Last Thursday Book Club: Schedule for the Year 2021

Last Thursday Book Club

2021 Schedule

Memoirs 1921-1941

The world is changing! What happened in the Literary World 100 years ago? Well, Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize - shouldn't we read this?

Meeting Date	Host	Selection	Notes
Thursday 28 January 2021 Zoom Meeting	Dick Jensen Zoom Meeting 2 pm		Stoner: Three copies in the Library, and used copies are easy to find.
Thursday 25 February 2021 Zoom Meeting	Jack Ferrell Zoom Meeting 2 pm		I have selected Jack by Marilynn Robinson for February. I am a fan of her writing. We have read two of her other works--Good Housekeeping and Gilead--which are among our top 60 books. It was published in Fall of 2020, so it is only available in a hardback edition for $21 from Amazon or on Kindle for $14. There are 10 copies available in the public library. Marilynne Robinson.
Thursday 25 March 2021 Zoom! 2 pm!	Bob Woods (299-6928) Zoom Meeting 2 pm		My book selection is “Restless” by William Boyd. I read this a couple of months ago at my wife Judy’s advice and was impressed. (Her woman’s book club read it.) It got very good reviews. One paper copy in the ABC Library system, plus one ebook and one DVD audio recording. The book was published in 2006 and many inexpensive used copies exist. $9.99 on your Kindle reader, or AbeBooks.com will ship you a used paperback for $8.62 total. Also available via your free acount on Archive.org
Thursday 28 April 2021 Zoom!	Rob Easterling (505-379-9683) Guthrie, OK Zoom Meeting 2 pm MT (3 pm Okie Time)		Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and the recipient of numerous Crime Writer awards in the U.S. and internationally. He is the author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories. He is a devout New Yorker and enthusiastic world traveler. You can visit his website at www.lawrenceblock.com. I will provide more background info when we have our April discussion.
Thursday 27 May 2021	Zoom Meeting 2 pm Tom Genoni (292-4985) 1616 Catron SE		*Washington Square* Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. \|Free ebook on Gutenberg Project, as this book is in the public domain, as are all written by Henry James. You can listen to it, chapter-by-chapter at archive.org. Also available via your free account as flip-book on Archive.org
Thursday 24 June 2021	Zoom Meeting: 2 pm MT, 1 pm CA time, 3 pm Guthrie OK Ken Gillen by Zoom		In one of my last conversations with my wife concerning choosing a book for the LTBC, she suggested a book that her book club loved by a Pulitzer Prize winning author (Katherine Boo) that got rave reviews and was a National Book Award Winner titled "Behind the Beautiful Forevers", Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
Thursday 29 July 2021 in-person lunch! in-person meeting!	Karl Irons 50 Canyon Ridge Dr. Sandia Park, NM 970-946-5672 From the Greenside Restaurant: proceed NE on NM 14 (Turquoise Trail) to Paa-Ko Drive. It's 4.7 miles and there is a yellow intersection sign marking the turn. Turn left onto Paa-Ko Dr. Proceed 0.3 miles to your second left, Canyon Ridge Dr. Take Canyon Ridge Dr 0.5 miles to #50. It's the first driveway on the right -- past the Winding Road sign.		This book is in the public domain and can be obtained from numerous sources on-line. The audio book is in the ABC Library system and the Kindle book is free from Amazon. click here for The Gutenberg Project edition free on-line. The Prince is the book from which the adjective Machiavellian is derived. The book is an ingenious and fascinating study of the art of practical politics, composed by a man who never rose higher than the position of secretary to the second chancery in Florence. The success of The Prince can be attributed partly to Niccolò Machiavelli’s wit and partly to his having known some of the most clever and powerful figures of the Renaissance. His model for the “prince” was Cesare Borgia, who used all means of conquest, including murder, to achieve and hold political power.
Thursday 26 August 2021 9:30 am backyard Breakfast Burritos	Charlie Palmer (cell: 263-4586) 1506 Park Ave SW From I-25, go West on Central or Lomas; then South on 14th St. Cross Central, continue 2 or 3 blocks, then turn right onto Park (1st stop sign).		There appear to be numerous editions but any Edition will do -
30 September 2021 10 am hotdogs will be served BYOC	Keith Gilbert (250-0991) New Mexico Veterans' Memorial 1100 Louisiana SE (just north of Gibson Blvd.) .		This book is available fully on Internet Archive.
Thursday 28 October 2021 Lunch Room opens at 12 noon; vennison and bannock; meeting follows.	Bob Simon 1415 Park Ave SW (246-8136) From I-40, go South on Rio Grande Blvd, then left (East) on Central; then South on 14th St Continue 2 or 3 blocks, then turn RIGHT onto Park (first stop sign)		This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
Lunch at The Canyon Club 12 noon Thursday: 18 November 2021 [Thursday BEFORE Thanksgiving]	Mike Blackledge 14321 Stalgren Ct NE (from Tramway & Copper, go East 5 blocks [counting on right], then right on Parkside, immediate left onto Stalgren Ct.)		Additional Assignments: "Hemingway in Spanish Civil War" "In Search of My Brother The Communist"
Thursday 30 December 2021 1:30 pm	Peter Eller 1006 Lynch Court, NW (a cul de sac with limited parking,)		With focus on the Kiowa Comanche confederacy of the Southwest during the late 18th and 19th centuries, I now suggest Pekka Hamalainen, The Comanche Empire. This book is about an American empire that, according to conventional histories, did not exist. But fear not. Just because this book presents a more contrarian view of Native American history does not mean you will be reading a book without acclaim. It received the 2009 Bancroft Prize. The first 100 pages of this book is captured here.