Monday, October 25, 2010

Book suggestions

Hi everyone-

I wandered around the UVA bookstore this past weekend, and ended up perusing the upstairs English classes section. Here are some suggestions, straight from "what the kids are reading these days." I plan to check out a few on my own, but didn't know if any would be of interest for future months in book club!

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain
The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Any book by Gertrude Stein? (I forgot to write down which title I saw.)

Also, two books that I have already read and thoroughly enjoyed are:

Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger

Happy reading!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

November book & looking ahead (to fun new things!)



"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
by John Berendt
Nonfiction
400 pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil


Next Book Club: Wednesday, November 17th @ Kate's!


But wait
!...there's more:

In December, we are going to have Book Club Bash!
On a Thursday in December, we are going to celebrate 3 years of book club together by having a reading-free party. Guests will be invited, and everyone will bring a drink and some food to share. Additionally, we will have a"Judge a Book By it's Cover Christmas Swap" (or a JABBICCS? :) to celebrate! More details to come!

*Please note in the comments if there are any Thursdays in December that do NOT work for you*

Finally, we will have a special Book Club in January. Instead of reading a book for December, we will take December off and read *two* books for January! They are "The Lost City of Z" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_City_of_Z) and "Into Thin Air" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air) -- two adventure books to kick off the new year.

Happy reading!