Battle of the Books

I have facilitated battles of the books for groups of students and for families, but I have never participated in one, but that is all going to change at the end of November!  The Vacationers is the first book I have read from the list and I have made notes for myself and my teammates!  I gave this one 2 stars but it is more like 2 1/2 stars, I guess.  Thing is, this is NOTHING like my kind of book.  Nothing at all.  It is so far away from what I read and like that it is in another galaxy!  But a lot of people would like this book!  And the thing is, I didn't hate it, even though it is NOTHING like books I enjoy.  It's a family story and about marriage and infidelity and no one gets murdered.  I know that sounds terrible, but there is no mystery.  It reminded me in a way of Last Night at the Lobster just because nothing happens.  But for me, Lobster was much more enjoyable.  Still I am super happy to be a part of the BOB in Bethel Park!  Only thing is, as I was just looking at what tags to put on this entry, I came across Dysfunctional Families and remembered that the theme of the BOB books is Dysfunctional Families. But to be honest, I can't say that the Post family is "dysfunctional."  In fact, out of all of the books I have written about here, I have only dubbed two as such.  And whoa, they were pretty dysfunctional! I wonder if the families in the other books are as dysfunctional as those I have tagged as such or pretty normal, like I found this family to be.