March: A Month of Paddys (Paddies?)

As our first two reads/discussions come to a close (and keep tossing topics for discussion for either VS or Pi if you feel inspired!) it's time to gear up for March. I'd like to nominate Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under by Michael Patrick MacDonald. I read All Souls, his first memoir, a few years back and quite enjoyed it, well, as much as one can enjoy a true story about organized crime, racism, rioting, poverty, and the horrendous deaths of four of his siblings. I watched The Departed this weekend and the experience bumped Easter Rising to the top of my book queue.

Discussion will follow Paddy's day by a bit... most likely the 29th of March.

Anyone else interested in joining me?

Herding Cats

We're now up to 13 members and I've had requests from two more bloggers who want to join but who I need to check out. Anyone reading this who wants to read along with us and comment is more than welcome. We're all very nice people, well all except for Arwen. She's mean to people in bakeries. And Melissa once hit me over the head with a tap shoe but I think she was four at the time so I've forgiven her. I mean SURE she SEEMS nice now, just be on your guard around her is all I'm saying.

Here's my attempt to kill the "what book are we reading first?" question once and for all. As we've all proven our staggering literacy I figure it will be tough for the first few months to find ONE book that none of us has read so we all have the option of reading Life of Pi and/or Virgin Suicides. Next month we'll choose two of the many excellent choices suggested so far.

As for admin stuff, I'll continue to do the basic housekeeping around here. Does anyone want to step up to facilitate the Pi and VS discussions? Basically, it will involve keeping the dialogue going and setting dates for completion and discussion and the shape that the discussions will take for one book. We can share facilitator roles so everyone has a shot at moderating discussion.

In the meantime, keep the posts and comments coming! Thanks to Kemp for the JK Rowling scoop! Let's put that on the table for summer discussion!

Motion

Important club business:

A motion is currently on the table to amend the name of the Supercoolest Book Club Ever to reflect the strong representation and heritage of the current and former club members from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts contingent (Melissa, Arwen, the Dubyas, Chicky, Velma, et moi) and as a nod to our lone member residing in the Commonwealth of Australia by calling ourselves The Supercoolest Book Club EVAH.

Second?

God save the Queen and God save the Commonwealth(s).

Hi.

UPDATED BELOW:

Hi. This isn't really a book club, per se, as clubs typically have members.

And there aren't any members yet.

Well except for me.

So, what do you think?

You in?

UPDATE:
Hi! we have all the members we can reasonably crowd onto that contributors list for the time being (I said we'd be open to 15 members and I got a few more responses than that).
EVERYONE out there is welcome to read along with us but at this point I have to limit admin status to the people up there now.
Thanks for all of your interest!