Eyes without a Face
One of the best book discussions we've had so far, Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahnuik proved to be a catalyst for conversation. I don't know if we exactly "liked" the book but the fact that it did disturb us, is at the very least worth mentioning. I mean, for God's sake, the main character has half her face blown off. There were different parts of the book that were hard to follow.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 22nd. We'll be discussing James Ellroy's My Dark Places.
We chose our last book of the year:
Ten Little Indians (short stories) by Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie is one of our most acclaimed and popular writers today. Now, with Ten Little Indians, he offers eleven poignant and emotionally resonant new stories about Native Americans who, like all Americans, find themselves at personal and cultural crossroads, faced with heartrending, tragic, sometimes wondrous moments of being that test their loyalties, their capacities, and their notions of who they are and who they love.
In "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above," an intellectual feminist Spokane Indian woman saves the lives of dozens of white women all around her, to the bewilderment of her only child, now a grown man who looks back at his life with equal parts fondness, amusement, and regret. In "Do You Know Where I Am?" two college sweethearts rescue a lost cat--a simple act that has profound moral consequences for the rest of their lives together. In "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," a homeless Indian man must raise $1,000 in twenty-four hours to buy back the fancy dance outfit stolen from his grandmother fifty years earlier.
Even as they often make us laugh, Sherman Alexie's stories are driven by a haunting lyricism and naked candor that cut to the heart of the human experience, shedding brilliant light on what happens when we grow into and out of each other. Ten Little Indians is a great new work from "a master of language, writing beautifully, unsparingly, and straight to the heart" (The Nation).
OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS:
1) We've moved our official meeting days to Thursday at 6 p.m. I would like to make Double Shots our official meeting place.
2) Book club will NOT be held during the summer months. Before the summer break, we'll vote on one big book to read.
3) Instead of assigning one person each month, I'll compile a list of books and we'll vote on 9 books for next year. Each person can submit three choices: a) a minority or woman writer b) a book that no one has read before and c) a big book over 400 pages.
Happy Reading,
Crystal
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 22nd. We'll be discussing James Ellroy's My Dark Places.
We chose our last book of the year:
Ten Little Indians (short stories) by Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie is one of our most acclaimed and popular writers today. Now, with Ten Little Indians, he offers eleven poignant and emotionally resonant new stories about Native Americans who, like all Americans, find themselves at personal and cultural crossroads, faced with heartrending, tragic, sometimes wondrous moments of being that test their loyalties, their capacities, and their notions of who they are and who they love.
In "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above," an intellectual feminist Spokane Indian woman saves the lives of dozens of white women all around her, to the bewilderment of her only child, now a grown man who looks back at his life with equal parts fondness, amusement, and regret. In "Do You Know Where I Am?" two college sweethearts rescue a lost cat--a simple act that has profound moral consequences for the rest of their lives together. In "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," a homeless Indian man must raise $1,000 in twenty-four hours to buy back the fancy dance outfit stolen from his grandmother fifty years earlier.
Even as they often make us laugh, Sherman Alexie's stories are driven by a haunting lyricism and naked candor that cut to the heart of the human experience, shedding brilliant light on what happens when we grow into and out of each other. Ten Little Indians is a great new work from "a master of language, writing beautifully, unsparingly, and straight to the heart" (The Nation).
OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS:
1) We've moved our official meeting days to Thursday at 6 p.m. I would like to make Double Shots our official meeting place.
2) Book club will NOT be held during the summer months. Before the summer break, we'll vote on one big book to read.
3) Instead of assigning one person each month, I'll compile a list of books and we'll vote on 9 books for next year. Each person can submit three choices: a) a minority or woman writer b) a book that no one has read before and c) a big book over 400 pages.
Happy Reading,
Crystal
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