Six Four, Hideo Yokoyama
Silence, Shusaku Endo
Ghostwritten, David Mitchell
Killing Commendatore, Murakami Haruki (the translation should be released soon)
Vineland, Thomas Pynchon
What Would Jesus Deconstruct?, John Caputo
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Steve's Picks - 2017
Revenge, Yoko Ogawa
A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit
Based on a True Story, Norm MacDonald
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Evicted, Matthew Desmond
Satin Island, Tom McCarthy
A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit
Based on a True Story, Norm MacDonald
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Evicted, Matthew Desmond
Satin Island, Tom McCarthy
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Adam's Picks 2017
Homo Deus, Yuvai Noah Harari
The Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
Underworld, Don Delillo
A Soldier of the Great War, Mark
Helprin
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Brandon's Picks - 2017
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
American Lion by John Meacham
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
The Found and the Lost by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Life of Heber C. Kimball by Orson Whitney
American Lion by John Meacham
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
The Found and the Lost by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Life of Heber C. Kimball by Orson Whitney
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Don Quixote in January
My fellow manly manly men,
Next up on our list is Don Quixote. Really, it's embarrassing that none of us has read this book already, but now is our chance to prove our literary mettle. It's a long book, but from what I can tell, not a difficult one. Right from the first chapter you'll be able to tell we're in good hands. Still, to give us time to finish (Finish a book club book? Yes, I say! Forward, not backward! Upward, not forward!) we'll skip December and meet for this one on January 12th (the 2nd Thursday). I'm happy to host a movie night (or two) in the meantime, just cuz it's fun to get together with you dudes.
Next up on our list is Don Quixote. Really, it's embarrassing that none of us has read this book already, but now is our chance to prove our literary mettle. It's a long book, but from what I can tell, not a difficult one. Right from the first chapter you'll be able to tell we're in good hands. Still, to give us time to finish (Finish a book club book? Yes, I say! Forward, not backward! Upward, not forward!) we'll skip December and meet for this one on January 12th (the 2nd Thursday). I'm happy to host a movie night (or two) in the meantime, just cuz it's fun to get together with you dudes.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Map of every river basin in the US
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3860062/The-veins-America-Stunning-map-shows-river-basin-US.html
Thought this was interesting after reading Basin and Range. It would probably help if I wasn't color blink, but I can make out a few of these...
Monday, September 5, 2016
Basin and Range
Hi Gents-
How's everyone feel about a meet up to talk about McPhee's book? Our regular schedule puts us on this week. How many can make it this Thursday night?
The plan I have devised is a simple one. We meet at my place at 7:00. We pile into a car or two and make a quick run to Pop n Sweets for a couple of cool ones (likely ginger beer for me, but you have your agency). Then back to my place where we can huddle up and talk about geology for a bit. After that, I'm thinking it's probably time to screen Kung Fury and/or The World of Tomorrow. It really is a marvelous way to spend half an hour.
Who's in?
-Steve
How's everyone feel about a meet up to talk about McPhee's book? Our regular schedule puts us on this week. How many can make it this Thursday night?
The plan I have devised is a simple one. We meet at my place at 7:00. We pile into a car or two and make a quick run to Pop n Sweets for a couple of cool ones (likely ginger beer for me, but you have your agency). Then back to my place where we can huddle up and talk about geology for a bit. After that, I'm thinking it's probably time to screen Kung Fury and/or The World of Tomorrow. It really is a marvelous way to spend half an hour.
Who's in?
-Steve
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Fall 2016 Lineup
The votes are in. Here's what we'll be reading for the next few months:
September (Steve): Basin and Range, John McPhee
October (Jordan): Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevky
November (Emron): Nazi Literature in the Americas or Borges and the Eternal Orangutans (tied)
December (Brandon): Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
January (Adam): Barbarian Days, William Finnegan
Steve told me he was okay with hosting in September. The rest of you let me know if this works. We'll plan tentatively on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
I kept it in somewhat the same order as last time, but put mine later to give more time for that long book. Or if December is busy for everyone, we could push it back to January, maybe just do a movie night in December or something.
If anyone has input on good translations for Underground and Quixote, let us know.
Alright, I'm excited to dive into these, they all sound realy cool.
September (Steve): Basin and Range, John McPhee
October (Jordan): Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevky
November (Emron): Nazi Literature in the Americas or Borges and the Eternal Orangutans (tied)
December (Brandon): Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
January (Adam): Barbarian Days, William Finnegan
Steve told me he was okay with hosting in September. The rest of you let me know if this works. We'll plan tentatively on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
I kept it in somewhat the same order as last time, but put mine later to give more time for that long book. Or if December is busy for everyone, we could push it back to January, maybe just do a movie night in December or something.
If anyone has input on good translations for Underground and Quixote, let us know.
Alright, I'm excited to dive into these, they all sound realy cool.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Jordan book choices - Aug-2016
Hello brethren,
Here are my suggestions for books for the month that i'll host:
Cannery Row (Steinbeck)
All the light we cannot see (Anthony Doerr)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
Notes from the underground (Dostoyevsky)
I and Thou (Martin Buber)
Here are my suggestions for books for the month that i'll host:
Cannery Row (Steinbeck)
All the light we cannot see (Anthony Doerr)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
Notes from the underground (Dostoyevsky)
I and Thou (Martin Buber)
Steve's Picks for late 2016
Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
The Kingdom by the Sea, Paul Theroux
Tinkers, Paul Harding
Basin and Range, John McPhee
The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey
The Kingdom by the Sea, Paul Theroux
Tinkers, Paul Harding
Basin and Range, John McPhee
The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Postponed Until August
Gentlemen,
Due to a very busy summer, the club is giving everyone an extra month to read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
We will have no meeting in July, but will reconvene in August.
Until then, enjoy your summer.
Due to a very busy summer, the club is giving everyone an extra month to read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
We will have no meeting in July, but will reconvene in August.
Until then, enjoy your summer.
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