And yet another of our book club books is being turned into a movie! Check it out here! December may require another girls night out to go see this movie.
Book Results!
Again, the survey results were very close but here are the books for the rest of the year: August September October November December/ January The Hour I First Believed The Zookeeper’s Wife The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Devil in the White City Picture of Dorian Gray Wally Lamb Diane…
The Time Traveler’s Wife — Trailer
Well, we wondered how they were gonna do it…and the trailer actually makes it look pretty good. Maybe we will plan a little outing in August… Check it out.
May 2009
Book: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson When: Friday, May 29th @ 7pm Where: Jenn’s House Synopsis An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time…The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells…
April 2009
Book: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan When: Friday, April 24th @ 7pm Where: Ellie’s House Description From Publishers Weekly In his hugely influential treatise The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Pollan traced a direct line between the industrialization of our food supply and the degradation of the environment. His new book…
2nd Quarter Book Choices
Results are in from the survey and it was super close on many of them! Here’s what you have to look forward to over the next few months. 🙂 April May June July In Defense of Food The Gargoyle Freakonomics &/or The Tipping Point Anthem Michael Pollan Andrew Davidson Steven…
March 2009
Book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath When: Friday, March 27th @ 7pm Where: Amanda’s House Description The Bell Jar is a classic of American literature, with over two million copies sold in this country. This extraordinary work chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful –…
February 2009
Happy Valentine’s! Book: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold When: Friday, February 27th @ 7pm Where: Tracy’s Apt Description From Publishers Weekly Sebold’s first novel after her memoir, Lucky is a small but far from minor miracle. Sebold has taken a grim, media-exploited subject and fashioned from it a story…
Survey Says…
The New Book Options page has been updated with well…new book options. 🙂 Most of you should have gotten an email with the survey link — so take a little time and read through the descriptions then let us know what you want to read!
January 2009
Happy New Year!!! Book: Chick Flick Road Kill by Alicia Bettensdorf When: Friday, January 30th @ 7pm Where: Jill’s House (map coming soon) Description As a child of the 1980s, Alicia Rebensdorf was raised by TV and movies. But when she, like so many of her generation, found herself a…