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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/93676-introductions
Holly made a comment in 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
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'Soulless']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78345593
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1)
byGail Carriger bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'The Tao of Inner Peace']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77162038
The Tao of Inner Peace (Paperback)
byDiane Dreher bookshelves: currently-reading,
non-fiction,
spiritual
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77161971
Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Hardcover)
bySharyn November bookshelves: currently-reading,
fantasy,
short-stories
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient RevealedThe Joys of Inner Harmony FoundThe Path to Enlightenment Illuminated']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54423638
to: The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient RevealedThe Joys of Inner Harmony FoundThe Path to Enlightenment Illuminated (Paperback)byDerek Lin bookshelves: favorites,
non-fiction,
spiritual
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54177184
to: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)byTerry Pratchett bookshelves: armageddon,
fantasy
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'Leviathan']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76778861
Leviathan (Hardcover)
byScott Westerfeld bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'The Adoration of Jenna Fox']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76778852
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Hardcover)
byMary E. Pearson bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Holly added 'Shiver']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67777371
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
byMaggie Stiefvater bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Holly Pacheco responded to an event]]>
http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/60164-december-meeting-what-the-dog-saw-and-other-adventures
Holly
said "yes" to attending the event: December Meeting - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures.
date: December 01, 2009 07:30PM location: Starbucks, Camino Real Marketplace, 7030 Market Place Dr, Goleta, CA, The United States
description: == UPDATE ==
It looks like there are only a couple of us planing on attending the meeting, so how about we just meet at Starbucks in the Camino Real Marketplace? It hasn't been too cold lately so if worse comes to worse we'd probably be okay with a table outside.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
-Holly
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Our next book will be "What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures" by Malcolm Gladwell...
It looks like there are only a couple of us planing on attending the meeting, so how about we just meet at Starbucks in the Camino Real Marketplace? It hasn't been too cold lately so if worse comes to worse we'd probably be okay with a table outside.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
-Holly
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Our next book will be "What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures" by Malcolm Gladwell...
"What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century?
In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point; Blink; and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from TheNew Yorker over the same period.
Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.
"Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head."What the Dog Saw is yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the hidden extraordinary."(less)
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Holly
said "yes" to attending the event: December Meeting - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures.