Do you read? Do you like discussing what you read in a casual environment? Then come to a USF Book Club monthly meeting! The next book we will discuss is The History of Love by Nicole Krauss and we’ll meet on January 13th (Friday the 13th!) from 12 noon – 1 pm in the Seminar … Continue reading USF Book Club: The History of Love
Howdy everyone! The Book Club will read and discuss Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay for December. We will meet on December 9, 2011 in Room 139 of Gleeson Library from 12-1 pm. Gleeson has a copy of Savage Beauty that you can request, but it will probably go fast so your alternatives are requesting … Continue reading USF Book Club: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Howdy bookclubbers! Today we discussed Packing for Mars under a bright blue sky in the USF Garden and we choose our next two selections. We’ll meet in the seminar room of Gleeson Library (#209) for both of these meetings. 12-1 pm, November 11, 2011 (Friday): A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (novel) Gleeson … Continue reading USF Book Club: Nov/Dec Selections
Hello bookclubbers! Media Studies Professor Vamsee Juluri is teaching a Davies Seminar this semester, which is called Making American Book Culture. He has invited Book Club to be part of the class! I agreed to read Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart and visit the class on September 22, 2011 to join in … Continue reading USF Book Club ~ Special Meeting
Howdy book lovers! The USF Book Club’s next meeting will be on Friday, October 7, 2011 from 12 noon – 1 pm in the USF Community Garden (located next to the School of Education Parking lot, entrance at Turk Blvd. and Tamalpais Terrace). We will discuss Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. Packing for Mars … Continue reading USF Book Club: Packing for Mars
Hello friends! The USF Book Club has made its selections for the next two months: September: Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit — 12 noon, Friday September 9, 2011, in the community garden. Infinite City is the 2011 USF Reading Project selection, so we are reading this beautiful, full color, large-format book … Continue reading USF Book Club: Infinite City and Packing for Mars
Hello! On July 20, 2011 the USF Book Club will meet to discuss The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall. Gleeson’s copy is checked out right now, but we’ve got it loaded on our iPads and our Kindle. There’s always Link+ or SF Public until our copy comes in! Come meet us in the seminar room, … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Lonely Polygamist
Hello friends! Today Book Club picked its next two titles: On June 15, 2011 we will discuss Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff. Gleeson does not yet own a physical copy of this, but you can view it on one of our iPads or our Kindle, request it through Link+, or get it from SF … Continue reading USF Book Club: June & July Selections
While our April meeting is coming up in a couple days, the Book Club had the foresight to pick our May selection ahead of time. In May we will discuss The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, translated from the French by Alison Anderson. I’m looking forward to this book because folks were raving … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Hi everyone! Today at Book Club we chose the titles for the next two months: Thursday, April 14, 2011 – Parfum by Patrick Süskind (trans. from the German) Thursday, May 12, 2011 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (trans. from the French) To get Parfum, you can put a hold on Gleeson’s … Continue reading USF Book Club: April and May Selections