Incredible India

Next month we are going to do something a little bit different. The hardest part about the book club seems to be picking the next book, so we've decided to pick a theme, instead: India. The options are open - fiction, or nonfiction, just as long as you stick with the subject. I have some suggestions and will try to 'review' some of them (really, I'm just going to steal from wikipedia) over the next few weeks. If you have something to add to the list - feel free to post.

A date has not been set but it will be at Amy and Trevor's house. Trevor makes an ass-kickin' curry so bring some kind of Indian food, too. Or maybe some witch hazel, ha-ha.

I'll post the list in a separate entry.

It's on!

Finally. The next meeting is set for July 11th at Steve's place at 4:00. We'll be reading Monsters of Templeton - which, if you haven't read it yet, is one of my favorites books in a long time. Hope to see everyone soon!

See you in July!

The meeting is canceled for June.  Hope to see everyone soon, though!

Change of plans again

I need suggestions on when and where to move the meeting. June/Summer seems to be a busy time for everybody. If you don't want to broadcast your life here, just drop me an email so we can try to work with people's plans. 

Thanks!

Before I forget

Next meeting - June 13th - Ellyn's. The book is World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler.

Check out the book's website. See everybody there. 

Hellooooo...

What is everybody bringing to Kat's? 

i went a little crazy

Except for Being Written, I haven't really been reading anything at all, but I went slightly nuts and got 5 new books this week. 

 

I just started reading The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman. It's weird and disturbing and I keep having to put it down because she's another author obsessed with bodily functions. It's set in 1507 in a starving village in Germany. Everything is a sign of divine punishment and a new priest arrives to find  and burn the 'witch' responsible. Reading this I had the same feeling as when I read/tried to read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet; the modern tone doesn't really mesh well with the subject matter.

Other picks in a nutshell:

The Outlander/Gil Adamson - 1903 - woman kills her husband, takes off into the wilderness, trailed by brothers-in-law - compared to Cold Mountain and early Cormac McCarthy

The Tenderness of Wolves/Stef Penney - 1867- Northern Territory- People says "Think Cold Mountain - only colder... Mystery, romance, and really bad weather - just try putting this one down."  Yep, there's obviously a theme here. 

Dreamers of the Day/Mary Doria Russell- 1921 - Egypt - 40 year old school teacher from Ohio arrives just as the modern Middle East is taking shape.

The Secret of Lost Things/ Sheridan Hay - coming of age in a emporium of used and rare books in New York. 

Anybody interested in borrowing any of these? I'll probably just end up reading a smutty romance novel anyway.