Mordantly funny and inventive, this take-no-prisoners novel revolves around a few of Boyle's favorite themes: obsessive hygiene, compulsive consumerism, uneasiness in the natural world and fear of technology. As the Vonnegutishly named Tyrone "Ty"...
I'm so sorry that I will not be able to attend. I was looking forward to reading this book. I just signed up for some classes to earn another teaching endorsement, so my schedule has become super busy. I am hoping to come on an every other month b...
In The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan explores the question "What should we have for dinner?" To answer this question, he follows four meals, each derived through a different food-production system, from their ...
Here's a few book discussion guides I found:
Sierra Club magazine
A discussion forum at Booktalk.org
Litlovers.com
And here's a few notable reviews:
NYT
Washington Post
Powell's
BookPage
An interesting critical response to Pollan's book comes from farmer Blake Hurst, writing for The American: "The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals".
"Biotech crops actually cut the use of chemicals, and increase food safety. Are ...
Just a quick note for everyone:
There are a handful of copies of The Book Thief now available at the Circulation Desk. Sorry for the delay! Looks like our discussion of the book may be coinciding with another library's.
Lots of guides out there for this one! Here's a set of questions from the Bellingham Public Library. This longer guide includes a plot summary, website list, and author bio in addition to a set of discussion questions.
Here's a couple of intervie...
The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany. Beginning in 1939, it focuses on an abandoned German girl, Liesel, who is sent to live with foster parents in a small town near Munich. As Liesel learns to cope with her new environment, all the gains she has...
I just got back from the discussion, and had a thought. The reformers hated all the Levee stood for and naturally their tactic was to attack it, but they must have had a concept of their ideal world:
"All men are celibate until marriage, and alwa...