I like to read--a lot. I also like to spend time talking with interesting, congenial people about the books I read.  And quite often, it is a lot of fun to pursue these conversations with a drink in hand. I'm not saying we should get plastered, but let's relax in a gracious New Orleans setting, knock back a few, and discuss books that matter. Books we've read: American Gods, The Movie Goer, The Awakening, The Tragedy of Arthur, Quiet Houses, Nine Lives, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Sens …