August Book Vote

Vote for the August Book:
	A Walk in the Woods
	The Monkey Wrench Gang
	Under the Banner of Heaven
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Lock your doors...

and check the windows. Then curl up in bed with The Historian.
See you July 16.

Summer Reading

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We've got two nominations for our next book.
The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham
and
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Please vote by Friday at 5pm and remind me when we decided to meet.

June's Choices
	The Painted Veil
	The Historian
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Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life

What did I learn? Not a lot. This may be a great introductory book for Joe Public but lacks details (and citations) that those in the field might expect. The authors keep the prose light but give poor explanations. Brain structures are mentioned by name, but with no detailed map to locate them. And no, they never tell you why you lose your car keys but never forget how to drive. So what did I learn? Your chances of having a gay son increases with every son you have. And that London taxi drivers have a slight increase in the size of a distinct hippocampal region. That's all.

Anyone out there?

Suggestions for our next books:

Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life

and

Tiger in the Smoke

Let's leave the poll open till Monday 5pm.....if Holly's back by then.

Please choose from:
	Welcome to Your Brain
	Tiger in the Smoke
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Winter Break

For those of us who can't get away to some tropical island, let's try escaping with a book. Please choose one of these for our April 9 meeting. Polls close Monday at 5pm.

At the Jim Bridger by Ron Carlson

Momma and the Meaning of Life by Irvin Yalom

Please choose from:
	Jim Bridger
	Momma and Meaning
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The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

Jeanette Wells stroll down memory lane includes a few tales some readers may find difficult to believe - 3-year-olds burning themselves while cooking their own dinner; 5-year-olds falling out of a moving vehicle and left for several hours; 7-year-olds precocious enough to talk themselves out of many a sticky situation - and it also consists of stories you would think would land people in jail or at the very least children into a foster home - a father pimping out his daughter; a mother letting her children starve while she hordes chocolate bars - and yet somehow, she manages to tell it (unlike this run-on, clearly grammatically challenged review) in a simple, non-plussed manner, at times humorous, at times heartfelt and gracious. An enjoyable read, if of a not so enjoyable upbringing.