Book Clubs are Cozy: The God of Small Things

by Leslie Patson | 7th March 2012

This past Sunday night was yet another rousing get together of the BBBGBC (that’s Bad Boy Bad Girls Book Club)- the first meeting in 2012 and held at Craig’s house to disucss Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. We had 4 out of 5 attending (Sara,you were sorely missed!) with me skyping in from [...] Read More

Book Clubs are Cozy: The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

by Leslie Patson | 1st April 2011

What a cozy book club I belong to! First of all, they rescheduled last Thursday’s long awaited get together when bad boy Craig had the flu – just can’t have the club without him! And then they are so patient with me skyping in! It’s such a funny and modern way to attend a dinner [...] Read More

Book Clubs are Cozy: The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Leslie Patson | 24th September 2010

Thanks to modern technology – and in this case the wonders of SKYPE, although I now live in Seattle and my book club is in Los Angeles I was still able to participate via this application! Of course this was not nearly as fun (or easy) as actually being there but at least it was [...] 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 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