Just when you thought we were gone forever and you’d have to follow a book club where people actually all talk about the same book, we’re back in session, squabbling and talking over each other just like Parlimentarians. On a fine July evening we gathered garden-side in my backyard to eat BBQed sliders and other tasty snacks, drink potent Kong cocktails, and recommend these books for your summer reads:
Erin – The City Homesteader, Scott Meyer
If you’ve ever wanted to live on a farm but don’t want to leave the city, this is for you
Easy, accessible guide
Erin really wants chickens
[Ed. Note: I took crappy notes, but Erin and I made a video about it here]
Mark — A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
A lot of sex
Substitute sex with swordplay or swordplay with sex
Pretty bloody
Also reading Tales of the Otori, George R. Martin’s is way better
Mini-series = faithful adaptation
Need for more costume porn (This is your responsibility).
Loretta — The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, Lydia Davis
Inspired L to read more short stories
Two-line short stories
Read “Break it Down” for break-up therapy
A way of capturing an idea in a moment in life
Ron — And the Pursuit of Happiness, Maira Kalman
It’s not about urban [...]
