Tuesday, March 29, 2005
And the big winner is...
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan
See you on April 28th!
See you on April 28th!
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Go Vote!
OK, the poll is finally up and running.
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
And the nominees are....
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594480001/qid=1111736353/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Complete Short Stories by Dorothy Parker
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142437212/qid=1111736383/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345450892/qid=1111736405/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399150749/qid=1111736459/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
My Invented Country: A memoir by Isabel Allende
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060545674/qid=1111736479/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
We've decided to meet April 28th.
Voting should be done by next Monday 21st. Go to the website and excercise your right to vote!
http://wovfab.blogspot.com/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594480001/qid=1111736353/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Complete Short Stories by Dorothy Parker
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142437212/qid=1111736383/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345450892/qid=1111736405/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399150749/qid=1111736459/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
My Invented Country: A memoir by Isabel Allende
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060545674/qid=1111736479/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0649679-8060156?v=glance&s=books
We've decided to meet April 28th.
Voting should be done by next Monday 21st. Go to the website and excercise your right to vote!
http://wovfab.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 21, 2005
This Wednesday...
Don't forget, we have bookclub this Wednesday, 6pm at Triple Rock. Come prepared with book suggestions, of course, but also with you chronological memories of which books we've read so far. I want to add a page of "Books we've read" to our webpage.
See you soon,
Giovanna
See you soon,
Giovanna
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Pynchon on the Simpsons - Twice!
Okay, it's been more than once that Thomas Pynchon has been on the Simpsons:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/ketzan_simpsons.htm
and I just recently saw this episode:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_news.html#simpsons2
and, probably because I didn't finish reading the book, I did not get the joke.
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/ketzan_simpsons.htm
and I just recently saw this episode:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_news.html#simpsons2
and, probably because I didn't finish reading the book, I did not get the joke.
And the Winner is....
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. Make sure you get your book soon. We decided to meet Wednesday 23 so there's only three weeks until the next book club.
Happy reading!
Giovanna
Happy reading!
Giovanna