Our friends the Neals hosted a summer book club for The Cricket in Times Square. It was fun! We shared our favorite characters and scenes, snacked on Lorna Doones and orange cream soda like Chester and Tucker and Harry had, ate spaghetti and listened to Italian opera singers like the Bellinis did, then made cricket crafts and let our own “pet” crickets free down at the park. We all enjoyed the book, but Janie is obsessed. Like, she sat yesterday afternoon and listened through the audiobook on my phone one and a half times in one sitting after I reread the first chapter to her once we got back from book club.
