"My mama got the name Chablis off a wine bottle"
Readalong season is almost over, with Villette at an end and War and Peace with only 1 week of epilogues to go! I'm currently reading for my monthly Minneapolis Bars and Books meetup tonight, but I don't think I'll finish in time. :(
However, that's not going to stop me from going anyway, because 1) there aren't really any spoilers since it's a non-fiction book and I already know what happens and 2) the meetup is in Hell's Kitchen, and the food is supposedly amazing. Is it bad form to go to a book club when you haven't finished the book? At least I'm more than halfway through!
This month's book: Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt
My favorite character so far is Chablis. She's sassy, brilliant, fierce, and larger than life! Here's an excerpt:
She was beautiful, seductively beautiful in a streetwise way. Her big eyes sparkled. Her skin glowed. A broken incisor tooth punctuated her smile and gave her a naughty look.
"I dance, I do lip sync, and I emcee," she said. "Shit like that. My mama got the name Chablis off a wine bottle. She didn't think it up for me though. It was supposed to be for my sister. Mama got pregnant when I was sixteen, and she wanted a little girl. She was gonna name her La Quinta Chablis, but then she had a miscarriage, and I said, 'Ooooo, Chablis. That's nice. I like that name.' And Mama said, 'Then take it, baby. Just call yourself Chablis from now on.' So ever since then, I've been Chablis."
"A cool white wine for a cool black girl," I said.
"Y-e-e-e-s, child!"
"What was your name before that?" I asked.
"Frank," she said.
The best part is that Chablis actually exists, this being non-fiction literature and all. This book is turning out GREAT so far.
However, that's not going to stop me from going anyway, because 1) there aren't really any spoilers since it's a non-fiction book and I already know what happens and 2) the meetup is in Hell's Kitchen, and the food is supposedly amazing. Is it bad form to go to a book club when you haven't finished the book? At least I'm more than halfway through!
This month's book: Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt
My favorite character so far is Chablis. She's sassy, brilliant, fierce, and larger than life! Here's an excerpt:
She was beautiful, seductively beautiful in a streetwise way. Her big eyes sparkled. Her skin glowed. A broken incisor tooth punctuated her smile and gave her a naughty look.
"I dance, I do lip sync, and I emcee," she said. "Shit like that. My mama got the name Chablis off a wine bottle. She didn't think it up for me though. It was supposed to be for my sister. Mama got pregnant when I was sixteen, and she wanted a little girl. She was gonna name her La Quinta Chablis, but then she had a miscarriage, and I said, 'Ooooo, Chablis. That's nice. I like that name.' And Mama said, 'Then take it, baby. Just call yourself Chablis from now on.' So ever since then, I've been Chablis."
"A cool white wine for a cool black girl," I said.
"Y-e-e-e-s, child!"
"What was your name before that?" I asked.
"Frank," she said.
The best part is that Chablis actually exists, this being non-fiction literature and all. This book is turning out GREAT so far.
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