Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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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Sunday, December 12, 2010

A Winner at Last!

After two rounds of voting, it looks like we're all reading Persepolis. Go get your copy today!

Maybe next month we should consider these guaranteed book club hits suggests by the folks at NPR

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Holiday Gift Giving Guide

In case you haven't figured out what you're getting me for Christmas, I'd like to suggest one of the following:

The Book of Intimate Grammar
by David Grossman

Orlando by Virgina Woolf

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi

I'm cutting the nominations off early to prevent a 6 way tie.


You may choose from:
Intimate Grammar
Orlando
Potato Peel Pie
Persepolis
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Cold Comfort Farm

I'll buy tea on Friday for the person who writes a nice review of Cold Comfort Farm.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Someone We Liked

I think Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" was pretty popular. Maybe when it comes out in paperback we'd like to consider his latest, "At Home". I've heard a review on NPR and read one in the Chronicle.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Such Choice

What do we think?

Japanese Satire or English?

I am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki

or

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons


Polls close Friday, 5pm

What do read, what to read....
I am a Cat
Cold Comfort Farm
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The Trial

I missed the discussion and most of the book. Somebody's going to write a new review, right? And post it here?