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Thursday, October 23, 2014

It's about to happen in real life...

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The Manly Reading List

April 26
Middlemarch
by George Elliot
Brandon Hosting

March 22
Stories of Your Life
by Ted Chiang
Steve Hosting

February 22

Mormon Country

by Wallace Stegner

Joe Hosting

January 25, 2017

Six Four

by Hideo Yokoyama

Marc Hosting

November 2016

3 Stories

by Horacio Quiroga

Emron Hosting

September

The Three Body Problem

by Liu Cixin

Adam Hosting

August

American Lion

by John Meacham

Brandon Hosting

Carp Hunt lead by Doug

May

Exit West

by Mohsin Hamid

Kristian Hosting

April

Satin Island

by Tom McCarthy

Steve Hosting

February

Barbarian Days

by William Finnegan

Adam Hosting

January 2017

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes

Brandon Hosting

November
Nazi Literature in the Americas
by Roberto Bolano
Emron hosting

October
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jordan Hosting

September
Basin and Range
by John McPhee
Steve Hosting

July ??
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
Adam Hosting

June 16

The Journal of Best Practices

by David Finch
Joe Hosting - somewhere around a firepit

May 19th
In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd
by Ana Menendez
Emron Hosting

April 14th
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
Kristian Hosting

March 10th
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
Brandon Hosting

Feb. 2016
A River Runs Through it
by Norman Maclean
Steve Hosting

July
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
Brandon Hosting

June
Dodger
by Terry Pratchett
Scott Hosting

May
The Scholar of Moab
by Steven Peck
Kristian Hosting

April 16th
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
--Or--
Joe Louis: Hard Times Man
by Randy Roberts
Doug Hosting

March
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P.D. James
Steve Hosting

February
King Solomon's Mines
by H.R. Haggard
Joe Hosting

December
Marcovaldo, or Seasons in the City
by Italo Calvino
Steve Hosting

November 13th
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
Scott Hosting

October
A Thousand Cranes
by Yasunari Kawabata
Brandon Hosting

September
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
Kristian Hosting

August
100 Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia marquez
Doug Hosting

July 10th
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
Joe Hosting

June 12th
West With The Night
by Beryl Markham
Steve Hosting

May
To Have and Have Not
by Ernest Hemingway
Scott Hosting

April 10th
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Brandon Hosting

March 13th
The Last Battle
by Stephen Harding
Joe hosting
7:00pm Joe's Restaurant

January 2014
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russel
Steve hosting

November 2013
The Perfect Spy
by John LeCarre
Scott hosting

October 2013
Isaac's Storm
by Erik Larson
Brandon hosting

Sept 12th - 2013
Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian
Joe Hosting

July 21st

Lake Wobegon Days

by Garrison Keillor

Scott Hosting

May

Under a Wild Sky

by William Souder

Joe hosting

April 28th

Twelfth Night and

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

Brandon hosting

March 24th

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

Scott is hosting

Feb 24th

Decision Points

by George W. Bush

Myles is hosting

January 27

The Problem of Pain and

The Great Divorce

by C.S. Lewis

Meet at Jon's house.

November 30
Mark Twain: A Life
by Ron Powers

Joe is hosting (Porter's Place in Lehi)

October 28
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck

Brandon is hosting (Backyard yakiniku)

September
Undaunted Courage
by Stephen Ambrose

Jon is hosting

August ^19th
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson

Bocce in the park with Joe

July 27^th
How to Survive the End of The World As We Know It
by James Wesley, Rawles

Meet at Myles' at 7:30.

June 17^th
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

South Fork Canyon. Scott's hosting.

May 20^th
Learn to Play Chess
by Alexander and Beach

Come demonstrate what you've learned. Joe's hosting.

April 29^th
Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene

Clay Pigeons at the range at 7:00, then dessert at Sundance.

March 25^th
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

Banana splits and deep thoughts at Jordan's

February 25^th
Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

January 21^st
Them: adventures with extremists
by Jon Ronson

Sushi from Demae with Cream Soda
Apple Pie and Ice cream

December 17^th
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula Le Guin

Meet at Dean's at 5:20 to carpool or go straight to Pioneer Book at 5:30.

November 19^th
Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Aaron's hosting. Borscht all around! Black bread puts hair on your chest.

October 13^th
To Hell and Back
by Audie Murphy

Brandon's hosting in the "old castle."

September 8^th
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Robert Pirsig

Where: Upper Falls on the Provo
Menu: Foil dinners, Brown Trout (courtesy of Joe)
More Info and directions

August 11th

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

Myles hosting and providing homemade tarts.

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Swallow... listening for E.T.

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