Sunday the Litwits met to celebrate our three year anniversary and to discuss Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Without bragging and making y’all jealous of how fabulous my book club is, suffice it to say we had one badass afternoon.
This year’s festivities included two kinds of cake – pumpkin spice and blueberry pound cake. Both were excellent and not baked by me, lol. I had help from Piece of Cake and will definitely be a frequent customer. We also held a big giveaway of three book packages – 10 books a piece. We drew names and Holly, Emily, and Melanie all won. They seemed pretty happy with their loot! Our final celebration included a Chinese gift exchange! Everyone ended up going home with a new-ish book.
After all that fun, it probably won’t shock y’all that the discussion for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was a bit on the light side. I think everyone enjoyed it and really seemed to love the creepy pictures beyond anything else. Some general complaints included the cliffhanger ending and just wishing for a little bit more such as Miss Peregrine turning out evil. I mean, she did sort of brainwash all those kids to stay in that time loop and never age.
For me, Miss Peregrine’s had a strong start and a somewhat lackluster ending. I liked how genuinely creepy the first bits were, but then the novel morphed into something more on the science fiction spectrum with time travel that I wasn’t expecting. The time travel definitely has the ability to become something awesome in subsequent books, though. I also just felt a bit odd about the kids never growing older.
If you’re looking for something light and spirited this Halloween, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children really would be a perfect fit as long as you aren’t looking for a perfect book.
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I completely agree with your thoughts of Miss Peregrine – it felt so strong and then drooped so quickly.
Happy three year anniversary of Litwits book club!
I wish it has finished strongly! And thank you! We’ve had three amazing years.
I bought this book when it was first released and still haven’t read it — sad I know.
Hope u had a nice weekend Brooke
Save it for when you need something quick!
Pretty happy is an understatement. I was thrilled with my prize! And oh man, those cakes were delicious. It was a fabulous celebration, thanks to you and Victoria.
You are most welcome! I’m glad the members who won the books are all very active. I almost bought another cake just for myself (the hubs, too) yesterday but restrained myself. Will probably order another one for November’s meetup.