December 14th meeting - Beneath a Marble Sky

We met at Kristen's for lovely soup (black bean and butternut squash-and-leek), Yankee swap, and a chat with John Shors, the author of Beneath a Marble Sky.

We all liked the book and enjoyed our 15-minute chat with Mr. Shors, who seems like a very nice man. It was fun to get the scoop on his movie deal for Beneath a Marble Sky and to hear about his next book, which he has just started.

We had a somewhat tame Yankee swap -- everybody ends up with nice stuff, so it's hard to be too covetous.

Thanks to Kristen, her husband, and baby Louise for hosting us! We had fun visit from the black labs too. ("I've never seen a coffee table cleaned off so fast," remarked Leann after the dogs came through furiously wagging their tails.)

Other Books
Books people talked about that I was able to note:

• Don't Know Much About History - readable history book, by Kenneth C. Davis
  
• The Hidden Assassins (and the first two in the series before this - The Blind Man of Seville and The Vanished Hands) - mysteries set in Spain, by Robert Wilson
  
• A Girl Named Zippy - memoir, by Haven Kimmel
  
• A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - fun fiction, by Marina Lewycka

Next Meeting
We're going classic in our next meeting.

Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Place: Becky's
Date: January 25, 2007

We're going to discuss the book and watch the movie.

Happy holidays, everybody!