Holly's comments (member since Jan 12, 2009)

Holly's comments from the Santa Barbara Book Club group.

Hi Jeff. Welcome back to SB and to the group! I have some family up in the Bend/Sunriver area; it's really a beautiful place.

Our next meeting will be at the beginning of December, to discuss "What the Dog Saw and Other Stories."

Check out the "December Meeting" topic on the group page.

-Holly

No problem. Sorry we missed you.

4pm sounds good to me. I can call Borders and ask them to reserve a table if I know how many of us will be going. Might have to also call that morning to give them a reminder so we don't have the same problem we did last time.

I called the library and the book bag for Snow Flower is checked out. However, they are 11 copies available at various libraries.

Sunday the 25th would work for me.

Sounds like most people are interested in reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Does everyone want that to be our next book? If so, I can find out if the library has that book bag available.

-Holly

That sounds like a great idea! How about we go ahead and read Lavinia this month, and chose our October book?

That way (if we chose one from the list above), whoever would like to volunteer to pick up the books can bring them to our September meeting.

I'd like to read any of these:
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See

-Holly

Any of those would be fine with me, although I think Lavinia would offer more in the way of discussion material.

-Holly

Hi Sean, welcome to the area and the book club. We haven't gotten together yet, but I'd like to. I've been keeping an eye out for books that are being turned into movies. I thought it would be interesting for us to read the novel, see the movie and then have a discussion. All of that could be done separately/online, or we could meet at a coffee shop or where ever. Let me know if you have any book suggestions.

-Holly

Welcome Juliana, great to have you in the group!

I've always thought I should read some of Orson Scott Card's novels, though I guess I've just never gotten around to it. Pastwatch sounds like an interesting Historical-Sci-fi mix.

I looked at some of Stephen Lawhead's books. I bet I'd like his work too.

Hi David. Welcome to the group! Sounds like we read similar types of books.

Nice to see that other people are reading the Kage Baker novels. She actually lives just a few hours north of here, in Grover Beach (or at least she used to).

I haven't read a lot of mystery novels myself, but "Crocodile on the Sandbank" sounds interesting. Maybe I'll give it a try.

Hi! My name is Holly and I live in Goleta.

I love reading books that transport me to new places, and create new worlds to explore. I think a sign of a good book is when you get so wrapped up in its world and characters, you're convinced they must exist, somewhere. Or when you dread reaching the end, because you don't want to leave that story behind.

My favorite books are sci-fi and fantasy. I love Garth Nix's "Sabriel" trilogy, and of course Douglas Adams' books. Although, my favorite by him is the lesser-known "The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul".

I've also recently been getting into travel writing, reading all of Karin Muller's books (Japanland, Along the Inca Trail, and Hitchhiking Vietnam). She has the wonderful ability to make you feel like you're on the journey with her. And any author who can make me laugh out loud gets extra points. :-)

Some of my recent reads include
- Kage Baker's "The Company" series (sci-fi)
- Freakonomics (non-fiction)

I'm currently reading
- Shadowbridge (fantasy)
- The Undercover Economist (non-fiction)