The Art of Gathering

I wanted this to be a book about how to improve gatherings and make the most of time with people but most of the book read like a college professor droning on about her achievements in gathering important people. If I could cut out half the pages of this book, it'd be a short book about being a better host. Unfortunately, you have to dig through the ramblings of someone who often breaks her own rules of name and title dropping to get the good parts out of the story.