July 2009

What a lovely summer evening last night:  a circle of friends under a rainbow on the HYC patio.  Tom joined the group and we all cooed at the mere mention of Mr. Darcy.  We also drooled over the bologna sandwich Frank McCourt described in his book Teacher Man.  "This was no ordinary bologna sandwich.  This was made by an Italian mother."  Shall we have a bologna sandwich cook-off in honor of Frank?

And She Was - Cindy Dyson

Check out her web site at www.cindydyson.com and spy on her book club at olpddiary.blogspot.com.  Looks like they're heading to a cabin for their July meeting.  Maybe we could do an exchange.

The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

Which reminds me of our monthly pundit:  This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly.  It should be thrown with great abandon!   - Dorothy Parker

Frank McCourt:  Teacher Man, 'Tis, Angela's Ashes

Firefly Summer - Maeve Binchy

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

The Sister - Poppy Adams

A Mind at a Time - Melvin Levine  

The Women - T.C. Boyle

Loving Frank - Nancy Horan

Shogun - James Clavell

The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden

Speaking of Faith NPR program

Stuart Brown and his correlation between success and playful activity

Driving Like Crazy - PJ O'Rourke

The Power and the Glory - Wm Manchester

D-Day - Stephen Ambrose

Citizen Soldiers - Stephen Ambrose

Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose

Holy War - Karen Armstrong

Jesus and Yahweh - Harold Bloom

A Thousand Spendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

Creek Mary's Blood - Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

The Shack - William P. Young

The New Golden Age - Ravi Batra

Palace - L. Neil Smith

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

Conspiracies of Rome - Richard Blake

The Family Man - Elinor Lipman

the great Jane Austen