Biblion Boys' Club

The BBC meets once a month in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa to discuss a book.

2013 Selections

Location	Selection	Reaction
Dec 5, 2013 7PM Cedar Rapids Public Library (unconference room)	Richard M. Nixon by Elizabeth Drew	RR SJ Like the book, not the man KW Two hands up! MW Amazing that he was president GR DG "Even his dog didn't like him" - page 45
Oct 22, 2013 7PM Cedar Rapids Public Library (unconference room)	Neuromancer by William Gibson	CB Great opening line FO GR Genre defining DG Stupid Turing Test SJ RR Asimov meets Updike MW After the discussion, I feel bad about this vote.
Sept 12, 2013 6:30 Cedar Rapids Public Library (unconference room)	1491 by Charles C. Mann	CB DG Would have been better at 200 pages RR MW PreColumbian America was distinctive, and impressive as China or Europe, yet what little I knew about it was wrong.  KW DC Liked 1493. FO I wanted to like this book
August 4, 2013 7:30 Matt Wilding's house	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre'	CB FO  Slow start MW Fantastic.  One lie can undo everything DC DG ---- NM RR Didn't hold my interest
June 27, 2013 7:30 Matt Wilding's house	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot	SJ NM FO It's a good book. RR Any book that brings Fred back deserves a MW Ants vs. anthills
May 2, 2013 7:30 Ray Richards' house	Rabbit Redux by John Updike	NM RR Better the second time MW Oh, Rabbit. SJ DC KW
March 28, 2013 7:30 David Chadima's house	Rabbit, Run by John Updike	DC SJ NM RR MW Loved it and bought 3 more!
Feb 19, 2013 7:30 Neil Madsen's house	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald	DC SJ NM RR The Good Gatsby MW I'm with Ray KW Midwest reigns! DG
Jan 14, 2013 7:30 Steve Jackson's house	Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius by Marc Seifer	DC SJ NM Pull the plug RJR Should have hired a ghost writer MW Not written by an engineer or novelist