Biblion Boys' Club

2007 Selections

Nov 5, 2007
(ch 14-25)
Sushi House


Oct 10, 2007
(ch 1-13)
Cherry Building
Ming Office
The Search for Modern China

Chapters 1 - 13

by Jonathan D. Spence


Amazon
  DC
  NM
  FO 
  RR
  MW Superb!

Oct 10: Rice Wine: all
Nov 5:  Peking Duck, Steamed Stripped Bass, Chinese Broccoli prepared by Sushi House :  all
Sept. 4, 2007

Cherry Building
Beloved

by Toni Morrison


Amazon
  DC
  FO  once you're past page 60
  RR Based on the discussion I wish I had finished it.
  MW
    NM

Pete's Wicked Ale:  all
Aug 6, 2007

Matt Wilding's house
Slaughterhouse Five

by Kurt Vonnegut


Amazon
  DC
  SJ
  NM
  FO
  RR Quote - The greatest work of American literature in the last half of the 20th Century - unquote.
  MW

Warsteiner Beer:  all
June 25, 2007

Ray Richard's house
Illusions

by Richard Bach

  SJ
  NM
  FO My wife was very happy that I read the book.
  RR Any story with an airplane is good enough for me.
  MW
  DC
  DG Hold out for the original.
Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat: all
May 14, 2007

Neil Madsen's house
The Places in Between

by Rory Stewart

  DC
  FO Enjoyed the short stories of small places
  MW
  SJ I wouldn't want to visit, and I don't want to read about it.
NM
RR The dog died at the end
Sleeman's India Pale Ale, Ridge Line Ale: all except FO
April 9, 2007

Cherry Building
April 1865: The Month That Saved America

by Jay Winik
  DC
  NM
  SJ
  RR
  MW

Liberty Ale: all
March 12, 2007

Cherry Building
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

by Bill Buford
  DC
  MF Entertaining at times
  SJ Rich and satisfying
  NM
  FO
  RR Good, but I had heard too many stories of people hurting themselves before
  MW Another subculture I may only get to read about
Jan. 16, 2007

Steve Jackson's house


His Excellency: George Washington


by Joseph Ellis

  DC
  SJ
  FO Very readable
  RR
  MW