2014 Biblion Boys' Club

Selections
Location Selection Reaction
Nov 4, 2014

Matt Wilding's house

Dear Committee Members

by Julie Schumacher
CB
DC Much better than Pride and Prejudice
DG I recommend it.
BP
RR
MW  A good book - which is rare as hen's teeth
 ---   SJ
 ---   KW

Sept 9, 2014
7:00

Cedar Rapids Public Library

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt


by Michael Lewis
BP
RR We should always act the book out for the non-readers
MW Great read, though mostly only the sharks get hurt
July 30, 2014
7:30

Steve Jackson's house

In the Garden of the Beasts:  Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin


by Erik Larson

CB
HI
SJ
BP
FR
RR
MW After-the-fact narrative?  Not in this case perhaps.
June 9, 2014
7:00PM

Cedar Rapids Public Library (unconference room)
Skull in the Ashes: Murder, A Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America

by Peter Kaufman
DC
HI
SJ Beyond a reasonable doubt
BP
MW
RR
---- DG
April 24, 2014 7:00PM

Keith Wright's house

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

by Reza Aslen
DC
HI
SJ
BP
MW I learned a lot.
KW Don't need a college degree to read it
RR Trite.
March 13, 2014
7:00PM

Cedar Rapids Public Library (unconference room)

Tocqueville's Discovery of America

by Leo Damrosch

CB Insightful and relevant
RR
MW The man who famously fathomed America is a real person in this well-told history
KW We are who we are 
Jan 23, 2014
7:30PM

Keith Wright's house

The Twelve Caesers

by Seutonius

DC
MW So many cultural assumptions!
KW et tu, David?
----  RR 

 
BBC Members
Craig Barnum (CB)

David Chadima (DC) chadima.org
David Greve (DG) thegreves.com
Tim Isenberg (TI)
Steve Jackson (SJ)  
Neil Madsen (NM)  
Fred Ochs (FO)

Ray Richards (RR)
richardsonline.us
Matt Wilding (MW) hokiepokie.org
Keith Wright (KW)

 

BBC Friends
Bill Bevier (BB)
 bevier.com
Bob Chadima (BC)

Doug Elliott (DE)

Mike Fogliano (MF)

Ben Fashimpaur (BF)  
Alex Halfpenny (AH)

David Hayes (DH)  
Ray Kamin (RK) kaminislands.com
Fred Rudolph (FR)

Randy Walton (RW)

Bill Wilding (BW) www.usi.edu/science/math/bwilding