Joe's 2020 nominations

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Martian

Yes Please

Hyperion 

Let's give the voting a week and meet in February with details to come. I really miss that Joe's burger place on Freedom Boulevard that we used to go to. All that space, zero other customers, late hours, great burgers.

Brandon's talk on Kurosawa

Mike's October Nominations

I thought it might be fun to give fall a proper welcome.

1. Dracula - Bram Stoker
2. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving
4. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
5. The Night Gardener - Jonathan Auxier

Save the evening of October 24th for fire, smores and plenty of tall tales. I'll host.

Jordan nominations

The Idolatry of God - Peter Rollins
On Religion - John D Caputo
Cannibalism: A perfectly natural history - Bill Schutt
Chasing the Scream - Johann Hari
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close encounters with addiction - Gabor Mate

Brandon's Picks Fall 2018

Hey, I'm glad Kristian reminded me of the book club. Anyone else still want to do this thing? I do.

Roots by Alex Haley
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
Saints by the Church History Dept.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Kristian's Picks for Fall 2018

I'm reading the novels of Penelope Fitzgerald this year, and thought it might be nice to read one together. Here are five to chose from:

The Bookshop (1978)
Offshore (1979)
The Beginning of Spring (1988)
The Gate of Angels (1990)
The Blue Flower (1995)

Here's a nice short biography. The more eager can refer to the published biography by Hermione Lee.

http://www.unboundworlds.com/2018/05/the-100-best-fantasy-novels-of-all-time/

Doug's Picks: 2018

I'm re-posting this for DK:

Doug's Picks 2018 and Accompanying Songs

Margarat Thatcher: The Downing Street Years, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnToK3kSKKg
Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTPQx0RcjH8
Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives In North Korea, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g
Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg
Moby Dick, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRrKaq0IyY
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdNDFj5zJQ&list=PLA1C7CC330F12F470

Steve's Picks 2018

All shorts stories, all the time!

Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie

Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life

Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things

Alice Munro, Runaway

Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown: The Essential Tales

Brandon's Nominees 2018

Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Double Helix by James Watson
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Lathe of Heaven by Urula Le Guin
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugasky

Second attempt at Joe's nominations

Decided to adapt and re-post my nominations. Sorry Steve and Brandon for throwing out your earlier rankings. Each of your top picks from that first list are still options on this new list. 


Secondhand Time

Mormon Country

The Great Quake

Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Terrible Real Estate Photos

http://terriblerealestateagentphotos.com/post/159634139011