Friday, April 3, 2009

Commenting 101

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Announcing: Our April Book!


Our book for April (as selected by Daphne) is The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor. Available at Amazon.com.

Check out this review by another book club blog, Three Guys One Book.

SAVE THE DATE!

Our next meeting will be Tuesday May 5th (also known as "Cinco de Mayo". . .get ready!)

Location TBD.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Nasi Goreng is just fried rice?!

The group takes on Indonesian food at Bali Nusa Indah and discusses Signed, Mata Hari. . .








Friday, March 20, 2009

Interview with Yannick Murphy

Check out this interesting Bookslut interview with Yannick Murphy, the author of Signed, Mata Hari. It discusses her inspiration behind the book as well as her introduction to writing as a profession. I found the following passage particularly interesting:

You write so perceptively about the paradoxes of womanhood. Of how a woman is damned for being beautiful and damned for not being beautiful. If you’re smart that’s bad, and if you don’t use your intelligence, then you’re just a stupid female. You’re either a saint or a slut. You address this double-bind in so many subtle ways in Signed, Mata Hari.
I think that’s probably just how I operate as a writer, too. Having things that are ironic, or just stating things that are in opposition to one another, always seem to create the dynamic force within a book and propel the book forward so that it becomes something not even the writer is aware of as they’re doing it. That’s what I love about writing, when that presence takes hold of the book and the writing lifts off the page and all of sudden you realize what you’re creating is more of an object than a linear or regular piece.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

March Meeting at Bali Nusa Indah!


Join us for our next book club meeting, where we will discuss Signed, Mata Hari. . .

When: Tuesday March 31st
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Bali Nusa Indah
651 9th Avenue (btw 45th and 46th Streets)


Check out their NY Mag Review!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Meeting: Tuesday Feb. 24th




Date: Tuesday February 24th
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Boca Chica
13 1st Avenue (at 1st St.)
Book: The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao

And, yes we have reservations (but only for 10. . .so RSVP)!

Signed, Mata Hari. . .you are elusive!


So, the mysterious and elusive Signed, Mata Hari is at last available at Amazon.com.

Order me!

Get prepared for our second book by ordering it online since it isn't available at any stores in NYC! ha!