Monday, October 31, 2005

 

Azar Nafisi on NPR

I liked this essay I just read from Nafisi, who wrote Reading Lolita in Tehran. Thought I would piut it out there.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4753976

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

 

The Dreaded 100 "Best" Books Lists

But First things First.
Next Book Club meeting: Thurs. Nov 3rd, 6pm, Spats

And here for your amusement are a few 100 Best Books lists:

Time's Best English-language novels from 1923-2005
(I don't agree with a few of their items)

the Modern Library Booklist, which is more classical

and to spice things up the 100 most challenged books published by the ALA

cheers,

Giovanna





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Friday, October 21, 2005

 

World Series Alert

Next week will be big pub business with the Wolrd Series and bad bad bad for Book Club (especially if we want to meet at a pub). Since there are a few people that also have conflicts with next Thursday how about we move Book Club back one week. Let's say Thursday Nov. 3rd. We could try Spats on 1974 Shattuck Ave. (one block before Triple Rock). It might be less noisy.

Does anyone have a problem with meeting Nov. 3rd?

G

# posted by Sefini @ 5:31 PM 0 comments
 

invite?

Can we invite Diane? the one down the hall from you

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A Room With A View Online!

Hi everybody,

I hope you'll be able to come next Thursday (6pm, Triple Rock) for the discussion of A Room With A View....
What's that? You haven't gotten the book yet? Well, fear not. There are actually a number of sites on the web where you can read it for free.
www.online-literature.com/forster/room_with_view/
or
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/p/pd-modeng/pd-modeng-idx?type=header&idno=ForstRoomV
So now you have no excuse and you may come to drink with us to the happiness of Lucy and George,

Cheers,

G

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