2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz It’s like Gabriel Garcia Marquez on crack. Set on the East Coast and in the...

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell

READING IS THE NEW BLACK

Ok, given the e-mails and posts on here, we are going with Catch 22. Don’t kill me if...

let’s get this party started! this weekend at the beach is a great time to get some summer...

So did we decide? Rach, you get the final call.

Catch-22

A friend chose this book for me today. Must be fate…

I vote On the Road too. I could go either way, but this one is already sitting on my shelf. 

My votes for On The Road. I’ve never read either book, but isn’t On The Road supposed to...

My vote’s for Catch 22… I’ve actually never read it… Sad I know…

I vote for Catch-22. I read that 11 years ago and I feel like it’s time for a re-read!

we should decide

I’m cool with both Catch 22 and On the Road… … but I kinda feel a decision SHOULD...

I’ve always wanted to read Catch-22.

I’m up for anything - I’m just ready to get started. As far as old school goes,...

anyone want to go old school and read something like catch-22?

I, for one, would LOVE to read On The Road!

Friday

Yay! It’s Friday - that means a new selection will be forthcoming very soon. Rach -...

??

How about salman rushdie’s new book, enchantress of florence? suppossed to be good.

What about What Remains? It’s a non-fiction account of the lives of JFK Jr. and his wife as...

Also on an unrelated note I am reading Sadia Shepard’s “The Girl From Foreign”...

Suggestions...

Okay these are my totally selfish suggestions - i.e. they are all books piled on my night table...

“Guess what? It’s time to choose a new book since Brief...”
— xoxo—Rach Email:...

Thanks...

…to whoever picked this book. I probably wouldn’t have read it or it would have taken me...

Are we going to discuss this book? Choose one for next month? I’m getting antsy! :)

I'll admit: my Spanish is poor.

I finished the book yesterday, and thought I’d respond to something that really caught my...

Junot Diaz interview with Slate magazine

Yesss….who’s ready to kick this off?

I’m done! And so ready to discuss.

inquiry

i had a date on saturday night, and being the badass conversationalist that i am started talking...

sort of interesting list of Junot Diaz's top...

Started reading the book on my flight to DC tonight. I love how smoothly he integrates his...

I ordered the book from amazon today. I also ordered Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut in...

“It’s never the change we want that changes...”
— page 51 

great choice totally loving this book

$14.97

Actually, it appears the regular Amazon price has recently gone down to just $14.97. Pretty much a...

relax, people, they have 50+ used/new copies on amazon starting at $14.71.

So I went to Powells.com, my favorite Amazon alternative, and they had one copy left…for $250....

Ah! Like most things, this book must not yet be popular in the Midwest because all the bookstores...

i was hoping to borrow it from the library, but it looks like it’ll be a very long wait =(...

newbie

i still need to get the book! i’m working on it… p.s. you should check out:...

everyone's out

apparently everyone who’s ever picked up a book has picked this one up! who knew so many...

with barnes and noble info guy

me: do you have the book by junot diaz, the brief wondrous life of oscar woa
info guy: the what?
me: junot diaz
info guy: oh yeah i see it here, nope dont' have it
me: can you tell me another store in the city that does??
info guy: nope. we're out. all out.
me: every single barnes and noble in new york city is out of this book?
info guy: yep. weird, huh?

I’m going to order the book from Amazon but I just wanted to note that the bookstore at Penn...

i would be reading, but i am at work!

Footnotes...

They are really relevant…Not only do they fill some missing gaps the book actually has, but...

Footnotes

I picked up the new book a couple hours ago, and am making my way through the 2nd chapter. For...

Now what?

I went to get the book today. Now what? I want to finish the one I’m into now first. Do we all...

Children

Looking forward to the new book. I couldn’t get through Beautiful Children. This is the...

quick question about authors...

JUNOT DIAZ?

I couldn’t be  more in.

i’m in.

JUNOT DIAZ IT IS. Let’s say, get the book this week, aim for having it done by May 15.

Sounds good to me.

I’m up for it. How long do we have to read the book? A month?

sure why not

Yay.

I really like the idea of Junot Diaz. Can people vote yay or nay on this today?

have we decided on a book?

b/c pulitzers were announced and that is always a good direction to go in. The Brief Wondrous Life...

I had to read The Awakening by Kate Chopin in high school and I remember hating it.  Granted, that...

saw this in the nytimes,

after my very whole-hearted attempt at...

i don’t think i am alone in saying something a bit lighter this time around, kind of a one...

Hi! I’m new around here, but I see a lot of familiar faces avatars already.  My name is Emily...

in regards to edith wharton: if we read the house of mirth, which i’ve been putting off and...

Another option is to read a real classic, like something we’ve all been meaning to read...

So… I’ve just finished Beautiful Children yesterday, and I must say I was pretty...

Yes, that’s about as far as I got. I never understood who the characters were. And in any...

Same here! But I really did enjoy it, thought it was well written but got about half way through and...

nope,

i got about 100 pages into it and can’t for the life of me pick it back up. unfortunately my...

Pullman sounds great to me. BTW am I the only one who really disliked Beautiful Children? Just...

Yes, that’s what I meant. Pullman.

I’ve had quite a few requests to read Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials…anyone...

Philip Pullman

You mean Pullman, not Philip K. Dick right?

Hey everyone. I’m Asad; I just joined. (Thanks for the invite ^^) I’ve heard lots of...

game.

always wanted to read that. well not always always, but recent always.

His Dark Materials

I just finished reading that before starting Beautiful Children. It’s definitely worth the...

2001 is kind of a weird mishmash of his short stories and ideas from Stanley Kubrick (the book came...

I’m totally down for an Arthur C. Clarke book. Probably the obvious choice would be 2001: A...

Sure! Which book is best?

In honor of Arthur C. Clarke?

I know I already recommended a couple of books but should we pick a science fiction novel this month...

another recommendation

Hi Book Club, Just one more recommendation to throw in the bag, a paperback book called Marching...

a vote?

so how should we do this? there seems to be three choices on the table right now: i just joined so i...

I’ve heard really good things about The Book Thief. I think it technically qualifies as a...

Books=love

I joined just in time for a new book, woot!  I wouldn’t mind reading Judy Blume either but, if...

i hate that i can't get into this book

well written? obviously. but maybe too much for me right now? I just can’t get into it, and i...

NEW BOOK!

TIME TO PICK A NEW BOOK! Amanda thinks we should choose Judy Blume. I’m actually really open...

I feel like this sometimes

“The similarity in these different situations being that however much Cheri’s concern...

My progress on the book...

I’m only 80 pages in but plugging away. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet, to be...

new member alert

hi! i’m new! i’m going to obviously sit out on this month’s book since i have just...

Discuss!

Ok, so is everyone ready to discuss this month’s book, or do you need more time? Perhaps we...

Same here, 100 to go, but happy to start discussing if others are ready.

Playing catch-up… I have 100 pages to go.

hows everyone coming on the book?

Fin

I just finished the book yesterday. I know lots of folks are still just digging in, so I won’t...

I’ve ordered my copy and it should arrive in a week!

Thanks

Digging the book. I’m about a quarter of the way through. thanks for including me on this....

related ...

I’m a hundred pages in now, and love the way that Bock writes his characters. By the first...

Just got my book yesterday and I hope to get through a chunk...

“And when that soulless stare had been reproduced hundreds of...”
— I’m past this in the...

She just arrived in the mail, I better get movin on these...

“I started the book last night and I had a tough time putting...”
— claudia catalina

“Q: Why hasn’t a solid, lasting novel come out of Las...”
— An interview with Bock in the...

I highly doubt we’ve all got time to do even more reading, but the picture Rachel just posted...

Sin City [by Declan McCullagh]

“I was so engrossed in the book this morning that I missed my...”
— me

Behind the Book: Charles Bock (Feb 14)

Getting the book.

It’s on major sale on Amazon.com, and I’ve seen it in NY at Barnes & Noble, Rand...

“Since fiction will never be ahead of the curve it has to be...”
— Charles Bock, interviewed by...

“That’s a sign of how long it took to write because now it would be starving children in...

well, this update on the front page of the website for the...

Book readin'

Hey all- Let’s try to have read the first half of the book (aka 200 pages or so) by February...

I’m going to pick up our book today, do we have any sort of timeline for when we should have...

Charles Bock on NPR

Welcome!

If you have found this and want an invite to join the book club, please email:...

An excerpt to whet your interest...