Gentlemen,

I rode my bike to Barns & Noble and picked up both the April and May editions of The Ring magazine. I had to plunk down $8.95 a pop to get 'em though. But to make it easier on those of you who would like to get the latest boxing scoops I'm offering a 3 day rental for only $2.99. And if you make a reservation within the next 20 minutes I'll enter you into a drawing for a chance to see a VHS recording of Ali v. Frazier. (Offer available while supplies last.)

F.Y.I. - this little known fact I learned from the cashier while checking out. Both Barns & Noble and The Ring magazine were founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. in the run up to what would have been an illustrious political career. Who would have thought?

Gentlemen,

Doug Kleven here. What do you say to a Joe Louis/Mockinbird throwdown on April 16th at the Great Steak Grill at 7:49? I'm shooting for somewhere that looks rough around the edges. The kind of place disgruntled men go to to eat mediocre food and get in fights. If any of you know of another joint where the odds of assault are higher, please send a shout out.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez' Reading List

http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/06/marquez-favorite-books/

An Unsuitable Discussion

Gentlemen-
Who's up for some grub and a 10-minute discussion of P.D. James's novel (wedged somewhere into a two-hour conversation on various other topics)?

Next week is looking best for me. How about Thursday 3/26?

Can't think of any place in Provo serving genuine English cuisine, so how about Green Panda instead?

Steve

And the nominees are...

1,000 Splendid Sons, Khaled Hosseini
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Riverdance: The Story, Sam Smyth
Stonewalled, Sharyl Attkisson
Alen Turing: The Enigma, Andrew Hodges
Joe Lewis: Hard Times Man, Randy Roberts

Kristian's Picks

Three LDS Fiction titles I'm eager to read this year:

1. Steven Peck, The Scholar of Moab
2. Steven Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
3. Mette Ivie Harrison, The Bishop's Wife

Books to Rebuild Civilization

http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/what-books-could-be-used-to-rebuild-civilization-lists-by-brian-eno-stewart-brand-kevin-kelly-other-forward-thinking-minds.html

Sam Hawk

So I've been reading Solomon's Mines and might actually finish. How about we meet Thursday at 7:30 at Sam Hawk?


My apologies if it's somebody else's turn to host and I missed that memo. Just ignore me in that event.

Scott's Nominations (Early 2015)

The Fatal Shore - Robert Hughes
1493 - Charles C. Mann
Foundation - Isaac Asimov
A Bloody Field By Shrewsbury - Edith Pargeter
The Little Country - Charles de Lint
Dodge - Terry Pratchett

Steve's Picks (early 2015)

How about a mystery?

Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P. D. James
The Alienist, Caleb Carr
When We Were Orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro
In the Woods, Tana French
A Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler

Joe's nominations of early 2015

Ok, here are some nominations that have no theme at all. I'm not even sure which one I'm rooting for but I'll be happy to break a tie if needed.

Bus People
Paddle Your Own Canoe
King Solomon's Mines
The Dharma Bums
The Boys of Summer

6. The Backslider
5. The Pilgrims Progress
4. At the Back of the North Wind
3. That Hideous Strength
2.  The Power and the Glory
1. The Pensees

Brandon's Nominations - 2015

What's this "Christianity" people are talking about?

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Pensees by Blaise Pascal
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
The Backslider by Levi Peterson