazy good, emphasis on crazy…and good!  Flynn does an exemplary job of setting a disturbing tone and an uncomfortable environment.  There is a kind of sinister vibe throughout the story which is told in three parts: Boy Loses Girl, Boy Meets Girl, and Boy Gets Girl Back (Or Vice Versa).

The Vista Book Group met in April to discuss Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  This book was crazy good, emphasis on crazy…and good!  Flynn does an exemplary job of setting a disturbing tone and an uncomfortable environment.  There is a kind of sinister vibe throughout the story which is told in three parts: Boy Loses Girl, Boy Meets Girl, and Boy Gets Girl Back (Or Vice Versa).

The Vista Book Group met in March to discuss Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.  There were five self-described introverts and three ambiverts in attendance.  Many of us have heard the terms introvert and extrovert, but few of us have probably heard the term ambivert. According to Ms. Cain and the psychologists whose studies she references in her book, there really is no such thing as pure introvert or extrovert.   However, most of us usually tend to lean prominently toward one end of the introvert-extrovert spectrum.  If a person falls pretty much in the center of the spectrum, they are known as an ambivert.

 Vista Book Group’s February read was the Life of Pi by Yann Martel which won the 2002 Man Booker Prize.  The book has three parts, the first of which details Pi Patel’s life in Pondicherry, India and touches on his later life in Toronto, Canada, the second part details his 227 days as a castaway on the Pacific Ocean after the sinking of the Tsimtsum, and the third and shortest part takes place in Mexico where Pi washes ashore and tells his “unbelievable” story to two members of the Japanese Ministry of Transportation Maritime Department. 

Vista Book Group returns in January, 2013 to discuss a new series of interesting and edgy reads. Join us at 6 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of every month in Film and Sound at the Main Library.

The Vista Book Group met in November to discuss a variety of books.  This month each reader had a chance to read and discuss a book of their choice; it could be a new book or an old favorite.   Some of the books read and discussed at this month’s meeting are listed below.