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I know we are meant to be discussing 100 Years but most book clubs digress and I really want to get something off my chest to my fellow bookies...I have been rereading Florida Roadkill in preparation for the book discussion I am leading next month. I read the book when it was first published and I went to a panel discussion he was on at ALA a couple of years ago. Since the first book, I have read and enjoyed the next several (I'm a few behind). When the One Book nominations were announced, I was worried about the potential book discussion that would result from a Florida Roadkill win. I stuffed our ballot box in an attempt to stave off that possibility. Alas, my efforts failed and here I sit on the brink of what I feel might be a disaster. My spin through the book this time fills me dread not laughter. At my regular book discussion on Wednesday my group wanted to ask me about Florida Roadkill and we spent 10 minutes on it before we moved onto the actual book for this month. They could not get into the book, did not understand or like Serge, and did not understand why this book was chosen. So many people will pick up the book because "we said so" and are not going to know what hit them. This book is a specialty book with fairly narrow appeal. It's like picking a vampire book or The Shining. Roadkill is not a soul-enhancing book or a shoulda like we are doing here. I'm hoping that I have some Dorsey fans or people who liked the travelogue aspects, but otherwise I think there's going to be a lot of 'splainin' to do, Lucy.