Book Clubs are Cozy: Mr. Pip by Lloyd James

by Leslie Patson | 2nd June 2010

Last night the infamous (by our own accord) Bad Girls and Boys book club met to discuss the novel Mr. Pip by Lloyd James. I think it would be unanimous to say that the club reached a new level of RAUCOUS and I’m not sure if it was because of the exciting news of Miriam’s [...] Read More

Book Clubs are Cozy: Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir

by Leslie Patson | 28th March 2010

Well, the bad boys and girls book club was true to form the other night when although most people did show up, only half had read the book! What the what???? We convened at Miriam’s beautiful new house on Laurel Canyon to discuss the novel Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir by Lauren Slater. This was Brandy’s [...] Read More

Book Clubs are Cozy: The Alchemist

by Leslie Patson | 12th February 2010

The Bad Girls (and Boys) Book Club got off to a good start this 2010 with a Feb. 10th meeting at Sara’s house to discuss the inspiring fable The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. The ambitious club has decided to speed reading up a little and is scheduling their next meeting for March which considering they [...] Read More

Book Clubs are Cozy: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

by Leslie Patson | 20th November 2009

It was a blustery Autumn night (even for Southern California!) when the book club met to discuss their latest novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows. We were thrilled to be welcoming new member Craig and commiserating that Brandy was out of town and Miriam was stuck [...] Read More

Anna Wintour is not Cozy but the movie is!

by Leslie Patson | 1st October 2009

Snuck off yesterday and treated myself to an afternoon showing of The September Issue, the documentary by R.J. Cutler about putting out Vogue’s largest issue to date back in September 2007. This is a real insider movie and I think if you don’t know who these people are you are not going to enjoy the [...] Read More

Cozy Book Club: Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

by Leslie Patson | 10th September 2009

If you’re not a member of our bookclub you are probably asking yourself what does Michael Cera have to do with anything? I keep asking myself the same question, but anyhow here goes the tale of last night’s fabulous book club meeting! Hostess Miriam somehow managed to work the entire day but still laid out [...] Read More

Cozy Book Club: When the World Was Young

by Leslie Patson | 3rd July 2009

Ok girls, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long long time. And alcohol only had a little, ok, a bit to do with it! After submitting suggestions and picking from a hat, Miriam’s book choice (see below) came up first and a lively discussion ensued. An even livelier discussion ensued when we came to [...] Read More

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