The Keepin’ It Real Book Club

Yesterday on Canada Reads, we went from a touchy feely discussion of the modern family to Michel Vézina criticizing the reading skills of his fellow panelists. Today we start with Jian saying the Canada Reads books “sell like tickets to a Justin Bieber concert” (which may or may not have elicited a national cringe).

Before we  get on to the main event, the highlights (or lowlights) from the Post-Day 4 Confessional:

All Perdita can say is OMG and the other panelists seem genuinely shocked that the giant was felled
Samantha Nutt claims she gives up on strategy
Rollie decided to Keep It Real. Amen, brother.
Simi admits she loved Nikolski (knowing this would make today’s vote less stressful)
Michel says no one in Quebec thought it was too complicated . . . ooooooo
Rollie condemns Good to a Fault calling it undeveloped and saying “I know a lot of moms who are into it”

And so the vote (and the re-vote!):

RP: Good to a Fault, SS: Nikolski, SN: Nikolski, MV (who apparently doesn’t know how to vote strategically)  Jade Peony, PF: Good to a Fault (which was quite shocking to me, considering her frequent criticism of the book).

And so then, a dramatic re-vote, where clearly Simi Sara would [...]

Yesterday, in a fairly tame episode, we saw GenX pack its bags and head back to Palm Springs and a more hospitable climate, the panelists debate what makes a Canadian novel, and a discussion of poverty and class.

Today we start out with the usual assertion of self-importance (CR title = lots of book sales, we get it), and shout outs to Canada Also Reads and Canada Reads Independently! A nice hat tip to the online world from the CBC.

Highlights from the post-Day 3 Confessional

Jian makes an appearance to provide his own commentary and notes the Kumbaya vibe of the room
Cut to: Perdita planning her revenge on Samantha and anyone else who votes against her
Samantha backpedals (save it for the debates when Perdita can hear you) & says everyone is voting with their hearts
Rollie accuses the competition of being based on  “some undefinable measure of what it means to be Canadian and what makes a good book”
Simi is in denial about the possibility of her book being binned

And so the second round of voting:

SN: Nikolski, MV: Fall on Your Knees, PF: The Jade Peony, RP: Good to a Fault, and so it comes down to SS who votes for Fall on [...]