The Birth Order Book

For our November meeting, Karen chose The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are by Kevin Leman.

Debbie was in town so we had a nearly complete group! We missed Rebecca.

I have to say, this book generated one of our longest discussions yet. Usually we talk about the book and break off onto other topics, but this time we spent quite a bit of our meeting discussing things related to the book.

Karen hosted at her place and supplied us with a delicious meal.

Overall I think most people liked the book, though we didn't all necessarily buy into it. Sometime it felt like "Wow, that is so true" and other times it felt like "but there is an exception for everything".

Personally, I liked the book, but I felt like I fit the description of first born a little bit more than last-born.

Interestingly, Jen had a much older copy of the book and it was fun to compare what's changed (some of it is gender related, more acknowledgement that women actually work, etc.)

A good pick.