Tent Life in Siberia - Amazon.com's description. The selection for December/January is 'Tent Life in Siberia" by George Kennan with Larry McMurtry.
Our discussion of December 20, 2011 at the lady Jessica's house was a fun Christmas-season meeting, with all in attendance. We ate a superb Chicken Breast Parmesan, accompanied by steamed Asparagus, squash, and a divine bread fit for Brennan's.We discussed the book we'd just read -- "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The consensus was that this is a great book, and a good selection for the book club.
The gift exchange was great too, with a genuine Orrefors crystal gift (Orrefors crystal is sold in Tiffany and Co. stores). I receive a free admission to see the King Tut exhibit. I've seen the Egyptian treasures in the British Museum, but there are many pieces on tour that haven't been in the British museum.
Only 700 pages left in "Jonathan and Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke, then to start the book club selection which is only about 400 pages.
Cheers until next Month! Louis ( -=Louis Hemmi=- )
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Next December 21, 2011 we discuss One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Our second selection on the topic of Russia is Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Our meeting on November 30 at John's was congenial, and the book Snowdrops met generally with favor, but it's not any blockbuster, either.
We look forward to Drew coming back in the very near future, and have welcomed the Norwegian digeratus Sylvia back into our midst.
As an aside, I just finished Tom Rob Smith's book "Agent 6" and give it five out of five stars. At 600 pages, it actually was about right. I've come to appreciate longer books. I've found that my unwillingness to read books greater than 300 pages has not served me well. The longer books are often worth the trouble! SO, I'm removing book length as a criterion for my selections.
Our meeting on November 30 at John's was congenial, and the book Snowdrops met generally with favor, but it's not any blockbuster, either.
We look forward to Drew coming back in the very near future, and have welcomed the Norwegian digeratus Sylvia back into our midst.
As an aside, I just finished Tom Rob Smith's book "Agent 6" and give it five out of five stars. At 600 pages, it actually was about right. I've come to appreciate longer books. I've found that my unwillingness to read books greater than 300 pages has not served me well. The longer books are often worth the trouble! SO, I'm removing book length as a criterion for my selections.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
11/30/2011 is next meeting to discuss AD Miller's "Snowdrops"
I selected this month's book on the new topic of "Russia." This was written by author AD Miller, and is about modern-day Russia. It was short listed (along with five other books) for the Man-Booker prize, and is about 300 pages.
The discussion of "Pillars of the Earth" with Sylvia Sundqvist back with us, went quite well. Though we all liked the book, we still had a lot to say about it, with a few disagreements, but that's what makes the conversation interesting :)
I look forward to next month, and hope I like this book.
The discussion of "Pillars of the Earth" with Sylvia Sundqvist back with us, went quite well. Though we all liked the book, we still had a lot to say about it, with a few disagreements, but that's what makes the conversation interesting :)
I look forward to next month, and hope I like this book.
Monday, September 19, 2011
10/27/2011 - Next Meeting is at Louis's house to discuss:
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is the official selection of the bookclub. Linda chose this weighty tome, so we are assured of quality (she doesn't pick them by whether they are on sale). This is also a miniseries on the Starz cable company.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
9/15 - meet at Linda's to discuss "Crossing to Safety" by Wallace Stegner
We'll also discuss a new topic for the next round of selections. An idea we kicked around at the Thursday, August 15, 2011 was "books of Russia." We phrased it this way because some really good books about Russia have been written by non-Russians. I can think of Massey's "Nicholas and Alexandra," as well as Tom Rob Smith's books "Child 44," "the Secret Speech," and the new "Agent 6." Nabokov, Chekov, Solzhenitsyn, Tolstoy, Ayn Rand, etc all come to mind.
Friday, July 22, 2011
The next meeting is scheduled for 8/18/2011 at Buddy's (Barbara's) house
We'll discuss this month's selection on the topic of Historical fiction "The Giant, O'Brien" by celebrated Booker-award winning author Hilary Mantel. See more about it on Description of the book and reviews on Amazon.com.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
7/14/2011 meeting: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. John R to host.
Jessica selected Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. This parody is fan fiction. Once all copyrights have expired, people are free to use the characters and plots of dead authors.
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen
Without having read the original or the parody, it's hard to say much more. Stay tuned.
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen
Without having read the original or the parody, it's hard to say much more. Stay tuned.
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