cheetahmaster pointed out that we hadn't had a post with details of the next meeting yet, and I still forgot to make one. SO, even though the ever-capable kittenscribble already answered him directly in comments, here are the details:

Our next book will be Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach.

We are meeting at pseudotheist and paleotheist's place, on Monday, August 3 ( Read more... )

The Post names their ten best books of the year. The LATimes lists their favorite books of 2008. Not to be outdone, the NYTimes lists 100 notable books of the year.

Time breaks it down to the best fiction, non-fiction, and children's books.

The book industry struggles to deal with the economic downturn, going into the holidays ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for coming to discuss Bambi! Embarrassingly, everyone had read the book except the hosts. Oops.

The next book is Rethinking Thin by Gina Kolata. It's available in paperback but is also available on Audible.com if you want to try listening to it.

The meeting date is 9/1 (Labor Day!) at summer_queen's house ( Read more... )

Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, will be reading and signing her latest work at Politics & Prose on Connecticut Avenue NW tonight at 7 pm.

Raj Patel's book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System profiled on alternet.

The message that is so much harder to explain to Americans is that politics is necessary. People do need to get their hands dirty by getting involved in social change. There is a particularly American fantasy that we can together create a better ( Read more... )

Another great book club. Is it more fun when at least SOMEone doesn't like the book? Maybe it doesn't matter if you learned a thing or two in the bargain.

The next book is: The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison.

Feb 25th at my place! Be there!