Hey where have you been?

 Sorry,

It has taken so long to get back to this blog. Unfortunately, I am not superwoman; I have a growing business a job, a husband and family and friends to tend to as well as this blog.  

 The book  club has not  stopped. It has  changed and redefined itself as it does when we new people join and share themselves. This is  awesome !

We have not stopped reading nor have I stopped reviewing books and or movies when ask to.  I have been doing mini reviews by email, and a few on Amazon.

 Coming in the new  year I will  be adding this  blog as  well as my other blogs to  my weekly and monthly work loads to  try to get them where I want them to be. I  hope you enjoy them . For now, I am  sending all  who  may read this  my  Misfit wish, May you  read a book  in the new  year that touches your soul and awakens something  new.

Happy New year.

T. Portlock

Magic Mike

Magic Mike (2012)
review

Director: Steven Soderbergh.. Actors: Channing Tatum: Mike Martingano · Matt Bomer: Ken · Alex Pettyfer: The Kid · Matthew McConaughey: Dallas ·

My bff and I went to check out what we hoped to be a entertaining movie. We had seen the Magic Mike trailers with all these handsome men dancing and thought yum!.

The movie stars Channing Tatum in a story inspired by his real life. There is not much of a story.

The movies’ Dance scenes were laughable. Channing Tatum made the other actors look piss poor. They were going thru the motions, off beat and pretty stiff.(and I don’t mean woody). Somebody needed to call Paula Abdul for some dance moves.

Here is the story in short, Tatum plays a poor stripper, who happens to also work construction ,saving to one day fulfill his dream of having a custom built furniture company of his very own. The film follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

Let me breakdown the characters; Matthew Mc Conaughey plays Dallas. His character was more Johnny deep, doing captain Jack sober, with a touch of early prince. (Well, he did show his butt cheeks. )

Next, we have Matt Bomer who was the too peppy, no dancing, white guy whose stripping that left me wanting to go home.(ok, he had a nice smile). I mean I wanted to find him a blanket and call 911. MAN LIMP!MAN LIMP!


On to the Scarier side, Alex Pettyfer who played the kid. The words dancing and Pettyfer should never appear in the same sentence together. NEVER! NO, Dry humping is not dancing, it’s dry humping or grinding. When R. Kelly said there ain’t nothing wrong with a little bump and grind, he wasn’t talking about YOU! Now sit down and don’t get back up.

Next, we have Joe Manganiello aka Big Dick Richie, There was a scene  which showed "Big Dick "Richie’s trouser monkey being tortured by way of an extender. This poor abused member filled a portion of the scene. DUDE! It is against the law to torture helpless animals, now somebody needs to add trouser monkey's to the list.  Manfaniello,don’t quit your day job. Frankly, you ride Sookie on True Blood with less effort!

Besides, it’s not the size that truly matters, it’s the size of the heart of the man which is most important.

To Steven Soderbergh who directed this lack luster movie. If this was Channing Tatum’s inspired story, then tell the story. This movie for me was superficial b***sh*t. Drugs were touched on, but without real conquest. What message does the movie send about drugs and stripping? There were no female stockers? There were no college students dancing to pay off their student loans, nor a son who dances to pay off his mother’s medical bills.(real talk) No full Monty’s. And most regrettably, no jobs given to all the talented male dancers who can really dance and strip.

　

　

T Portlock

The Sitter(2011)

Stars:Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor and Sam Rockwell|

The Sitter is a remake of the 1987 film
 Adventures in babysitting starring

Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton and Keith Coogan

In Adventures in Babysitting, Elisabeth Shue’s character Chris Parker agrees to baby-sit after her date stands her up. When Chris’s frantic friend Brenda calls and needs to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago. Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

In the The Sitter, Noah Griffith played by (Jonah Hill), has been kicked out of college, and finds himself living back at home with his lonely divorced mother. Reluctantly, Noah agrees to baby-sit the kids next door so his lonely mother can make a love connection. When Ari Graynor, who plays’ Noah’s user blond girlfriend, calls dangling sex for picking up some of cocaine, our hero packs his charges into their family minivan and heads out to a dope dealer's den.

One of the big differences better the two movies is in The Sitter is funnier, and a bit more realistic than it’s predecessors. The children are not just cast for their cuteness, the three mini terrors, include perpetually angry Rodrigo (Kevin Hernandez), a Venezuelan adoptee who is also a enthusiastic pyrotechnician.; little Blithe (Landry Bender), a tarted-up Britney Spears want to be; and Slater (Max Records), a neurotic teen ("I've got issues!").

The best part of The Sitter me was Sam Rockwell who played, Karl the coke dealer with the strangest man cave, gym, lab and lounge I have ever seen. This ostentatious boy palace adored with grotesque body-builders heaving weights. Karl is a whacked-out sociopath who is just fun to watch. One of my favorite lines from Karl, (Hugging Noah, he gushes, "You're so gorgeous and shy ... you remind me of my Aunt Shirley!")

Normally, the original is the better choice, Adventures in Babysitting certainly had a closer relationship between the characters. But, The Sitter has better laughs, more believability and character diversity. Watch both and see what you think but for now...

In the words of Noah's too-cool buddy, the doorman at one of the dives our hero visits, the movie's final good advice: "Make love to the night, m-----f-----!"

The Lucky one ( the Movie)

Nicholas Sparks

The Lucky One is a romantic movie is based on Nicholas Sparks' book and starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling.

First, let me say I never expect books converted to movies to reflect the book perfectly. My thinking on this issue is if you have 100 readers, you also have 100 imaginations who see each character differently. By the way my imagination never saw Zac Efron as Thibault. There is one exception, Tom Hank’s movie adaptation of Stephen King’s the Green Mile.

For the most part The Lucky one movie is hampered with Hollywood stereotypical characters: from the beautiful single mom, the chivalrous ex-solider, the feisty grandmother, the controlling ex. and the precocious son. The movie does do one thing better than the book, Efron’s character is touched by post traumatic stress, after all as soldier he would have lived thru to sleeping in a trenches, to hear the sounds of weapons being fired at all hours, and seeing friends die. The book just says Thibault hit’s the road on foot with his dog in search of his lucky charm. The movie shows the aftermath of the Iraq war on Thibault goes home to Colorado, he jumps at every loud noise, and accidentally attacks his nephew who touches him while he is sleeping. This is the seg-way to hitting the road, and it works.

Like the book, this is more of a lifetime movie with no surprises, but enjoyable for what it was. It was the nicest stocker movie I have ever seen. By the way my imagination didn’t mind Zac Efron as Thibault.

Watch the movie for yourself and tell me what you thought

T Portlock

The Lucky one (book)

The Lucky one (book)

Nicholas Sparks

You have probably seen the unsmiling serious image of a military person in his or her dress uniforms and thought how strong they appear to be. The question is, can we understand what it takes: for a person to sleep in a trench, to hear the sounds of weapons being fired at all hours, and to see the amount of death a soldier has to endure?   To answer the question, probably not. I am reminded of an old saying, “there are no atheists in foxholes.”

Nicholas Sparks’ fictional book The Lucky one, explores how far a soldier will go to have something to believe in. Thibault, is a soldier in the Iraq war. He finds a photo amongst the rumble. At first Thibault attempts to find the person who lost the picture.  Over time,the photo of a young women wearing a shirt that says lucky lady across the front,  becomes Thibault’s  life line. Thibault’s best friend Victor convinces him that the photo is his lucky charm.

When Victor doesn’t make it home and Thibault does, the journey to find Thibault’s lucky charm begins.

Don't pick it up expecting something earth-shaking, but if you pick it up looking for a light read with a dash of mystery, a splash of action and some tender romance, then you're in for a treat. Overall the book is predictable, but it isn’t a bad thing.Sparks reminds us “there are no atheists in foxholes.” Thank God.


 T Portlock

http://nicholassparks.com/

Alone

Alone by Lisa Gardner

　

Catherine Rose Gagnon endured a month-long nightmare of abduction and abuse, but that was Twenty-five years ago, but for some nightmares never end.

A madman survived solitary confinement in a maximum security prison where he'd done hard time for the most sadistic of crimes. Mr. Umbrio is released from prison, Now he walks the streets a free man, invisible, anonymous...and filled with an unquenchable rage for vengeance.



ALONE... Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child.

ALONE... Bobby Dodge’s finger tightens on the trigger and in a split second, Catherine’s husband Jimmy Gagnon's lay dead.

Garner has woven an intricate web in Alone. This book is worth the read. Why, it’s not predictable. The twists and turns grasped your interest. And if you love a secret this book has a good one.

I would say read Alone, read it and tell me what you think?

T Portlock

Blue Nowhere, Jeffery Deavers

Reviewed by Carlos Vazquez

           
 I felt that even though Jeffery Deavers did a wonderful job, with this psychological mystery, some of the of the character development was a bit weak. Personally, I thought that the villain could have been stronger, and a lot more vicious, that isn't saying that "Phate" wasn't bad enough but I thought it could' be worse.   Still, the book was incredible and insatiably delightful, in a wickedly psychotically delicious and yet disturbing way.
                            

 The Blue Nowhere, was written in 2001, so some of the computer terms such  IBM are a bit  obsolete, for todays' technical norms. Mr. Deavers has invited readers to experience a  somewhat mentally unstable, villain.  Our villain is a suffering, wicked computer hacker, named  Phate. Phate is a stalker, that takes his targets out one by one, using disguises, and his base tool of elimination is the internet.  

   The good guy is Wyatt Gillette although  he is a unlikely hero.  Wyatt was locked up for hacking the Federal Reserve. The question that I pose is How do you catch a hacker? The answer, get a better hacker.  

 I liked the book because it was fascinating and disturbing. However this story is incredible and yes I would recommend it to anyone who likes to be scared. Now don't take my word for it read it for yourself.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD considers the relatively new science of “nutritonism,” whose purpose is to make the consumer believe that he or she is getting the most nutritional bang for the buck. Not so, says Pollan. The “Western Diet” consists of “lots of processed foods, lots of added fats and sugar, lots of everything --- except real vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.” Pollan attributes American attitudes about eating are mostly to blame. We want our food quick, easy and now! We are overfed, but undernourished. And I would agree with Pollan, more young people and children are suffering with obesity.

One of the brightest parts of this is book are the ideas Pollan offers is :“You are what you eat eats.” So, for example you ate a steak, the cow was grain fed and the grain, was grown in composted soil. As the end-user, you got the maximum benefit. I tookthis to be  a reminder we are all apart of the food chain.

The downfall of the book for me is when Pollan brings all these topics to light, but he can offer
no real resolutions. Topics like: Don't eat too many seeds because those are full of omega 6 and too much of that can kill you. So can too little of it. And by the way, everything we eat is seeds, or everything we eat ate seeds before it became our food. Yep, I thought the same thing.

The concept of not eating things with more than 5 ingredients kind of threw me. My homemade gumbo has more then 5 ingredients and it‘s the bomb. I really wanted to have solutions to today’s food issues until I realized Pollan may not have an answer for me either. Perhaps, Pollan is saying why aren’t there any answers?

Lastly, Pollan states we should not eat anything our grandmother wouldn’t recognize.  Grandma would reconize the mac and cheese for mac and cheese.The real issue is all those recipes such as grandmas’ mac and cheese are now filled with lots of added fats and sugar, none of which are not in Granny’s recipe. Ok, except butter. But I’m not referring to the butter, but to the chemical additives most of us can barely pronounce. I thought  Pollan spent a lot of time talking about the western diet, but the book was informative. I think some of Pollan’s concepts such as You are what you eat eats are eye openers. but now I have more questions then answers. Perhaps that was the real point.

I do have a question of my own, if all this fast, quick and easy food is so good for us, why are so many Americans’ suffering from obesity, food allergies, colon disorders,A.D.D and/or cancer?

Read In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan for your self and tell me what you think.

T Portlock

　

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter


Seth Grahame-Smith

Book review

Essentially, the book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln, just add vampires. Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, weaves another fun tale of gore, blood and an axe-wielding president. And pretty much the plot is

Grahame-Smith, chronicling Honest Abe’s life with the same historic care of any well taught history class. The injection of the vampires is seamlessly. It all begins with Lincoln’s personal tragedy at a young age caused by, none other than, you guessed it, vampires! I found the more the book took itself seriously, the more I found the humor in the whole concept.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a book you will either love or hate, after all it is history. If every man has a secret, hunting vampires seems to be a bit cleaner than closet cross dressers, and the socially tabooed mistress. Grahame-Smith gives our 16th President a tall hat and an axe. So the future President vows to slaughter every vampire in the United States. The only problem, well Lincoln died at a fairly young age. ( spoiler alert.)

Oh, lets hope the movie is violent, bloody and an entertaining ride!

So read the book for yourself, this is my review what is yours….

　

Note**This book was recommended to me by my book brother A. Morrow. We share a love for books and  some very twisted views. Morrow is the smarter of the two of us, so I enjoy reading his picks. Over the years he has suggested some interesting authors and books.

Such as

Christopher Moore’s  Lamb: The Gossip according to Bif
Going Bovine by Libba Bray

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, Robert Rankin

I read everyone  and complain… while he laughs. T Portlock

Lust, Money & Murder, Mike wells

Lust, Money & Murder

Mike wells

Overall, Lust, Money & Murder is a good read. The book flows. Mike Wells presents Elaine (the main character), with full bodied details. She is believable. The storyline is pretty realistic. Elaine’s father Patrick Brogan, is of Irish descent. He is a hard working construction worker who does a few shady things to be able to afford daddy’s little princess’ private school, modeling lessons and such.


Lust, Money & Murder, lives up to it’s name; there is a little bit of lust, a lot of money, some murder and just enough of a mystery to leave you thinking about whether or not to read the next book.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

byPaulo Coelho

　

The overall story is redundant and sermonic. The book does not give light to the complexities of life nor the individual. The characters are flat. Every other sentence contains at least one reference to either "The Soul of the World", or "The Personal Legend", or "Follow Your Heart". The Alchemist has been translated into many different languages, and regrettable, it feels like it.

While I am critical, certain points from Coelho’s book were not lost on me, I simply view life as a complex puzzle with endless possibilities for learning and growth. For the life of me I cannot understand how some individuals imprison their dreams like they are unspeakable taboos.

Coelho offers the same story we have heard a million times over, in fables such as; Sinbad, the Prince and the Pauper and even the 1983 movie Trading places, with Eddie Murphy, yet not as entertaining.

The Alchemist is the story of Santiago, the shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. First, like Sinbad, Santiago wants to change his social economic standing. Santiago has dreams. Like the Prince and the Pauper, Santiago finds the treasures of his dreams very different from reality. Finally, like the movie Trading places ,Santiago learns, the grass is not always greener on the other side and money can’t buy happiness.



By the end of the novel I was skimming most passages and praying for closure. Happily, it came and I closed the book shut.


T Portlock review

2012

Note:

During a Misfit book club meeting one of our members pointed out author Coelho targeting a younger audience. And truthfully I hadn’t considered the audience the author was aiming. Something I did not consider.

This was my thoughts on the book, what are yours?

Question of the Month March,

 the Question:

Aliens who have never encountered humans or earth,

  ask you to educate them with better understanding of humans,

Choose one book you have read;  

 1 rule, no bibles.

What 1 book would you choose?

My philosophy, of what it is to be human, is having freewill, having the capacity for great courage, the ability to love something greater than ourselves such as God, and future possibilities. We are driven by our weaknesses‘, our hatreds, our social environments, and our realities.

With this idea in mind consider the question,

Aliens who have never encountered humans or earth,

ask you to educate them with better understanding of humans,

Choose one book you have read;

1 rule, no bibles.

What 1 book would you choose?

Before I give you my answer I want to give you the answers I got from all the people I polled.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman from J. Davis and C Vazquez

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex by John Gray from P. Welks



One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Book, Dr. Seuss (Author) from A. Hill Sr.

The five people you meet in heaven, Mitch Albom from T. Howard

The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark from C. Singleton



The Tommyknockers by Stephen King from Ms. Price



The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan… from J. Washington



Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1 by Clive Barker, from W. Chiang




Textbook of Humanology: The Complete Science of Human Analysis by John Bryce Adams by my 11 year old nephew D.J Hill who read it in school.



And my choice is

The Iliad, by Homer
Question did not have a right or wrong answer only an opinion.

What are your thoughts?



　

The Misfits in action M.I.A-- Reviewing the Kite Runner

**** my comments may spoil the movie for you.******

First, let me out line the movie and then I'll  share my thoughts.
The two main characters of the story are Amir, a well-to-do Afghan boy from the dominant Pushtun ethnic group, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant Ali, who belongs to the historically downtrodden Hazara minority. The boys spend their days in a beautiful and peaceful Kabul, kite fighting, roaming the streets and being boys. Amir's father, Baba, loves both the boys, but seems often to favor Hassan for being more manly. He is critical of Amir. Amir's mother died in childbirth, and Amir fears his father blames him for his mother's death. However, he has a kind father figure in the form of Rahim Khan, Baba's friend, who understands Amir better, and is supportive of his interest in writing stories.

The conflict:
A notoriously violent older boy with Nazi sympathies, Assef, blames Amir for socializing with a Hazara, who he claims is an inferior race should only live in Hazarajat. He prepares to attack Amir with his brass knuckles, but Hassan bravely stands up to him, threatening to shoot Assef in the eye with his slingshot. Assef and his henchmen back off, but Assef says he will take revenge.

The revenge  occurs on  Amirs' triumphant day, Amir wins the local tournament, and finally Baba's praise. Hassan is the "kite runner" for Amir: he runs to fetch kites Amir has defeated by cutting their strings.  Hassan goes to run the last cut kite (a great trophy) for Amir, saying "For you, a thousand times over." Unfortunately, Hassan runs into Assef and his two henchmen. Hassan refuses to give up Amir's kite, so Assef exacts his revenge, assaulting and anally raping him. Wondering why Hassan is taking so long, Amir searches for Hassan and hides when he hears Assef's voice. Amir witnesses what happens to Hassan but is too scared to help him. Afterwards, for some time Hassan and Amir keep a distance from each other. When Hassan wants to pick up their friendship again, Amir  still feels his own shame, and is frustration.  My guess is  Amir fears Baba loves Hassan more, and would love him less if he knew what happened and about Amir's cowardly in action.To force Hassan to leave, Amir frames him as a thief, and Hassan falsely confesses. Hassan's departure frees Amir of the daily reminder of his cowardice and betrayal, but he still lives in their shadow.
I questioned even the what the ifs' Amir had been able to find the courage to try to help Hassan, and I found both boys could have been raped by Assef and the two henchmen .  Amir and Hassen  were younger  children and even knowing right from wrong does not preclude a child being able to know how to react in situation of violence.  Still, Amir did not go for help either.

A short time later, the Soviets invade Afghanistan. Amir and Baba escape to Peshawar, Pakistan and then to Fremont, California, where Amir and Baba (who lived in luxury in an expensive mansion in Afghanistan) settle in a run-down apartment and Baba begins work at a gas station. And Amir and hs father begin to grow closer.Every Sunday, Baba and Amir make extra money selling used goods at a flea market in San Jose. There, Amir meets Soraya Taheri and her family; Soraya's father is contemptuous of Amir's literary aspiration. Baba has lung cancer but is still able to do Amir a great favor: he asks Soraya's father to grant permission for Amir to marry her. He agrees and the two marry. Shortly thereafter Baba dies. Amir and Soraya learn that they cannot have children.

Amir embarks on a successful career as a novelist. Years  later, Amir receives a call from Rahim Khan,  who  we learn later in the movie is dying from an illness.  Rahim Khan asks Amir to come to Pakistan. He enigmatically tells Amir "there is a way to be good again". Amir arrives in a war Baron torn Pakistan.

From Rahim Khan, Amir learns the fates of Ali and Hassan. Ali was killed by a land mine. Hassan had a wife and a son, named Sohrab, and had returned to Baba's house as a caretaker at Rahim Khan's request. One day the Taliban ordered him to give it up and leave, but he refused, and was murdered, along with his wife. And the secret truth about Hassan is that Ali was not his father. Hassan is the son of Baba, and thus Amir's half-brother. Finally, Rahim Khan reveals that the true reason he has called Amir to Pakistan is to go to Kabul to rescue Hassan's son, Sohrab, from an orphanage.

Amir returns to Taliban-controlled Kabul with a guide, Farid, together they  find the  orphanage basent of Sohrab The director of the orphanage tells them that a Taliban official has recently taken the boy. Amir finds the Taliban official is actually his childhood nemesis Assef. Sohrab has also been abused at the hands of Assef.  So Assef agrees to relinquish Sohrab, but only if Amir can beat him in a fight to death, with Sohrab as the prize. Assef brutally beats Amir, but Amir is saved when Sohrab uses his slingshot to shoot out Assef's left eye, fulfilling the threat his father had made years before.

Sohrab has been sexually assaulted. (Sohrab later  tells Amir : "I'm so dirty and full of sin. The bad man and the others did things to me").
Amir tells Sohrab of his plans to take him back to America and promises that he will never be sent to an orphanage again. Sohrab is emotionally damaged, but begins to open up when Amir shows off some of Hassan's tricks, and Sohrab begins to interact with Amir again. In the end Sohrab only shows a lopsided smile, but Amir takes to it with all his heart as he runs the kite for Sohrab, saying, "For you, a thousand times over." when Amir reminisces about his father, Hassan, while kite flying. This is an echo of the last words spoken to Amir by Hassan before the rape, and signifies the sense of atonement that permeates the movie.

 The movie as a whole  is done well.  It could have better time lines. if you don't know when the Russians  invaded Pakistan the timeline will elude you. The movie showed both the beauty of Kabal and later the destruction of it. The kite flying scenes were like a ballet. I encourage anyone to watch it for youself.
last thoughts
There is no act more wretched than stealing". BaBa said at the beginning of the movie,but the very person who said these words stole.  Baba, stole. Baba stole Hassan and Amir's brotherhood and since of family. Because he was silent. He stole courage from his son Amir by not teaching him sometimes a person must fight. Baba stole Amirs' voice by not accepting Amir, and for not reassuring Amir his mothers' death was not his fault. Thus, Hassan and Amir stole with their silences, their ablitiy to  face the  painful event head one. There was no way to they could not heal, nor move on.  As children they did not have the tools, the love  nor the support, adult guildness could have provided. As men, can we say that Hassan ever dealt with his rape? We know Amir just wanted to leave it behind him.Baba stole from himself too, he never got to meet his grandson. And horribl,y Baba stole  Sohrabs's innocence. No child should ever utter the words : "I'm so dirty and full of sin. The bad man and the other two did things to me").


T. Portlock

The Misfits in action M.I.A

Who are the Misfits?



The Misfits are an innovative and progressive book club. We welcome all newcomers from far and wide. Our goals is to promote reading diversity, camaraderie with others and good ole fashion fun. We are not just a book club, but a social experience. We enjoy reading, eating, and discussion with open minds and palates.
T. Howard

Misfits book club: M. I.A (Misfits In Action) Blog

In the beginning, there was a avid reader who wanted to create a book club. I am the avid reader. If creating a book club sounds simple to you, well, really is it: you invite a couple of people to read the same book, then the group gets together to discuss what was read. Normally, this is a group of people who like to read the same genre of books. Ok so, the first thing you should know is I’m not a simple person. I wanted to create a book club with a twist. My experimental recipe included: changing books genres, watching movies, having great food and adding a bit of liquor. Add a diverse group of people including both genders, people of different ages and backgrounds,mix in interesting debates, top with respect and you have the Misfits.
I am a misfit.

Over the years, the book club has read a number of different books and seen a few movies too.
We invite your opinions,book ideas or movie recommendations and comments.


Misfits book club: M. I.A (Misfits In Action) Blog
In the beginning, there was a avid reader who wanted to create a book club. I am the avid reader. If creating a book club sounds simple to you, well, really is it: you invite a couple of people to read the same book, then the group gets together to discuss what was read. Normally, this is a group of people who like to read the same genre of books. Ok so, the first thing you should know is I’m not a simple person. I wanted to create a book club with a twist. My experimental recipe included: changing books genres, watching movies, having great food and adding a bit of liquor. Add a diverse group of people including both genders, people of different ages and backgrounds, and then you have the Misfits.
I am a misfit.



dedications:
This blog is dedicated to my mother lady Zee, who taught me to love to read by introducing me to comic books as a young child. My brother and I read every comic book genre from Sad Sac, to Richie Rich, to the Fantastic 4 and Superman. I still own comic books.
Thanks Mom

I would like to thank my son Big Los for coming up with the name M.I.A or Misfits in Action.
good stuff son.

Thank you to all the readers who have graced this bookclub with honest ideas, and thoughts over the past 4 years.

finally, a very special friend and Artist Bell J. Bell,  created our logo for the Misfits and we were blown away by her creation. Thank you Bell.