For those unfamiliar with the club, MARTA book club is a loose, very loose, confederation of people who read while riding the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s public transportation. There are no meeting times, no organization, no t-shirts, and no special fares. Very convenient. The only requirement to be a member of MARTA Book Club is to read a book while riding public transportation.
Newspapers do not qualify and those with Kindles and other electronic reading devices are not welcome (because how in the hell am I supposed to figure out what you’re reading if I can’t see the book cover!)
What We Are Reading: Here’s a list of what Atlantans are reading since my last MARTA posting:
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Juices Teas & Tonics by John Heinerman
Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse by David W. Orr
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 8) by P. D. James
The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks by Randall Robinson (two sitings)
The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham
1 Corinthians (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) by David E. Garland
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Atlanta’s A-List Book Club is discussing this book on May 24th.
Night's Pleasure by Amanda Ashley
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem. Stay tuned a review of this book is coming to this blog.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer. While in Decatur on April 9th promoting her new novel about the crisis surrounding teenagers, Imperfect Birds, Anne Lamott gave kudos to Krakauer. My takeaway from Lamott’s 90 minute lecture and reading was that parents of teenagers should lock up their children until their neo-cortexes fully develop.
The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making by John Edmund Haggai.
Foolproofing Your Life: How to Deal Effectively with the Impossible People in Your Life by Jan Silvious
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Bible. A standard for many MARTA faithful.
My Usual Game by David Owens This is my personal contribution to the club this month. I’m also finishing up Mrs. Hollingsworth’s Men by Padgett Powell. Owens’ 1995 book about golf started out well with stories about his obsession with golf and a chapter on Ping club inventor, Karsten Solheim, but it tailspinned badly into stories about golf outings at Myrtle Beach. As mentioned earlier, I picked up for $2 at ACappella on the night, Owens was in town promoting his latest book Green Metropolis.
Edge Of Fear by Cherry Adair
Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors
By Bill Cosby (Author), M.D. Alvin F. Poussaint
Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But... by Derrick Handspike
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur. This month’s steamiest cover.
Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! by Jillian Michaels and Mariska van Aalst.
What members thought: Readers are encouraged to keep their thoughts (and eyes) to themselves. No time is wasted talking about books when you could be reading.
Next assignment: Keep reading, and get to work on time
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