Biblion Boys' Club

2007 Selections

Nov 5, 2007
(ch 14-25)
Sushi House


Oct 10, 2007
(ch 1-13)
Cherry Building
Ming Office
The Search for Modern China

Chapters 1 - 13

by Jonathan D. Spence


Amazon
  DC
  NM
  FO 
  RR
  MW Superb!

Oct 10: Rice Wine: all
Nov 5:  Peking Duck, Steamed Stripped Bass, Chinese Broccoli prepared by Sushi House all
Sept. 4, 2007

Cherry Building
Beloved

by Toni Morrison


Amazon
  DC
  FO  once you're past page 60
  RR Based on the discussion I wish I had finished it.
  MW
    NM

Pete's Wicked Ale:  all
Aug 6, 2007

Matt Wilding's house
Slaughterhouse Five

by Kurt Vonnegut


Amazon
  DC
  SJ
  NM
  FO
  RR Quote - The greatest work of American literature in the last half of the 20th Century - unquote.
  MW

Warsteiner Beer:  all
June 25, 2007

Ray Richard's house
Illusions

by Richard Bach

  SJ
  NM
  FO My wife was very happy that I read the book.
  RR Any story with an airplane is good enough for me.
  MW
  DC
  DG Hold out for the original.
Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat: all
May 14, 2007

Neil Madsen's house
The Places in Between

by Rory Stewart

  DC
  FO Enjoyed the short stories of small places
  MW
  SJ I wouldn't want to visit, and I don't want to read about it.
NM
RR The dog died at the end
Sleeman's India Pale Ale, Ridge Line Ale: all except FO
April 9, 2007

Cherry Building
April 1865: The Month That Saved America

by Jay Winik
  DC
  NM
  SJ
  RR
  MW

Liberty Ale: all
March 12, 2007

Cherry Building
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

by Bill Buford
  DC
  MF Entertaining at times
  SJ Rich and satisfying
  NM
  FO
  RR Good, but I had heard too many stories of people hurting themselves before
  MW Another subculture I may only get to read about
Jan. 16, 2007

Steve Jackson's house


His Excellency: George Washington


by Joseph Ellis

  DC
  SJ
  FO Very readable
  RR
  MW