Reading
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by
David Sedaris
O'Neills, Suffolk St, Dublin.
26th August 2013
One Sentence Summaries
Tiger McGavin: Le coq sport'daris.
Carl Jameson: Me Thought Pretty Funny Gay.
William Clay: Nil point.
Guisseppe Wellman: Me Read Happy All the Way, Hard to Better this.
Ramius Valderón: As the book rots to a black pulp me nibble it occasionally.
Mycroft Webb: Naughtobiographical.
Whitby Syme: Funny book.
Scores
Ramius Valderón: 47/83
Writing style likeability: 12/20
Plot: 0/20
Humour peak: 35/43
William Clay: 34/83
Mycroft Webb: 48/83
Well writtenness: 12/20
Action: 3/10
Unputdownableness: 10/15
Characters: 11/23
Humour: 12/15
Carl Jameson: 53/83
Whitby Syme: 47/83
Writing style likeability: 12/20
Plot: 0/20
Humour peak: 35/43
William Clay: 34/83
Mycroft Webb: 48/83
Well writtenness: 12/20
Action: 3/10
Unputdownableness: 10/15
Characters: 11/23
Humour: 12/15
Carl Jameson: 53/83
Tiger McGavin: 61/83
Interestingness: 15/15
Well writtenness: 13/13
Well writtenness: 13/13
Sexiness: 4/8
Action: 8/13
Quincey Morrisness: 3/14
Action: 8/13
Quincey Morrisness: 3/14
Unputdownableness: 18/20
Whitby Syme: 47/83
Characters: 14/20
Execution: 15/20
Food for thought: 2/10
Plot: 8/20
Extra points: 8/13
Guisseppe Wellman: 48/83
Page turnability: 21/28
Comedic value: 22/27
Future impactness on my life: 5/27
Page turnability: 21/28
Comedic value: 22/27
Future impactness on my life: 5/27
Me Talk Pretty One Day earned a QMBC rating of 48.29 / 83.
Nominations
The theme for this meeting's nominations was books which were written in a language other than English.
Ramius Valderón:
Ramius Valderón:
- A Pimp's Notes by Giorgio Faletti
Guisseppe Wellman:
- The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato
William Clay:
- Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Mycroft Webb:
- Blindness by Jose Saramago
Carl Jameson:
- Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
Whitby Syme:
- Genocidal Organ by Project Itoh
Tiger McGavin:
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Voting
Book | Jameson | Webb | Wellman | Clay | McGavin | Valderón | Syme | Total |
A Pimp's Notes | 300 | 300 | 100 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
The Trial and Death of Socrates | - | 200 | - | - | 200 | 200 | 100 | 700 |
Planet of the Apes | 100 | - | 200 | - | - | 100 | - | 400 |
Blindness | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | - | 200 | 600 |
Wetlands | - | 100 | 300 | 100 | 300 | - | 300 | 1100 |
Genocidal Organ | - | - | - | - | 100 | 300 | - | 400 |
Norwegian Wood | - | - | - | 300 | - | - | - | 300 |
Next: Wetlands
Nearly: The Trial and Death of Socrates / A Pimp's Notes
Theme for next meeting's nomination: Classics
Theme for next meeting's nomination: Classics