Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Monday, May 21, 2018

Ad-hoc book club

Ad-hoc book club

So in the first 10-15% of the book they introduce a logic puzzle and then only obliquely refer to the solution. When that drives you crazy with curiosity, go look up Wason Selection Task (but don't do it until then).

Attention Jennifer Koerber!

Attention Jennifer Koerber!

Let's have complicated feels about this together:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afaithTQSaI

The Overstory: A Novel - Kindle edition by Richard Powers. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.


Ad-hoc Book Club

I don't know as we've officially announced it but Leah Bloom is getting (has gotten?) her copy of Overstory by Richard Powers, a novel about trees and their interactions with people. It's our next ad-hoc book club novel so feel free to run out and pick it up. We'll discuss in the latter part of June.

I've started reading and it's pretty good. I just came across my favorite passage in the book so far. It's a description of a family vacation road trip across the county in the late 60's.

"They forget to pack books. Two thousand miles with nothing to read. The two older girls stare at their little sister for dozens of Nebraska miles until Amelia breaks down and cries. It passes the time."

Fond memories...



https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers-ebook/dp/B073VX7HT4