I'm posting this song for Dottie, because she has challenged me to find a David Bowie link to the books we read.
"Julie" is a B-side to "Day-in Day-out." This is the only clip for the song that I could find on YouTube. For reasons known only to the video's creator, the song has been set to clips from the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
November Book
Thanks to Amanda for suggesting November's book and providing the information about it.
We will be reading Julie & Julia by Julie Powell. The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 20th at 6pm. Does anyone have any ideas of where they'd like to eat?
In this book New Yorker Julie Powell tries to tackle 524 Julia Child recipes in her tiny apartment kitchen in 365 days. The Monroe County Public Library has a couple copies (in the non fiction section). In expensive copies can also be bought at book retailers and amazon.com.
We will be reading Julie & Julia by Julie Powell. The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 20th at 6pm. Does anyone have any ideas of where they'd like to eat?
In this book New Yorker Julie Powell tries to tackle 524 Julia Child recipes in her tiny apartment kitchen in 365 days. The Monroe County Public Library has a couple copies (in the non fiction section). In expensive copies can also be bought at book retailers and amazon.com.
Movie Time!
So The Secret Life of Bees comes to theaters tomorrow. After it's made it to the 5 buck club list, let's all go out and see the movie! This will give us a chance to discuss the book more for those who aren't able to make it to book club tonight.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
"I'm bringin home a baby bumble bee, won't my mommy bee so proud of me...
Twice, I've posted accidentally to the IUAA Blog rather than my blog. This post is intentional! Amanda asked me to put my bee picture on the blog. I shot this at May's at the Fall Open House. For me, to shoot a bee is something akin to someone else shooting a bear. I am very allergic to bees and all stinging insects and carry my injector with me at all times. For me to get up close and personal to a bee like this really gets my adrenaline pumping! Who needs epinephrine? Having said that, I would like to say that I'm so sorry I won't be in town for the next IUAA meeting because I so loved reading the Bee book. I read it years ago. My favorite part was all of the factual information that the reader gets at the beginning of each chapter. If only humans would run society like the little bee colony, we might all be better for it.
So do you know the old camp song that my title refers to?
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Secret Life of Bees in theaters Oct. 17
Today's episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show has the cast of The Secret Life of Bees. The movie stars Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson. Most of us will miss it because Oprah comes on at 4 p.m., but her Web site has some video clips. Check it out at http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20080915_bees.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Bloomington Red Cross Book Fair
Book fair opens Thursday
H-T Report
Sept. 29, 2008
If you love to devour books, prepare for a feast.
For the 25th straight year, the Red Cross Book Fair will take place in Bloomington, offering low-cost books, magazines, CDs, records, cassettes, DVDs, videos, games, and puzzles.
Used books and other media items donated by the public throughout the year are categorized by genre and sold. All proceeds from the fair will go to the Red Cross.
This year the sale will be one day longer than normal, running Oct. 2-7 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds. Local authors Bob Hammel and Michael Koryta will be at the event the first day to sell and sign copies of their newest books.
“We’ve added an indoor concession stand so people can take their time browsing through the lunch and dinner hours,” Sue Gulley, Monroe County Red Cross executive director, said in a prepared statement. “We’ve also moved to the larger commercial building to accommodate the thousands of items we have to sell.”
At the event this year special T-shirts and Red Cross book bags will be on sale. Hours will be extended each day, and many of the same special event days will be in place, such as half price day, bag-it day and free-book day. There will be a half-price bag-it day Monday, and a new clearance section on Thursday and Friday.
Opening day is the only day with an admission fee, $10 at the door.
The fair schedule is as follows:
Thursday, 2-9 p.m.: $10 admission.
Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; half-price books all day.
Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; Bag-it Day all day ($8 for all books packed into a grocery bag)
Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; Half-price Bag-it Day all day ($4 for all books packed into a grocery bag)
Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Free Book Day.
Taken from the Herald-Times online at http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2008/09/29/news.qp-6657017.sto.
H-T Report
Sept. 29, 2008
If you love to devour books, prepare for a feast.
For the 25th straight year, the Red Cross Book Fair will take place in Bloomington, offering low-cost books, magazines, CDs, records, cassettes, DVDs, videos, games, and puzzles.
Used books and other media items donated by the public throughout the year are categorized by genre and sold. All proceeds from the fair will go to the Red Cross.
This year the sale will be one day longer than normal, running Oct. 2-7 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds. Local authors Bob Hammel and Michael Koryta will be at the event the first day to sell and sign copies of their newest books.
“We’ve added an indoor concession stand so people can take their time browsing through the lunch and dinner hours,” Sue Gulley, Monroe County Red Cross executive director, said in a prepared statement. “We’ve also moved to the larger commercial building to accommodate the thousands of items we have to sell.”
At the event this year special T-shirts and Red Cross book bags will be on sale. Hours will be extended each day, and many of the same special event days will be in place, such as half price day, bag-it day and free-book day. There will be a half-price bag-it day Monday, and a new clearance section on Thursday and Friday.
Opening day is the only day with an admission fee, $10 at the door.
The fair schedule is as follows:
Thursday, 2-9 p.m.: $10 admission.
Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; half-price books all day.
Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; Bag-it Day all day ($8 for all books packed into a grocery bag)
Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Free admission; Half-price Bag-it Day all day ($4 for all books packed into a grocery bag)
Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Free Book Day.
Taken from the Herald-Times online at http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2008/09/29/news.qp-6657017.sto.
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