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The inside line on Albuquerque, NM
A friend involved me in a book club once, and I was TERRIBLE at it. But I still like the idea. Proposed: List and link the really great books you're reading, plus related other books, articles, music, film, and then we can discuss.
Members: 141
Created By: sophie
Latest Activity: May 13
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky This cult young adult novel is one of those books that makes you (first) horrified at what kids are reading (the sex and drugs are pretty much ri... Continue
Tagged: mtv, book, perks of being a wallflower, chbosky
Started by Kitson Harvey. Last reply by Laura May 13.
How have Mozart, George Gershwin, Elton John, Bono, Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones, Alanis Morissette, and Chris Martin and Coldplay come up with their songs? How did da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakesp... Continue
Tagged: visionary, self-actualization, book, behavior, weber
Started by Jesse S May 11
I have just been introduced to the joys of the A is for Alibi... series by Sue Grafton. So fantastic. Does anyone have any other detective series they love? I'm also a big fan of Elizabeth George. ... Continue
Started by Kitson Harvey. Last reply by Jill May 2.
Several years ago, I was driving to the Denver area to visit with family. I like to play an audiobook when I drive - seems to quell my impatience with the miles. I chose "All the Pretty Horses" by ... Continue
Tagged: cormac, mccarthy, recommended, audiobooks, author
Started by Arvan. Last reply by Lady Noodle Apr 13.
I'm sure I'll burn for this: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Shot in the Heart God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church God Is Not Great: How R... Continue
Started by Kitson Harvey. Last reply by sophie Apr 11.
Folks, this is a great club for me because it seriously takes me 6 months to read a book. Lately a friend and I have been doing a "Hemingway book club" of sorts, trying to read all (or most) of Ern... Continue
There's a fascinating (and fairly heated) conversation going along in local historical and religious circles about the Crypto-Jews, the possibly apocryphal Jewish families who some believe came to ... Continue
Tagged: jewish, mexico, albuquerque, new, crypto-jew
Fasinating and well-written history of Kit Carson, New Mexico, and Manifest Destiny. One of the things that I found most interesting was the discussion of the (very messed up, almost comic) relatio... Continue
It just. keeps. growing. I expect I'll update this pretty regularly. 1984 18 Seconds: A Novel The Adventuress The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo The Alchemist The Ama... Continue
I work at a small company where employees travel. Travel a lot and all over the world. One day a few books ended up on a table. A year later, those few books have grown to a two bookcase library. I... Continue
Started by Mom Of Two Mar 2
One thing I will say for Santa Fe (and actually, I do say all sorts of nice things about that town): Their public library rocks the whole magazine swap thing. In the main library, in the front ent... Continue
Tagged: libraries, books, magazines
Started by sophie. Last reply by Mom Of Two Mar 2.
Let's do it you guys! Books I am wiling to Swap: Joy Luck CLub Catcher IN the Rye ...hmmm....i'll think of more later Anyone else have books that they want to send some way?
Started by ZigZagBangBang Feb 26
I wish everyone here would read the book, "Who killed My Daughter?" by Lois Duncan. It's a true story about her daughter Kaitlyn's murder back in 1987. This happened here in Albuquerque, and remain... Continue
Started by Lynn. Last reply by ZigZagBangBang Feb 26.
I am new to this club, and just joined the fix today. Is there any books on phsycic stuff or mystical stuff that you know of?
Just got it for Christmas - it's called "After Dark," and is written from a detached third-person perspective that's quite a bit different than any of his other stuff. I like it so far, though...se... Continue
Last week I bought another copy of this book by Audrey Niffenegger; the 3rd copy I've purchased, because I keep lending it out and never getting it back. Someone mentioned it in a post or a reply, ... Continue
Synopsis from Wikipedia (who says it better than I): Over the course of an evening in an outdoor Lahore cafe, a bearded Pakistani man called Changez (the Urdu name for Genghis) tells a nervous Am... Continue
Tagged: hamid, reluctant, fundamentalist, great, reads
So, I just finished this book this morning on the Albuquerque Rapid Ride. I will admit that before I started it I wasn't expecting anything much. But it turned out to be fantastic. Only halfway thr... Continue
Started by ZigZagBangBang Jan 22
My bookclub has been active for about 4 years, and we've discovered some great reads over the years. One of the members creates us a bookmark every January listing the past year's reads so we don't... Continue
Started by Kelly. Last reply by Mikaela Renz-Whitmore Jan 21.
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