What makes a book good? That’s one of the questions we asked at book club last night (after we’d asked about what was on the menu at Yia Yia’s.) We’ve asked this same question throughout the more than twenty years I’ve been in this book club, and I’m sure it was one of the [...]
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November 22, 2008
Discussion about “American Lightning”
Filed under Authors, Book Club, Books, History, Journalism, Life, Literature, Random, Reading, Writers
Tags: "American Lightning", Authors, Book Club, Books, California, Clarence Darrow, D.W. Griffith, Detectives, Literature, Los Angeles History, Los Angeles Times, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Reading, What makes a good book?, Writing
November 10, 2008
Book A Minute
Our blogging friend at www.19thcentury.wordpress.com, a blog about the Victorian era, told us about a website that summarizes a long list of classics in just a minute each! Go to www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml. Okay, so you’ll miss a few details and all of the romantic or dramatic touches. But think of how much time you’ll save! Cathy
September 22, 2008
The Story Behind Edgar Sawtelle
Here is the link to David Wroblewski’s the story behind “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” Our book club read this book as our September choice and we unanimously agreed we would recommend it. Seldom are we all in accord! Oprah now has decided to jump on our bandwagon and has recommended it for her book club, [...]
Filed under Authors, Blather, Book Club, Books, Dogs, Humor, Life, Literature, New York Times Book Review, Oprah's Book Club, Random, Reading, September 2008 Book, Writers
Tags: "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle", Blather, Book Club, Book Reviews, Books, David Wroblewski, Dogs, Hamlet, Humor, Life, Literature, Mute, New York Times Book Review, Oprah, Sunflowers
