December 2013 Book Club Meeting

At seven pm on Tuesday December 3, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet at the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher, which is apparently about the dating scene for middle aged people on the Oregon trail and stuff.

November Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday November 5, 2013 at 7:00 pm, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet at the library on the second floor by the computer books to have a second discussion about Love Marriage, by V. V. Ganeshananthan, which is about Tamils living abroad and their relatives and what they are named after and stuff.

October Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday October first at seven pm the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet, at the library in the corner by the computer books, to discuss A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, which is a series of interrelated short stories, about punk rock and stuff, featuring a cluster of people having some connection to a particular music executive or his assistant.

2013 Book Club Book Nominations

Hello Adult Librarian,

Here are my nominations for this year.

My first nomination is The Princess Hoppy or the Tale of Labrador by Jacques Roubaud. In this charming and witty tale, Princess Hoppy is troubled by the intrigues and machinations of her scheming aunts and uncles, but is supported by her talking, puzzle-solving dog.

My second nomination is Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome by Alexander Kluge. In the wake of a great and devastating war, the various governments of the human race attempt to reconstruct cultures and economies, but they are only partially successful, and the results are more like a distorted parody.

My third nomination is Une Semaine De Bonte: A Surrealistic Novel in Collage by Max Ernst. The title translates as “A Week of Kindness”. Herein, the author reveals the shocking relationship between the seven deadly elements and the days of the week, and there are lots of birds and lions too.

Thank you very much for your work and your consideration,

       857 on a Monday night

On Tuesday September 3, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday-night book club will meet at seven p.m. in the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago, by Gary Krist, which is about newspaper stories from twelve consecutive, fateful days in the summer of 1919 in Chicago and stuff.

August Book Club Meeting

At seven pm on Tuesday August 6, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet at the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, which is about swans in Australia and the personal problems of a fictional author and stuff.

July Book Club Meeting

At 7:00 pm Tuesday July 2, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet at the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss Tending Roses, by Lisa Wingate, which is about a woman who snoops through her grandmother's journal and tries to get her to move to a nursing home. The book is also about stuff.

More About Zelda Fitzgerald

Hello Adult Librarian,

Well since you asked ... The Fitzgeralds are featured in the graphic novel Going Home by Dave Sim and Gerhard. The author discusses his research in the back matter of the individual comic books. Another biography of Zelda Fitzgerald is Zelda Fitzgerald and the Failure of the American Dream for Women, by Koula Svokos Hartnett. The film The Last Time I Saw Paris is available for free at the internet archive.

June Book Club Meeting

At 7:00 pm on Tuesday June 4, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet at the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson which is about ambassadors and daughters and Nazis and stuff.

May Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet in the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, by Neil White, which is about convicts and leprosy patients and stuff.

April 2013 Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday April 2, 2013, the Monday night IFPL-centric book club will meet at the library in the corner by the computer books to discuss The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka which is about mail order brides from Japan and stuff.

March Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday March 5, the Monday night IFPL-centric book club will meet at 7:00 pm at the library to discuss Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig, which is about Scots settling in Montana and stuff. We may be hiding in a corner or something.

February Book Club Meeting

On Tuesday February fifth, the IFPL-Centric Monday Night Book Club will meet at 7:00 pm at the library to discuss River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard, which is about Theodore Roosevelt traveling down an uncharted river in Brazil and stuff.

High Society Download

So a really cool book I tried to nominate two and three years ago is being digitized. The first chapter, which is relatively self-contained, is available for free download at the following link.

http://www.cerebusdownloads.com

January Book Club Meeting

Apparently, our fearless adult librarian has some sort of program planned.

http://www.ifpladult.blogspot.com/2012/10/mark-your-calendars.html

I do not know where it is taking place, but on January 7, 2013 the IFPL-centric Monday night book club will meet there ( I am guessing the library. ) to attend the program. Afterwards, the club will either stay in the same place or go somewhere else to discuss Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout which is about a grouchy retired school teacher and stuff.