Yelping with Cormac

Although I swore I wouldn't read it, I just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It gave me nightmares. But, I think I'll read a sequel or maybe even two.

Would I read a sequel to The Road? It still makes my flesh crawl. But I did get a kick out of reading the blog Yelping with Cormac, restaurant reviews written in the style of Cormac McCarthy.

For your listening pleasure

All of you Wait, Wait and Neil Gaiman fans might want to check out "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!: A Royal Pain in the News".

It's on BBC America tonight.

Big (Drunken) Holiday Reading Fest

OK, so the last suggestion was a stinker. Let's take Susy's suggestion, read the last 100 pages and talk about that. How about that and something we actually like?

Here are some new ideas:

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand

The Borrower by Rebecca Makai

Polls close Monday, 4:45pm.

Holiday Reading Fest
	Robot
	Ants
	Unbroken
	Borrower
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Think we can read a book in 4 weeks?

Let's see if we can't meet before the holidays. How about we aim for the week of November 14.

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Walhöo

Evolution's Rainbow by Joan Roughgarden

This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin

Voting Closes Wednesday at 5pm

What's our Book for the Month?
	Roseanna
	Evolution's Rainbow
	Brain on Music
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Desert

OK, Carlos, Susy,
Here's your chance to put your reviews in writing. One pro, one con. Go to town.

Science Fiction Ideas

Did you see NPR listeners voted on their top 100 science fiction books? Check out the list for new ideas.

A now for something completely different

...or maybe not. Let's vote on the following by Monday, 5pm.

Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Chiefs and the Cubs by Mario Vargas Llosa

Desert by Clezio

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet

Something Completely Different?
	Conversation in the Cathedral
	Chiefs and Cubs
	Desert
	Eye of Needle
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The No Review Book Review

OK,I seem to be the only one who wasn't particularly fond of Island Under the Sea, its one dimensional characters, or derivative plot. Somebody who has something nice to say can add it to this post.

Big Demand for Fiction

Want fiction? Chose from one of the following:

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Spider's House by Paul Bowles

Island Under the Sea by Isabel Allende

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne

The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman.

Fiction, fiction, and more fiction!
	Snow Country
	Spider's House
	Island Under the Sea
	Tristram Shandy
	Children's Hour
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Where are all the haters?

Seems that there were some very strong opinions about the book, The Big Short. But only those who liked it showed up for the meeting. Maybe one of you "haters" would like to put your opinion in this space!

And the winner is.....

.....after a single round of voting.....The Big Short.

Go get your copy this weekend and we'll see you for discussion (and perhaps an anger management class) in a few weeks.

Time for Non-Fiction

It looks like maybe there's a trend towards non-fiction this month. With lots of suggestions, let's plan to finish 1st round of voting by Friday 5pm. If a run-off is necessary, let's plan to close the polls at 5pm on Sunday.

Suggestions are:

The Citadel by A.J. Cronin

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

Too Many Choices
	Citadel
	Three Cups of Tea
	Dreams from my Father
	Tipping Point
	Big Short
	Packing for Mars
	Clarice Lispector
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That was fantastic!

We had a discussion! At the meeting itself! People liked the book, even though it was Einat's suggestion. Unbelievable. Now how would someone like to write a short review for this space?

Need Some Rules!!

Listen, we need some rules. No more of this "practice talk" before the meeting. Discussion should wait at least until the drinks are poured!

Options for this month are:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Let's close the first round of voting Wednesday, 5pm

Something guaranteed to promote discussion would be:
	Chronicle of Death
	The Idiot
	Three Cups
	That HeLa Book
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