Biblion Boys' Club
2010 Selections

Location Selection Reaction
Nov 15, 2010
7:30

Ray Richards' house
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Daniel Okrent

Amazon
SJ A little dry
FO
RR I can't compete with Steve's quip.
MW History I never knew
KW Times are never achanging.
Oct 11, 2010
7:30

Neil Madsen's house
Welcome to the Monkey House: Stories

by Kurt Vonnegut

Amazon
DC When the going gets weird the weird turn pro.
DH A fun read
SJ Anything Vonnegut's good
NM
RR Best collection of short stories from the 2nd half of the 20th Century
MW Great stories - the BBC's favorite book ever?
KW
Sept 9, 2010
7:30

Matt Wilding's house
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

Amazon
RR When the going gets weird the weird turn pro.
MW Very sad, very funny.
--- NM
DC
Aug 3, 2010
7:30

Steve Jackson's house
Groucho and Me

by Groucho Marx

Amazon
RR Just as good the second time
MW Another outstanding book in the "and me" Series
--- DC
--- SJ It sounded good.
NM
June 29, 2010
7:30

Neil Madsen's house
Dubliners

by James Joyce


Amazon
HI
TI
MW Wyatt Prunty told me to vote thumbs-up
NM
FO
SM There's a lot of books in the world, and given limited time I wouldn't have picked this one.
RR 
June 1, 2010
7:30

Ray Richards' house
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

by Walter R. Borneman

Amazon
DC
RR Best president I'd never heard of
MW Good president; decent book
KW
--- NM
TI Didn't intrigue me enough to keep reading
April 29, 2010
7:30

Matt Wilding's house
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis

Amazon
BC
DC
MF
HI
SJ
NM
FO
RR
MW
KW
April 7, 2010
7:30

David Chadima's house
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

by Gordon S. Wood

Amazon
BC
DC
FO Style was good and I learned a whole bunch.
RR
MW Loved it all, even the chapter titles
KW
---  NM
SJ
Feb 22, 2010
7:30

Neil Madsen's house
Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen


Amazon
NM
FO
RR
MW It's a novel for men, right?
KW
DC
Jan 11, 2010
7:30

Keith Wright's house
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

by Jon Meacham

Amazon
DC
SJ
NM
FO
RR
MW
KW