tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50933532011-04-21T15:06:10.587-05:00Books In The BooniesI live in the middle of a cornfield, a very rural area.
I like reading and promoting SeniorNet.org/booksPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093353.post-1141948497084736612006-03-09T17:54:00.000-06:002006-03-09T17:58:53.896-06:00 SeniorNet Books ---My Name Is Red ~ Orhan Pamuk ~ March 1 "My Name Is Red. At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art. A transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth century Istanbul." The Publisher ---Founding Mothers ~ Cokie Roberts ~ March 1 I'm delighted to announce that tomorrow is Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093353.post-1138842579933258792006-02-01T18:58:00.000-06:002006-03-09T17:57:28.820-06:00 SeniorNet Books February 1, 2006 BookBytes This is why I love RATW. We are being taken out of our comfort zone. We go to new places and meet new people. It's just really fun. Just think of how many places we have not gone to yet: Czechoslovakia, Africa, Poland, West Indies, Germany, etc. As the young people say "This is just too cool." ~ ~ ~ From Hats -- in RATW ---Pomegranate Soup ~ Marsha Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093353.post-1136131751511827102006-01-01T10:07:00.000-06:002006-01-01T10:31:07.486-06:00<!--1-1-06-->BOOK BYTES---Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ~ Dai Sijie ~ RATW ~ Book Club Online ~ January 2The power of books - to excite, to enlighten, to inspire - serves as the theme of this engaging gem by Chinese-born French filmmaker Dai Sijie. The story takes place at the height of the Cultural Revolution in Mao's China. It describes the "reeducation" of two teenage boys on an Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093353.post-1135730271377995522005-12-27T18:24:00.000-06:002005-12-27T18:41:36.836-06:00In the Culture Folder of Books & Culture on www.seniornet.org we have a PBS Program Club discussion. Opening today is a discussion that will follow the PBS program Imagining America: Icons of 20th-Century American Art. December 28 on most PBS stations.The discussion can be found here ~ PBS Program Club Current Discussion: Imagining America: Icons of 20th-Century American Art.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093353.post-1135133273753602662005-12-20T20:29:00.000-06:002005-12-20T21:24:42.660-06:00Books in the Boonies is open again with a new look. The SeniorNet Books Discussion of 1776 ~ David McCullough ~ January 2nd looks to be an interesting one. We read McCullough's John Adams 4 years ago, and it was a goos discussion.The SeniorNet Book Discussion, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ~ Dai Sijie ~ Book Club Online ~ January 2nd. was chosen by popular vote in the Read Around thePatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180219822021103496noreply@blogger.com