Big Short Meeting

Good turnout last night, Good time as well.
Mike Q and I will plan the next session. Looks like bowling.
Under consideration for books are
Bowling Alone : the Collapse an Revival of the American Community
Bowling Across America: 50 states in rented shoes

Any other suggestions welcome.

Bowling shirts a must....

Peter

Good Reads Lately

Anybody read anything good lately?

I just finished "Game Change", and found it a good interesting quick read. Provided some insight into the Obama / Hillary world, but maybe not enough into the McCain Palin world... A good read in hardcover http://www.amazon.com/Game-Change-Clintons-McCain-Lifetime/dp/0061733636/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268017700&sr=1-1

Read Superfreakenomics a few moths ago. Also a quick read, interesting knowledge on the price of s#x on the streets of Chicago ( wonder if Obama did some of the research, you know Bill C would have helped if it was in his hometown). Overall a good read, but such a quick read I think the paperback copy might be more worth it. http://www.amazon.com/SuperFreakonomics-Intl-Patriotic-Prostitutes-Insurance/dp/0062003208/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268017646&sr=1-3


My barber gave me a copy of this http://www.amazon.com/Im-Staying-My-Boys-Basilone/dp/0312611447/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268017534&sr=8-2-spell I'll let you know my thoughts...

p.s. even thought these are amazon links, shop local http://www.wordsmaplewood.com/

Good Time at Toro Loco

OK, guys....trying to resuscitate the blog.... Good meeting at TL last Wednesday. Dave, John and Jim, you were missed. Dave Binder will take up the cudgel for the next meeting on April 23. I think we can break out the shirts then and attract some attention. The next thing we have to work on is the secret handshake. Be well. - - Mike.

Back Again

Guys - - It was indeed a pleasant evening we spent out on Mr. Gray's deck. All good. Look forward to reading "The Blind Side" and getting together in September. Shirts are coming - -don't despair. After that, Oprah! Mike M.

We all have a role in bringing reading back

Half of all Americans under 44 did not read a book last year, according to Susan Jacoby, the author of a new book on anti-intellectualism in America. She was interviewed earlier in the week on WNYC.

Books Read

The books we've read.

Summer of '49. David Halberstam
Promise Me. Harlen Coben
Tipping Point. Malcolm Gladwell
A History of the World in Six Glasses. Tom Standage
Pistol. The Life of Pete Maravich. Mark Kriegel
Blind Side. Michael Lewis
A Magnificent Catastrophe
Forever. Pete Hamill
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Bill Bryson
Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell
Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer
Lincoln and His Generals, Kenneth Williams
Over Time, Frank Deford
The Big Short, Michael Lewis
The Execution Channel, Ken McLeod
One Shot, Lee Child
Howard Cosell, The Man, the Myth and the Transformation of American Sports; Mark Ribowsky
Open, An Autobiography;  Andrew Agassi
Await Your Reply, Daniel Chaon
Lone Survivor;  Marcus Luttrell
The Art of Fielding; Chad Harbach
City of Thieves; David Benioff
Unbroken; Laura Hillenbrand
Over Time; My Life as a Broadcaster; Frank Deford
A Civil War; Army-Navy, A year Inside Football's purist rivalry; John Feinstein
Trust Your Eyes; Barclay Linwood
The Shadow Factory; James Bamford
Six Guys from Hackensack; George Kirsch
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian; Sherman Alexie
Devil in the White City; Erik Larson
The Last Newspaperman; Mark Di Ionno
In the Garden of Beasts; Erik Larson
The Boys in the Boat; Daniel James Brown
Green on Blue; Elliot Ackerman
Snowman; Jo Nesbo
The Geography of Bliss; One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World; Eric Weiner
The Big Finish; James W. Hall
Black Mass; Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal.  By Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
Spy Secrets that Can Save Your Life; by Jason Hanson.
In the Heart of Everything that Is; The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend; by Bob Drury
The New New Thing; A Silicon Valley Story; by Michael Lewis
Ghost Soldiers; Hampton Sides
Foreign Agent; Brad Thor
Last Days of Night; Graham Moore
The Secret Game; Scott Ellsworth
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck;  Mark Manson

This is great

I bet the girls book club has nothing like this...

Lets keep it that way, never share your password:) Don't even let them know this site exists....

Pat