Hey all! Meeting time is set for July, so here is it goes:
Sunday, July 28th @8 pm
Symposium Coffee- 12345 Main St Tigard, 97223
hosted by Kiersten Krajcar to discuss Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis.
Some small housekeeping things:
1. I'm trying to update our past books list- can you take a look and email me ( kirstendana@gmail.com) if you remember any of the titles not listed? This is woefully out of date.
2. If you can host a month, even if you don't have time/date/venue decided yet, could you please let me know? I'd like to update our master list.
3. We discussed the possibility of making this more interactive online, so I'm going to start a "favorite books" posting thing- I'll do posts where we write our top 10 or 5 or 3 favorite books. This can be as intricate or as simple as you'd like- please please PLEASE email me your favorites. I'll start with mine (hopefully later today) so you can either use mine as a format or do the exact opposite. Thanks!
4. If you're purchasing copies of the book, could you comment on the original posts or wherever we discuss the book? This would help connect people that are purchasing and want to lend or want to borrow. I have Epitaph and Barbara will be borrowing it before her vaca, so get in touch with her if you want to borrow after.
Thanks for being the best.
Happy reading!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Next Year's Picks (and other recommendations) Summer 2013- Spring 2014
Okay- here it is- the next year's picks and their months, with links to the books so you can check out additional info.
A brief explanation- we tried to pick a variety if genres and space them out as best as possible. Because we tried to get a variety, some books were not picked because they overlapped with things we've already read or other choices- but take a look at the other recommendations at the bottom, because the suggestions were great!
I'll add blog posts to remind of upcoming dates- each choice is intended to meet at the end of that month. (Ex: We're meeting for The Orchardist, June's pick, on June 30th). If you would like to volunteer to host one or more of these, please let me know! Unless I change the listing on this page, please consider the host space needed. Also- still working on the new format. As y'all continue to visit this page, it will end up on the left hand side under "most viewed posts", which should make it easily accessible.
June- The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (host: Stacy Leatherman)
July- Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis (host: Kiersten Krajcar)
August- The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls
September- City of Thieves by David Benioff (host: Karyn Vorhees)
October- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (host: Kirsten Johnson)
November- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
December/January- Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
February- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
March- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
April- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
May- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
Other Recommendations from fellow Cuckoo's Nest-ers, in no particular order:
(I'm adding the name of the chooser if I know it so you can ask them about the book if you're interested. Comment to claim your choices if you want!)
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (chosen by Kirsten)
Lust for Life by Irving Stone
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (chosen by Tracy [I think])
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles by Keith Black, MD
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
66 Days Adrift: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open Sea by William Butler
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (chosen by Kiersten)
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
Yaeger: An Autobiography by Chuck Yaeger
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (chosen by Kiersten)
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (chosen by Kiersten)
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
There you go! Comment, get reading, and enjoy! Sharing books and tips with others is part of what makes our group great- thanks for putting thoughts on the blog so we make sure everyone gets the info. Keep saving up other ideas- if this goes well, we'll try to compile this list yearly.
Happy Reading!
A brief explanation- we tried to pick a variety if genres and space them out as best as possible. Because we tried to get a variety, some books were not picked because they overlapped with things we've already read or other choices- but take a look at the other recommendations at the bottom, because the suggestions were great!
I'll add blog posts to remind of upcoming dates- each choice is intended to meet at the end of that month. (Ex: We're meeting for The Orchardist, June's pick, on June 30th). If you would like to volunteer to host one or more of these, please let me know! Unless I change the listing on this page, please consider the host space needed. Also- still working on the new format. As y'all continue to visit this page, it will end up on the left hand side under "most viewed posts", which should make it easily accessible.
June- The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (host: Stacy Leatherman)
July- Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis (host: Kiersten Krajcar)
August- The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls
September- City of Thieves by David Benioff (host: Karyn Vorhees)
October- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (host: Kirsten Johnson)
November- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
December/January- Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
February- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
March- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
April- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
May- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
Other Recommendations from fellow Cuckoo's Nest-ers, in no particular order:
(I'm adding the name of the chooser if I know it so you can ask them about the book if you're interested. Comment to claim your choices if you want!)
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (chosen by Kirsten)
Lust for Life by Irving Stone
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (chosen by Tracy [I think])
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles by Keith Black, MD
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
66 Days Adrift: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open Sea by William Butler
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (chosen by Kiersten)
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
Yaeger: An Autobiography by Chuck Yaeger
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (chosen by Kiersten)
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (chosen by Kiersten)
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
There you go! Comment, get reading, and enjoy! Sharing books and tips with others is part of what makes our group great- thanks for putting thoughts on the blog so we make sure everyone gets the info. Keep saving up other ideas- if this goes well, we'll try to compile this list yearly.
Happy Reading!
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Orchardist- June
Hey all! Updates-
Yes, I know the blog is a little lame. I'm working on fixing the font, but I wanted a format I could manipulate more easily than the other one so we could (hopefully) keep the year-long-list and the book club by-laws in an easy to find place without scrolling through a million things. Expect changes this week. Also, expect the year-long-list this week.
We have a meeting time! I hope you're all doing well with The Orchardist! Word on the street is that it's now easy to come by, so buy or borrow. I bought mine today and if you're okay with notes in the margins, you're welcome to it when I'm done. B&N has it marked off 20% if you don't want to wait for Amazon to ship it.
As a change of venue, Stacy is our hostess and has booked us the back meeting room at Symposium coffee house in Tigard at 8pm. Yay! The room is free, but if you have the means, it's probably a good idea to buy coffee to support something local.
Symposium
12345 sw Main St
Tigard 97223
8 pm
Sunday, June 30th
See you all then- happy reading!
Yes, I know the blog is a little lame. I'm working on fixing the font, but I wanted a format I could manipulate more easily than the other one so we could (hopefully) keep the year-long-list and the book club by-laws in an easy to find place without scrolling through a million things. Expect changes this week. Also, expect the year-long-list this week.
We have a meeting time! I hope you're all doing well with The Orchardist! Word on the street is that it's now easy to come by, so buy or borrow. I bought mine today and if you're okay with notes in the margins, you're welcome to it when I'm done. B&N has it marked off 20% if you don't want to wait for Amazon to ship it.
As a change of venue, Stacy is our hostess and has booked us the back meeting room at Symposium coffee house in Tigard at 8pm. Yay! The room is free, but if you have the means, it's probably a good idea to buy coffee to support something local.
Symposium
12345 sw Main St
Tigard 97223
8 pm
Sunday, June 30th
See you all then- happy reading!
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Gatsby Film Anyone???
Hi ladies, Karyn here - I know some of you have seen The Great Gatsby, but I'd love to go see it with some book club buddies. I'll be available Friday, Saturday (June 7&8) if anyone wants to meet up with me on those days, please text me! 805-340-6232
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
June
Okay, fastest blog post ever because I'm on my way to the middle school overnight field trip (blechhhh) but I wanted to get this info out before the big weekend-
June's pick is The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
We will meet sometime at the end of June. We have picks figured out for the next yearish, thanks to everyone contributing and Stacy helping me go through them all, and you'll get a long and lovely post with the next year's list and other recommendations, but for now, get started on The Orchardist! This one takes a little bit of time, so make sure you get it and get started.
Anyone willing to host for June, perhaps one of the people that chose the book? Leave a comment or shoot me a text and I'll get the word out.
Happy Reading!
June's pick is The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
We will meet sometime at the end of June. We have picks figured out for the next yearish, thanks to everyone contributing and Stacy helping me go through them all, and you'll get a long and lovely post with the next year's list and other recommendations, but for now, get started on The Orchardist! This one takes a little bit of time, so make sure you get it and get started.
Anyone willing to host for June, perhaps one of the people that chose the book? Leave a comment or shoot me a text and I'll get the word out.
Happy Reading!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Clarification/Reminder/Announcement...?
Hey there!
Seems I wasn't super clear and forgot to update (I know, I forgot to update- shocking!), but for those of you that didn't hear through the grapevine, we're meeting this upcoming Sunday, 5/5, at Karyn's house at 7pm.
We'll be discussing Gatsby and hopefully getting a date on the calendar for seeing the movie after it opens.
Hope to see y'all there!
Happy Reading!
Seems I wasn't super clear and forgot to update (I know, I forgot to update- shocking!), but for those of you that didn't hear through the grapevine, we're meeting this upcoming Sunday, 5/5, at Karyn's house at 7pm.
We'll be discussing Gatsby and hopefully getting a date on the calendar for seeing the movie after it opens.
Hope to see y'all there!
Happy Reading!
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Movies
Two quick movie announcements-
FIRST of all, please join other nesters to watch Dead by Sunset at Stephanie Balavac's house next Sunday, Apr 28th, from 7-10 pm. Snacks at 6:30- movie starts at 7 sharp. :) Please let Karyn or Stephanie know if you'll be able to make it!
Secondly, The Great Gatsby comes out in theatres on May 10th. What days work best for y'all? Post or lemme know so we can pick a time that works for the most people.
Happy Reading!
FIRST of all, please join other nesters to watch Dead by Sunset at Stephanie Balavac's house next Sunday, Apr 28th, from 7-10 pm. Snacks at 6:30- movie starts at 7 sharp. :) Please let Karyn or Stephanie know if you'll be able to make it!
Secondly, The Great Gatsby comes out in theatres on May 10th. What days work best for y'all? Post or lemme know so we can pick a time that works for the most people.
Happy Reading!
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