tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10837834284452463562024-02-21T02:36:45.339-08:00The First Rule of Book ClubMiss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-39187337607302518632012-02-08T10:39:00.000-08:002012-02-08T10:39:30.976-08:00February Meeting :"Secretary" from Bad Behavior by Mary GateskillThe First Rule of Book Club gets "romantic" in February.....<br /> We will be reading the short story "Secretary" from the collection<br />
<b>Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill.</b><br /> <i><b>"Secretary"</b></i> is the only required reading for this meeting since it is VERY short I encourage you to read another story or two to give<span class="text_exposed_show"> a recommendation, warning or review during our meeting.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Film will follow @8:30</span><br />
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SO much news to share with you!<br />
After a lovely year at The Backstage/Bagdad I have decided to switch up our routine and move downtown<br />
to the Jack London Bar- located at<a href="http://bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&where1=529+SW+4th+Avenue%2C+Portland%2C+OR+97204&FORM=FBKPL0&name=The+Jack+London+Bar&mkt=en-US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 529 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204 </a><br />
in the basement of The Rialto Pool hall. Not only do they have great drinks, cozy seating and an excellent menu- we also get to say we belong to a book club that meets in the basement of a pool hall which, is very in keeping with the vibe of the FROBC.<br />
Below is our reading list for 2012--best get to turning those pages - our first meeting is in just 2 weeks!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> All meetings will be held on the second Monday of the month starting January 9th</b></span></i><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">January 9th-<b>The Outsiders</b> by S.E. Hinton </span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> </span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Feb</span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> 13th-<b>Bad Behavior:Stories</b> <i>( Contains "Secretary") by </i>Mary Gaitskill </span><br />
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</span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> March 12th -<b>Running With Scissors</b> by Augusten Burroughs<br />
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April 9th -<b>Shopgirl </b>by Steve Martin<br />
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May 14th - <b>Like Water for Chocolate</b> by Laura Esquivel ( meeting will be offsite - location TBA)<br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><span class="text_exposed_show">June 11th- <b>Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions </b>by Daniel Wallace<br />
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July 9th-<b>Everything Is Illuminated</b> by Johnathan Safran Foer<br />
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August 13th- <b>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</b> by Hunter S. Thompson<br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><span class="text_exposed_show">September 10th-<b>Different Seasons </b><i>( Contains Summer "Stand By Me")</i> by Stephen King<br />
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October 8th- <b>Great Expectation</b>s by Charles Dickens<br />
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November 12th-<b>High Fidelity</b> by Nick Hornsby </span></span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><span class="text_exposed_show">December 10th <b>From Russia With Love</b> by Ian Fleming</span></span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><span class="text_exposed_show">January 14th 2013 <b>The Thin Man</b> by Dashiell Hammett</span></span>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-80172055568712777082011-11-30T09:46:00.000-08:002011-12-02T20:23:47.060-08:0012/13- Family Friendly Meeting/Screening for The Princess Bride"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The First Rule of Book Club closes out it 2011 with an all ages book club and screening.<br />
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Written in 1973 this fantastic fairy tale has been through printing upon reprinting and the fiction Golding weaves around the book itself is as entertaining as the much beloved story of Wesley and Buttercup.<br />
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A marvelous book to be read OUT LOUD, we encourage friends and families toshare in the laughs and charm together.<br />
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To accommodate out all ages friends we will be meeting at the Bagdad Cafe ( on Hawthorne) instead of the<br />
Backstage Bar and will be meeting an hour earlier @ 6pm.<br />
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This month we are making our screening a PUBLIC EVENT ! and inviting friends of all ages to come share in a great movie and raise money for our friends at Street Books.<br />
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Street Books is a "bicycle powered mobile library for people living outside" for more information on this incredible project please visit the web site <a href="http://www.streetbooks.com./">http://www.streetbooks.com.</a><br />
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All profits from the screening will be donated to Street books and we will also be taking up a book collection<br />
please check out the frequently requested books list and donate what you can. <a href="http://mischiefmayhembooks.blogspot.com/p/street-books-title-requests.html">http://mischiefmayhembooks.blogspot.com/p/street-books-title-requests.html</a><br />
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The film screening is free for all those who attend the book club and a mere $3.00 ( $1.00 for kids 12 and under) for the public<br />
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FROBC Presents<br />
<b>The Princess Bride</b><br />
December 13th,2011<br />
The Bagdad Pub and Theater <br />
Book Club5:30<br />
Film :7:00Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-63659686616372668262011-11-30T09:19:00.001-08:002012-02-08T10:43:31.627-08:00Oh golly!Apologies for not keeping our friends, fiends and fans as up to date as we should...STAY TUNED!Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-49828919855227821682011-10-27T19:25:00.000-07:002011-10-27T19:25:34.893-07:00Our November meeting "WILD AT HEART" by Barry Gifford<table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable" style="height: 352px; width: 681px;"><tbody>
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This high octane true love story </div><div class="description summary">surrounds the romance between<br />
modern literature's "Southern Gothic Romeo & Juliet"<br />
Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune.<br />
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Made in to a remarkable cinema by David Lynch in<br />
1990 who called it "a really modern romance in a violent world – a picture about finding love in hell.".<br />
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"Wild At Heart" had the world listening to </div><div class="description summary">Chris Isaak for the first time<br />
and had everyone sayin'<br />
"You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt."<br />
As with most movies though...</div><div class="description summary">you only got half of the story.<br />
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Join us as we follow our star crossed lovers<br />
on an adventure filled with my favorite M's<br />
Murder,Mayhem and Make-out<br />
A LOT OF MAKE OUT...</div><div class="description summary"> </div><div class="description summary"> </div><div class="description summary">Tuesday Nov. 8th</div><div class="description summary">The Backstage Bar ( 37th 3 doors down from The Bagdad Theater)</div><div class="description summary">Meeting@ 7:00</div><div class="description summary">Film Screening @ 8:30</div><div class="description summary"> </div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-26745513761738404112011-10-03T07:09:00.000-07:002011-10-03T07:09:50.733-07:00October Meeting -"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" By Philip K. Dick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju1CA0YLqwJiwQVjDefyztV-s1F4wgZ2UN1ypgjXEXzzA4L0Rr3KbsN3cRvn0yCOBW6Vgtt9Rrt28dH7ydfdvZrF5G6zZDXEYXxkMGlGXSMMWYbpACNxgIAYyDFv3S4-brh3dURodPuo/s1600/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju1CA0YLqwJiwQVjDefyztV-s1F4wgZ2UN1ypgjXEXzzA4L0Rr3KbsN3cRvn0yCOBW6Vgtt9Rrt28dH7ydfdvZrF5G6zZDXEYXxkMGlGXSMMWYbpACNxgIAYyDFv3S4-brh3dURodPuo/s320/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><i>"If you dial," Iran said, eyes open and watching, "for greater venom, then I'll dial the same."</i><br />
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After a year of dipping in to the past this month The First Rule of Book Club reaches in to the future with Philip K. Dick's post-apocalyptic masterpiece.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> Written in 1968 and set in 1992 ( though later editions set it in 2012) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard as he sets out to retire the last of the Nexus -6 androids. Though futuristic in it's settings, this novel offers a very modern meditation on manufactured emotion,marketed religion and our ever lessening empathy.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The discussion will be followed by a special screening of Blade Runner ( Final Cut). The film, released in 1982 and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young , Rutger Hauer and Darryl Hannah is a visually lush adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Enjoy the original 1982 Trailer for "Blade Runner"</span><br />
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FROBC Presents<br />
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"<br />
by Philip K.Dick<br />
October 11th, 2011<br />
The Backstage Bar 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. ( 3 doors down on 37th)<br />
Meeting 7:00pm<br />
Film 8:30<br />
FREE ( though donations to the kitty are always welcome)</span>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-27803026958111868152011-09-10T15:38:00.000-07:002011-09-10T15:38:59.222-07:00Our September Meeting "Hollywood" by Charles BukowskiBukowski often wrote about the Hollywood he lived in-- but his novel "Hollywood" takes him in to unfamiliar territory as he fictionalizes his experience of writing and watching the production of "Barfly"<br />
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7pm @ McMenamins Backstage Bar<br />
3702 SE Hawthorne ( behind the Bagdad on 37th , next to Greater Trumps)<br />
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After the meeting a private screening of "Barfly" will be held in The Bagdad Theater.<br />
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Nico BellaMiss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-77643165949108094782011-08-10T21:37:00.000-07:002011-08-15T07:58:15.173-07:00The Night of The Bluebird: Bukowski's Birthday and "Barfly"Hard Living, Big Talking,Womanizing, Alcoholic...<br />
The Legend of Bukowski/Chinanski often out shined<br />
the reason he became famous in the first place.<br />
His Writing.<br />
Known as "The Laureate of the American Lowlife" Bukowski drew from his personal experience .<br />
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love, life and dead end jobs - all punctuated with broken bottles and broken hearts.<br />
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August 16th would have been Buk's 91st birthday. On August 15th The First Rule of Book Club celebrates<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The night will play host to readings and writings by local luminaries, rare Bukowski footage<br />
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<b>Night of The Bluebird: Bukowski's Birthday<br />
w/ "Barfly"</b><br />
Monday August 15th, 2011<br />
The Mission Theater<br />
1624 Northwest Glisan Street<br />
Portland, OR 97209<br />
8:30 Doors<br />
9:00 Readings<br />
9:30 "Barfly" (1987) Starring Mickey Rourke & Faye Duniway<br />
$5.00/21+<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">* Night of The Bluebird is in reference to the poem "Bluebird" </span>where Bukowski grapples<br />
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It has been a real pleasure leading this group and getting to meet all you lascivious literates and prurient page turners. I look foward to the next 6 titles with you and am ALREADY starting to brew the 2012 list.<br />
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<b>Tuesday August 9th, 2012 @ The Backstage Bar</b><br />
<b>7pm</b><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">This month we discuss the iconic Vladmir Nabokov novel "Lolita"<br />
Oft misconstrued as an "erotic novel" and less as the tale of a man descending in to depravity and sexual obsession- there are few literary characters that have imprinted pop culture like "Lolita".<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Masterfully written, "Lolita" manages to deftly navigate taboo subject with<br />
rich literary references, artful use of language and a darkly comic narrative.<br />
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We will meet at 7pm in The Backstage Bar for a discussion and review of the novel and at 8:30 a special screening of the 1961 Kubrick adaptation starring James Mason, Shelly Winters and PETER SELLERS will be held in the auditorium of the Bagdad Theater.</span><br />
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For more information and to RSVP visit the event invite on Facebook<br />
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<div class="description summary">We invite our young friends ( and young at heart friends as well!) to join us in reading the Roald Dahl classic </div><div class="description summary"><br />
On July 17th we will meet at Noon in The Bagdad Cafe for a <br />
special book club meeting for kids to talk about <br />
the book and share our ideas.</div><div class="description summary">At 2:00 there will be a special all ages Sing a Long matinee of the 1971 classic starring Gene Wilder. </div><div class="description summary"></div><div class="description summary"></div><div class="description summary"><br />
<i><b>**All kids who participate in the book club get to see the movie and have popcorn for FREE as special guests of Fleur de Lethal.</b></i><br />
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Regular Admission is 3.00 for adults and 1.00 for kids.<br />
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for more information or to RSVP please visit the event invite on Facebook <br />
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Also don't forget our July meeting for adults on July 12th where we meet and discussThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet<br />
a special screening of the film starring Humphrey Bogart will follow at 8:30 in the Bagdad Theater.<br />
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</div>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-75177661095352846432011-06-11T11:10:00.000-07:002011-06-11T11:10:08.174-07:00Our June Meeting<i>Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.</i>James Ellroy at his most perfect.<br />
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Meet and Discuss<br />
June 14th, 2011<br />
7pm @ McMenamins Backstage Bar<br />
3702 SE Hawthorne ( behind the Bagdad on 37th , next to Greater Trumps)<br />
A special screening of the 1997 Academy Award winning film starring Russell Crowe, Guy Pierce and Kim Basinger will followMiss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-40775796876412771602011-05-07T12:24:00.000-07:002011-05-07T12:24:58.187-07:00Our April Title - American Psycho<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A chaotic and Enigmatic portrait of the the image obsessed 1980's, "American Psycho" takes us in to the disturbed and detailed mind of Wall Street Wunderkind and Serial Killer Patrick Bateman.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tuesday May 10th,2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">McMenamin's Backstage Bar</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.( behind Greater Trumps)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">21+/ 7:00pm</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A special screening of American Psycho(2000) will follow in the theater @ 8:30 pm</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The 2000 film starring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman is a marvelous translation of the book to film. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Using satire and black comedy director Mary Harron ( yes, it was directed by a woman! )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ysw-tnG-hsBrZsThWAGnQ1NHkPABOkNvFdh-l0zyHg2pdthTsZB4nLz01dgHiJrl46AAI5vsc6N8KKZn37Mn68Y2vMWInxLBzA3pdUPXth0BueM0-Rmn_KRyU9ljUbG6_WBYGyWssSo/s1600/220px-Americanpsychoposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ysw-tnG-hsBrZsThWAGnQ1NHkPABOkNvFdh-l0zyHg2pdthTsZB4nLz01dgHiJrl46AAI5vsc6N8KKZn37Mn68Y2vMWInxLBzA3pdUPXth0BueM0-Rmn_KRyU9ljUbG6_WBYGyWssSo/s320/220px-Americanpsychoposter.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">expands on the psycho-thriller nature of the novel to produce a very watchable and entertaining film.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Crack That Spine,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nico Bella</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Instigatrix</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The First Rule of Book Club</div>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-75187262181765433682011-04-04T10:50:00.000-07:002011-04-04T10:59:56.729-07:00Our March Title- The Virgin Suicides<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Literates and Prurient Page Turners,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><b>THE VIRGIN SUICIDES</b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Our current title The Virgin Suicides is the debut novel of literary star Jeffrey Eugenides </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Though morose and deeply disturbing in content, Eugenides uses the voice of the neighborhood boys and their observations of the mysterious </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Lisbon sisters to craft a h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">aunting and darkly comic story. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Vacillating between past and present the novel paints a portrait of isolation,longing and fascination.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Strange, distant and lush with soundtrack the film's moving snapshot quality gave life to the sound and color of the 1970's. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Our Meeting for our March title will be held</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <b>Monday April 11th,2011</b><br />
McMenamin's Backstage Bar<br />
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.( behind Greater Trumps)<br />
21+/ 7:00pm<br />
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A special screening of<b> The Virgin Suicides (1999)</b> will follow in the theater @ 8:30 pm<br />
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Crack That Spine,<br />
<b>Nico Bella</b><br />
Instigatrix<br />
The First Rule of Book Club<br />
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NOTE **If you still need to acquire your copy please visit our friends </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Powells-Books-on-Hawthorne/124047510981895" style="text-decoration: none;">Powell's on Hawthorne</a>. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">They are sponsors of The First Rule of Book Club and have ordered additional copies just for us.</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Pick up American Psycho and L.A. Confidential while you're at it...</div>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-67585051232798313542011-02-28T22:57:00.000-08:002011-02-28T23:08:14.991-08:00Current Title: Breakfast At Tiffany'sLascivious Literates and Prurient Page Turners,<br />
A little reminder since we are 2 weeks away....<br />
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<b>BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S </b><br />
Our current title Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote is a slim novella of huge impact. In 1961 Blake Edwards adapted the story for screen and forever immortalized the "Travelling" Miss Golightly and the little black dress.<br />
However,the story manages in it's small size to be so much bigger than the film.<br />
Heartbreakingly human as it is entertaining Capote's little written snapshot of a brownstone in New York remains a poignant story of love, loss and friendship among fragile people. <br />
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Our Meeting for our February title will be held <br />
<b>Monday March 14th,2011</b><br />
McMenamin's Backstage Bar<br />
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.( behind Greater Trumps)<br />
21+/ 7:00pm<br />
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A special screening of<b> Breakfast At Tiffany's</b> (1961) will follow in the theater @ 8:30 pm<br />
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Crack That Spine,<br />
Nico Bella<br />
Instigatrix<br />
The First Rule of Book Club<br />
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NOTE **If you still need to acquire your copy please visit our friends @ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Powells-Books-on-Hawthorne/124047510981895">Powell's on Hawthorne</a>. They are sponsors of The First Rule of Book Club and have ordered additional copies just for us! <br />
Pick up The Virgin Suicides and American Psycho while you're at it!Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-44014452544970472872011-02-10T02:59:00.000-08:002011-02-10T02:59:47.188-08:00The First Rule of Book Club in The OregonianMere days after our launch date we are already splashed across the pages of the local paper!<br />
Check it out <br />
<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2011/02/book_clubs_spring_up_in_portla.html">Book Clubs in the Oregonian A&E</a>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083783428445246356.post-51620413532467778702011-02-10T02:26:00.001-08:002011-05-07T18:57:45.501-07:00Our 2011 Reading List with Meeting Dates<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Here is our complete 2011 title list.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">January - Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk ( Meeting Feb 7th )</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">February -Breakfast At Tiffany's- Truman Capote ( Meeting March 14th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">March-The Virgin Suicides- Jeffrey Eugenides ( Meeting April 11th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">April-American Psycho -Bret Easton Ellis ( Meeting May 10th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">May-L.A. Confidential -James Ellroy ( Meeting June 14th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">June -The Maltese Falcon- Dashiell Hammett ( Meeting July12th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">AND</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong>Summer Kids Edition:</strong> Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Meeting July 17th- Sunday Matinee)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July- Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov ( Meeting August 9th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">August- Women - Charles Bukowski ( Barfly Screening) ( Meeting Sept.13th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">September -Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?- Phillip K. Dick ( Meeting October 11th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">November-Wild At Heart-Barry Gifford ( Meeting November15th)</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">December - The Princess Bride -William Goldman ( Meeting Dec. 13th Meeting @ 6.Kids welcome. we encourage this title to be a family book and the screening will be all ages)</div></span></span></h6>Miss Nico Bellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213717848825560724noreply@blogger.com0