I totally gotta try these for my other boring, no-followers blog*

Blogging lessons from the ancient Romans!

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/05/roman-blogging-lessons/

*Not to be confused with Livejournal, which is also boring but DOES have "followers."

What my book club has read.

One of our members keeps track of everything, and sent out our udpated list in advance of tonight's meeting. What's funny is that I think could have generated much of this list from memory--not by date, but by restaurant/coffeeshop (which Angie put in parentheses). I completely remember discussing Ursula, Under, at Amer's, etc.

All our books have a MI connection. Take place in Michigan, author is from Michigan, etc. There is one exception--A Bad & Stupid Girl was published by U-M Press but otherwise, no other MI connection we know of.

2009
January 20 - First Meeting! (Borders Waters Place)
February 17 - The English Major: A Novel by Jim Harrison (Borders Arborland)
March 17 - Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen (Olgaʼs)
April 28 - Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill (Amerʼs Deli)
May 26 - The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell (Esp. Royale)
July 7 - Please Don't Come Back From the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos (Dominickʼs)
August 11 - Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg (Zingermanʼs Deli)
September 24 - Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel by Bill Broder (Sweetwaters)
October 27 - Made in Detroit: A South of 8 Mile Memoir by Paul Clemens (The Jolly Pumpkin)
December 8 - Base Ten by Maryann Lesert (Zingermanʼs Deli)

2010
January 5 - The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman (Cafe Felix)
February 23 - The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey (Collonade Panera Bread)
March 23 - A Woman's Place: A Novel by Lynn Austin (Sava State Street Cafe)
April 20 - Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George (Grizzly Peak)
May 24 - A Bad and Stupid Girl by Jean McGarry (Carrillon Chocolates)
June 29 - The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein (Zingermanʼs Roadhouse)
July 27 - The Lake, the River & the Other Lake: A Novel by Steve Amick (Carlyle Grill)
August 24 - Dream House: A Novel by Valerie Laken (Carlyle Grill)
October 5 - Bath Massacre: Americaʼs First School Bombing by Arnie Bernstein (Paesanoʼs)
November 9 - The Sportswriter by Richard Ford (Carsonʼs)
December 7 - When the White House was Ours by Porter Shreve (Palio)

2011
January 11 - Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper (The Quarter Bistro)
March 1 - In a Perfect World by Laura Kasischke (Melange)
March 28 - Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Carsonʼs)
April 26 - The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season In a Classic American Ballpark by Tom Stanton (Olgaʼs)
May 23 - American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Arbor Brewing Co.)
June ?? - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (TBD)