Here are some photos of the insane amounts of literary cred that Megan has racked up for herself. Enjoy!
<==== As befits the theme of The Yiddish Policeman's Union, dessert was a choice of Alaska Disasta' (previously known as Baked Alaska) with a side slice of Naomi's favorite coconut cream pie.
Nat Baddington made a special appearance under his super-secret alias, even though the Potatoes had an early game. Please note the extra-classy design of the name tag. ======>
<==== The scene on Megan's dining room table as book club came to an end. Please note: matzo bread, bagels, donuts, Redi-Whip, cream cheese, canned Gefilte fish. Not pictured: the four bottles of bubbly already consumed.)
Megan, thank you for hosting. And please know that your literary cred levels are now high enough that you can just read Danielle Steele novels and eat bon bons for the rest of the year.
8 comments:
Oh, it was my pleasure! I had such fun. I'm glad you didn't post pictures of all the attractive people we collected in my living room, because if you had, the number of requests to join resultant would certainly be overwhelming!
Also, i think Clara needs a special shout-out for baking the super-yummy and way more successful Naomi's Pie.
Levi, if you ever finish the book, you need to post your thoughts!
I was really impressed with this book club. Well done, Megan and Ami. I was shocked that everybody was so earnest and nobody bogged the afternoon down by dominating the conversation or being pretentious.
Also, the food was fantastic, there was ample liquor, and we all had nifty name tags (which everyone, shockingly, wore)! Let's home this doesn't get so big and unwieldy that someday we'll sigh and say "ah, I knew it when..."
yeah, i was pretty surprised (pleasantly!) that no one really balked at the name tag.
our book club is obviously populated entirely by menschen. And lady menschen.
The only thing I would really, really love to add is input from a bookseller. If anyone knows a cool person who works in a bookstore, please, please, please invite them!
Coens speak 'Yiddish' for Columbia
Rudin producing adaptation of Chabon's 'Union'
By MICHAEL FLEMING
For their next collaboration, the "No Country for Old Men" team of Joel and Ethan Coen and producer Scott Rudin will transfer another Pulitzer Prize-winning author's work into a film.
Columbia Pictures has acquired screen rights to the bestselling Michael Chabon novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," with the Coens writing, directing and producing with Rudin.
Chabon sets up a contemporary scenario where Jewish settlers are about to be displaced by U.S. government's plans to turn the frozen locale of Sitka, Alaska, over to Alaskan natives. Against this backdrop is a noir-style murder mystery in which a rogue cop investigates the killing of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy who might be the messiah.
The Coens will turn their attention to the book after they shoot "A Serious Man" for Working Title and Focus.
"No Country" has become the highest-grossing film for the brothers, and the pic is nominated for eight Oscars. The Coens are up for four of them, and their trophy haul so far includes WGA, SAG, DGA, PGA and BAFTA awards.
"Yiddish" is the third Chabon novel that Rudin is translating to the screen. The first was "Wonder Boys," and Rudin is developing a Paramount-based adaptation of Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," which Chabon scripted.
hey guys please invite the book seller or book store peoples..
There are a lot of sites out there showing book video. BookVideoTV, BookTelevision and of course CSPAN, but I like how BN.com and Reader's Entertainment TV have specific genre channels and original shows. There's just more to see and I can be specific in what genre I'm interested in. Anyone else watch online tv?
This is great info to know.
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