Ecova
Flyer #5 Friday, March 30th, 2012
Greetings! Salutations! Grand Friday to you, fellow reading enthusiasts! Still having fun? Are we getting enough variety and new reading options? Still looking for more? Well, we are so excited to share these titles with you! What’s that? The list is longer? HA! Just means you have more to pick from!
Web Bulletin/Community Board:
Please continue to watch the Non-Business Community Board for monthly newsletters and book lists. We encourage people to pick a book and read! BUT! Some of us are not quite comfortable posting a book review on the Community Board. That is quite alright. Jennifer Karalfa and I are currently working on a Blogger through Google (NOT the Google Groups we tried in late 2011!) where it will be much easier to respond with book title suggestions for future lists and post mini-reviews!
What about Book List 2? Again, please be advised that we will only be posting LIST ONE in the Non-Business Community Board! I am working to add a page/link on the Blogger to allow easy access for interested people to view and post comments/reviews on List 2.
Email:
Attendance of meetings is encouraged, but not required. Thus, email will be a great method to network. Watch your inbox for a link to connect you with our NEW Ecova Book Club Blogger! I will be sure to add easy instructions on how to get connected!
Genre Interests:
This is your monthly reminder so everyone can be aware of what genres will most likely end up on each list. List One will be posted publicly on the Non-Business Community Board in Outlook every month within a few days of the Book Club Meeting. List Two will be emailed to interested persons only. This list will also be available for perusal at Loretta Sharbono’s desk, in Data Entry. You may choose to participate in one or both lists! ~
List One:
Mystery
Historical Fiction Religious/Inspirational
Western
List Two:
Erotica/Romance
Graphic Novels
Please remember that many authors can span several “genres” within a single novel. If your interest is in Science Fiction, please do not be deterred from reading a book that may be an Action Thriller Fantasy, and so on.
How are we doing for book selections on our lists? I would greatly appreciate your input!
*Please be advised that List Two is available only by request, via email. Only!*
Reading Schedule/Lists:
A new list will be compiled and released every month in the Outlook Non-Business Community Board. List One will also be posted on a board by my desk in Data Entry near the 5th Floor Garage Exit. I will continue to play with display ideas; woefully, I haven’t acquired any display book covers to go alongside the book lists just yet.
Meeting Schedule:
Well, I am happy to say that while many of us have conflicting schedules that may not always allow for a few stolen moments to chat about our book lists, we will be meeting on the last Thursday of each month from here on! Woo Hoo!!! SO! What this means! We will continue to meet in the Spokane 5th Floor Lunch Room from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (one time a month!) and kick back and laugh!
So! I challenge you to mark your calendar!
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 26th!
Where can I get a copy of that book?
There are many book stores in our neighborhoods, as well as libraries. If you find a title that you “just have to add to the home library”, be encouraged! Check your local library for used copies that have been retired from the public shelves! Browse the shelves of your neighborhood second hand book stores, such as Auntie’s Bookstore and 2nd Look Books! Of course, there are big book stores, like Barnes & Noble. Don’t forget the value of shopping online through venues like Half.com, Amazon.com, Ebay.com, and more. Not sure where to go? Just ask! We can help you locate that special book! Of course, you are not limited to just reading hard copies of any book you may find on these monthly lists. We encourage audiobooks! eBooks! Borrowing from your library! Buying second hand books! And, even pre-ordering upcoming releases! What can we say? WE LOVE ALL TYPES AND FORMATS OF BOOKS!
**Do you know of any local book sales or have any books you would like to sell or trade? Let us know and we will post it in our next newsletter!**
What we were reading:
*February 2012 reading list was:
· The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
· Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
· Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
· The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
· Mortal Friends: A Novel by James Carroll
· Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Did you read any of these books? If so, what did you think? Let us know!
What we are reading now:
The following titles will be discussed at our next meeting, on April 26th, in detail. These titles have been agreed upon for this month’s assigned reading. You are welcome to read any, or all of the books listed below. All comments are welcomed and encouraged!
*March 2012 reading list is:
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce #2)
By Alan Bradley
Flavia thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacy are over—and then Rupert Porson has an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. The beloved puppeteer has had his own strings sizzled, but who’d do such a thing and why? For Flavia, the questions are intriguing enough to make her put aside her chemistry experiments and schemes of vengeance against her insufferable big sisters. Astride Gladys, her trusty bicycle, Flavia sets out from the de Luces’ crumbling family mansion in search of Bishop’s Lacey’s deadliest secrets.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness #1)
by Tamora Pierce
"From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight."
And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Though a girl, Alanna has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch places: Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent to learn magic; Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page.
But the road to knighthood is not an easy one. As Alanna masters the skills necessary for battle, she must also learn to control her heart and to discern her enemies from her allies.
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins -- one that will leard to the fulfillment of her dreams and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land.
And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Though a girl, Alanna has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch places: Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent to learn magic; Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page.
But the road to knighthood is not an easy one. As Alanna masters the skills necessary for battle, she must also learn to control her heart and to discern her enemies from her allies.
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins -- one that will leard to the fulfillment of her dreams and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land.
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?: Bestselling author of Family--The Ties That Bind...And Gag!
by Erma Bombeck
“See if you can read a paragraph without laughing out loud.” – Art Buchwald
The enchanting lady of laughter has done it again – this time taking a hilarious swipe at husbands, honeymoons, tennis elbow, marriage, lettuce, the national anthem, and a host of other domestic dilemmas.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide #1)
by Douglas Adams
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum #1)
by Janet Evanovich
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wise-guys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash--fast--but times are tough, and soon she's forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family. Stephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie's bail bonding company. She's got no experience. But that doesn't matter. Neither does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli. From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got into her pants to the time Steph hit him with her father's Buick, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. And now the hot guy is in hot water--wanted for murder.
Abject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn't. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she'll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight--and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man.
Abject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn't. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she'll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight--and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man.
Conversations With Myself
by Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his entire extant personal papers, which offer an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life.
Until Proven Guilty (J.P. Beaumont #1)
by J.A. Jance
The little girl was only five, much too young to die -- a lost treasure who should have been cherished, not murdered. She could have been J.P. Beaumont's kid, and the determined Seattle homicide detective won't rest until her killer pays dearly. But the hunt is leading Beaumont into a murky world of religious fanaticism, and toward a beautiful, perilous obsession all his own. And suddenly Beau himself is a target -- because faith can be dangerous...and love can kill.
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan #4)
by Tom Clancy
Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting." The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world's most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on...
Passenger 13 (Ben Hope 0.50)
by Scott Mariani
Five years before the events of The Alchemist's Secret...
June 2003: the world is still on fire in the aftermath of 9/11. Fresh from the bloody conflict of the Second Gulf War, SAS soldier Ben Hope returns to Britain for some R&R leave, only to find himself embroiled in an intrigue deadlier than anything he's encountered on the battlefields of Iraq.
When a passenger aircraft piloted by Ben's former army comrade Nick Chapman crashed off the Cayman Islands killing everyone on board, the official line was that Chapman committed suicide. But things don't add up, and Ben's old friend is barely in his grave before unfolding events point to something far bigger and more sinister going on. What did Chapman witness that powerful forces would do anything to suppress? Who was the mysterious thirteenth passenger on board the doomed flight?
June 2003: the world is still on fire in the aftermath of 9/11. Fresh from the bloody conflict of the Second Gulf War, SAS soldier Ben Hope returns to Britain for some R&R leave, only to find himself embroiled in an intrigue deadlier than anything he's encountered on the battlefields of Iraq.
When a passenger aircraft piloted by Ben's former army comrade Nick Chapman crashed off the Cayman Islands killing everyone on board, the official line was that Chapman committed suicide. But things don't add up, and Ben's old friend is barely in his grave before unfolding events point to something far bigger and more sinister going on. What did Chapman witness that powerful forces would do anything to suppress? Who was the mysterious thirteenth passenger on board the doomed flight?
~READ! It feeds the mind!~
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