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
Monday, April 2, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
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
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
Thursday, September 28, 2017
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
Secondhand Time
Mormon Country
The Great Quake
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Hey, Book Skimmers-
So it looks like we're talking about Tom McCarthy's book next. Because I currently have a conflict with my Thursday evenings, I'm hoping everyone can make it to a Wednesday discussion in April. I'm told that Wednesday, April 19 is open for those OH2 folks who normally have midweek obligations. I hope it works for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't.
Place and exact time TBD.
Steve
So it looks like we're talking about Tom McCarthy's book next. Because I currently have a conflict with my Thursday evenings, I'm hoping everyone can make it to a Wednesday discussion in April. I'm told that Wednesday, April 19 is open for those OH2 folks who normally have midweek obligations. I hope it works for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't.
Place and exact time TBD.
Steve
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Reading list for Spring/Summer 2017
I downloaded a super powered algorithm from NASA to total all our results, and here we are:
April
Steve: Satin Island, Tom McCarthy
May
Kristian: Exit West.
June
Brandon: American Lion by John Meacham
July
Adam: The Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
August
Marc: Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
Sept
Emron: -“The Decapitated Chicken”, “The Son”, and “Juan Darién” by Horacio Quiroga
If those months don't work for you to host, let us know and we'll switch it around.
April
Steve: Satin Island, Tom McCarthy
May
Kristian: Exit West.
June
Brandon: American Lion by John Meacham
July
Adam: The Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
August
Marc: Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
Sept
Emron: -“The Decapitated Chicken”, “The Son”, and “Juan Darién” by Horacio Quiroga
If those months don't work for you to host, let us know and we'll switch it around.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Emron's 2017 Picks
Since nobody seems to finish the novels and other lengthy books that we pick (except, perhaps, the particular manly man who picks the book….but even that is not a guarantee) I’m going to take a different strategy by choosing some works of short fiction the next time my turn comes around. No more excuses for not reading (said to self as much as to others). I’ll provide PDFs and/or links for each selection.
-“The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges (We’ll read 2 translations—one by Di Giovanni and one by Hurley) [One of Borges’s beautiful stories of infinity, totality, and revenge]
-“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe [2 of the 3 stories that gave birth to the ubiquitous detective genre]
-“Axolotl”, “The Night Face Up”, and “The Distances” by Julio Cortázar (Just 1 translation each) [Fantastic or magical real? Three terrific and terrifying stories of doubling]
-“Flowering Judas”, “Noon Wine”, and “María Concepción” by Katherine Anne Porter [Three wonderful stories set in Mexico or Texas by a brilliant modernist writer]
-“The Decapitated Chicken”, “The Son”, and “Juan Darién” by Horacio Quiroga (Just 1 translation each) [Uruguayan/Argentine horror and naturalism from the early 20th century]
Since nobody seems to finish the novels and other lengthy books that we pick (except, perhaps, the particular manly man who picks the book….but even that is not a guarantee) I’m going to take a different strategy by choosing some works of short fiction the next time my turn comes around. No more excuses for not reading (said to self as much as to others). I’ll provide PDFs and/or links for each selection.
-“The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges (We’ll read 2 translations—one by Di Giovanni and one by Hurley) [One of Borges’s beautiful stories of infinity, totality, and revenge]
-“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe [2 of the 3 stories that gave birth to the ubiquitous detective genre]
-“Axolotl”, “The Night Face Up”, and “The Distances” by Julio Cortázar (Just 1 translation each) [Fantastic or magical real? Three terrific and terrifying stories of doubling]
-“Flowering Judas”, “Noon Wine”, and “María Concepción” by Katherine Anne Porter [Three wonderful stories set in Mexico or Texas by a brilliant modernist writer]
-“The Decapitated Chicken”, “The Son”, and “Juan Darién” by Horacio Quiroga (Just 1 translation each) [Uruguayan/Argentine horror and naturalism from the early 20th century]
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Marc's Picks 2017
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
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
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
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