2018 Selections2018 Selections| Location | Selection | Reaction | |
| April 24, 2018 7:30PM Matt Wilding's home |
 The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis |
 CB DG It's
still a miracle to me DE Vote
based on strength of story, not style BF Enlightening
for me - a new way to look at old info HI TI Lot of good info and things
I learned FK Such a pleasure to read and discuss CO Vote on
content not style TP MW Robert Morris, unheralded
financial hero of Yorktown! KW FO
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| June 12, 2018 7:30PM Ben Fashimpaur's home |
 Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande |
CB Pulls the exam room curtain effectively
BF CO I thought it was
fascinating. MW Learned a lot about
what it's like to be a medical doctor. DG Anecdotes don't
make books better |
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| July 31, 2018 7:30PM Charles Odenkamp's home |
 Dreams
of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army that
Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded
a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europeby Kevin J. McNamara |
CO For a very limited audience
MW Good history but needs a narrative CB DC How do you make this story not
interesting? RC
I bailed early. DG The
Mouse that Roared FK Too much foreplay |
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| Sept 11, 2018 7:00PM Dry Creek Brew David Greve, host |
 The Monk of Mokha
by David Eggers |
DAG The enduring American
dream
CO Coffee is more complex than I thought MW A great story in a great country. TP RK
Couldn't get past the first page
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| Oct 30, 2018 7:30PM Matt Wilding's home |
 Distraction by Bruce Sterling
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GW Enjoyed world building;
wanted more plot MW I can't defend it, but I loved it. CB DG
"Mentioning something" != "Writing about
something"
CO Seemed like a plot
summary for a 2000 page novel ---- KW |
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| Dec 3, 2018 7:30 Keith Wright's home |
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin |
CO A very nice story, even
if not dramatic GR Quintessential example of why you join a
bookclub: great book I wouldn't have read
otherwise. MW I love Eilis, but her
passivity drives me nuts GW ---- DG TP
No protagonist or antagonist |