December 2009
10 posts
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
This month, book club came together to discuss the 450 page brick that is Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond (chosen by John Holgate). One of the main issues that was discussed during the meeting was the implications of Diamond’s theory within this book. As evolution constituted such a dominant theme throughout the book, is Diamond advocating that history has led us to a form of social...
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Taken from our facebook page, these are all the write-ups from past selections.
The first book we were going to read was “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky. Stupid Staniel got busy and never finished the book on time. (although he is finished now, loves the book and if anyone would like to discuss it with him, please send him a message) The first “official” book we...
Stereotyping People by Their Favourite Indie Bands →
Brent’s awesome post inspired me to look for this; and of course, it exists.
- Tom
New York Magazine book of the decade... →
I was reading this issue at the library the other day and I thought I’d post a link here…
(Ashton)
Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Author →
… I like bondage?
(- Brent)
For all you Jeannette Walls fans out there
Jeannette Walls has a new book out, called “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”. Here is the synopsis:
“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls’s magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was...
“I hadn’t gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into...”
– Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (via falseeeyelashes) (via deeannmarie)
