Wow!!! What a heated discussion we just had! Does the Master have a real name? How long can you stay in the purgatory? How far can you kick a glass of pineapple juice? Well, we might not have reached a consensus on those questions, but we enjoyed our evening, even though I didn't comply to the no-talking-during-book-club rule.
First, we must congratulate Edouard and Laure again, since they gave us an excuse to have champagne ready to celebrate the good news of Andrea and Natalie. We also must remind people of Natalie's master plan to start sharing emcee's duty during future boo club. The devil knows where that will lead us to!
Natalie will force me to post an alcohol-free post soon enough so that I can update the group with all the books we mentioned, including Or's washroom literature, so stay tune!!!
March 25, 2009
March 15, 2009
Are you ready for another impossible-to-understand book?
During our last meeting, we had a great discussion on The Good Earth, thanks to Natalie who cracked the whip enough times to keep us focused. After an hour-long discussion, we agreed that we should probably go watch the French movie The Class.
In terms of other books we read, last month was a particularly good month. In no particular order, here is what people read:
Laure & Edouard: They really liked Les Funerailles Celestes, which translates into Sky Burial. It's an epic story of Tibet, and it gets good reviews on Amazon.
Karen read The Five Quarters Of An Orange. The amazon.com community gave it a 4 out of 5 rating. The author commented that she would have liked to receive a 5 out of 4 rating.
Natalie read another of these bad tourist trap book based on her next destination, Budapest. You can view her pictures from her trip here.
Or read Midnight's Children, although he has yet to finish it.
Finally, I read Middlesex, the story of an hermaphrodite. The book came highly recommended from Natalie and Karen, and was actually quite interesting, especially if you are interested in either men or women.
Jonathan, Steve, Andrea, Amy: what did you read last month?
Enough said about the past, let's take a look at the future. Ten more days until our next meeting! I hope that you have started reading The Master and Margarita, because from what I can get from it, this story is hard to get. The Dufuis are happy to host you in Richmond, and I'm sure it'll be fun.
Another thing to look forward to is the release of The Watchmen on DVD. The movie is fine, but the DVD will include a short animated movie of a story told inside The Watchmen graphic novel, which I read recently. Here is the preview:
In terms of other books we read, last month was a particularly good month. In no particular order, here is what people read:
Laure & Edouard: They really liked Les Funerailles Celestes, which translates into Sky Burial. It's an epic story of Tibet, and it gets good reviews on Amazon.
Karen read The Five Quarters Of An Orange. The amazon.com community gave it a 4 out of 5 rating. The author commented that she would have liked to receive a 5 out of 4 rating.
Natalie read another of these bad tourist trap book based on her next destination, Budapest. You can view her pictures from her trip here.
Or read Midnight's Children, although he has yet to finish it.
Finally, I read Middlesex, the story of an hermaphrodite. The book came highly recommended from Natalie and Karen, and was actually quite interesting, especially if you are interested in either men or women.
Jonathan, Steve, Andrea, Amy: what did you read last month?
Enough said about the past, let's take a look at the future. Ten more days until our next meeting! I hope that you have started reading The Master and Margarita, because from what I can get from it, this story is hard to get. The Dufuis are happy to host you in Richmond, and I'm sure it'll be fun.
Another thing to look forward to is the release of The Watchmen on DVD. The movie is fine, but the DVD will include a short animated movie of a story told inside The Watchmen graphic novel, which I read recently. Here is the preview:
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