Book-a-book of the Month Club discussion

As you start reading, what are your first impressions?

Maybe it is because it is non-fiction and I haven't read non-fiction in awhile (I usually listen to non-fiction), but it took me a few pages to get into it. I can say, though, that once I got to the end of chapter 1 and started to get comfortable with the writing style, the characters you start to meet in Chapter 2 are GREAT! I am loving all the little anecdotes - seems like every person the author meets in Savannah has something worth writing about.

So, if any of you are starting this and feel lukewarm about it . . . give it through Chapter 2 and 3 and I think you will start to change your tune!

I am glad you said that. I started it and I was not sure if I was going to continue. I will keep going a little more.

I guess I am not sure what type of writing you prefer, but if you are going to be into this story and its characters, I would think you would know whether it is going to work for you by the end of Chapter 3.

I am quite a ways in now and enjoying it a lot.

I am finding it a little hard to get full on into it, but I am thinking it's more to do with being swamped with uni work and trying to read it when I am tired haha but I will keep trying!

One thing I can say after getting farther into the book is that chapter one probably should have actually been chapter 5 or 6 and this should have started with chapter 2 if it wanted to pull readers in faster.

I think what the author was going for was to put some of the meat of the story first and then go back and give the background info. It sounds like from what people said so far (and I agree) that that didn't work well in this case.

Which is kinda too bad because it is really good and I wonder how many people put this down after a few pages because they thought this wasn't for them and then they missed out!