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Feb/March Book

Our next book for April/May will be Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks

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Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse, still, have you eveer tried to win one? In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland wich a fridge, Tony Hawks did both, and his foolhardiness led him to one of the best experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty traveling companion-cum-domestic appliance, he made his way from Dublin to Donegal, from Sligo through Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Wexford, Wicklow--and back again to Dublin. In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge met a real prince, a bogus king, and the fridge got christened. They surfed together, entered a bachelor festival, and one of them had sex without the other knowing. And unexpectedly, the fridge itself became a momentary focus for the people of Ireland.

An international bestseller, Round Ireland with a Fridge is a classic travel adventure in the tradition of Bill Bryson with a dash of Dave Barry

Next meeting date: TBD

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Comment by Charles-A. Rovira on August 19, 2009 at 10:37pm: Hello, I just joined the book club (I just discovered it exists. :-)

I would be interested in joining in any sedate events, such as readings, meet the author soirees, trips to local book sellers, book clubs and the like as well as event where you are sedated, like authors "pen jousts," drunken melees and pub and bar closing crawls.

I have just written a book (so of course I'm going to "try" not to be too obnoxious about it,) and I want to meet any other budding, or budded, uh, buddies in the writing world who are also denizens of JC.

So lower your standards and reply about what you're doing in the literary "demi-monde." :-)

Comment by Amber on June 6, 2009 at 8:51pm: When's the meeting? Why does my bf suck at book club?

Comment by Tara (Keep Your Weekend) on April 22, 2009 at 6:26pm: oooohhh...I loved Round Ireland with a Fridge. Very, Very funny!! And a quick read. I just may have to get a copy and read it again.

Comment by Christine on March 9, 2009 at 11:18am: i can lend mine to someone too. i really liked this book

Comment by Jim Vande Woude (Just one of the Insane) on March 9, 2009 at 8:12am: Anyone who needs the the last book, I finished it last night so I will lend it to you if you would like.....:)

Comment by Christine on February 19, 2009 at 11:45am: For those who do like Christopher Moore... He'll be doing a reading from "Fool" on the 25th at the barnes and noble on 66th: Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Lincoln Triangle
Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
212-595-6859

Comment by Christine on February 11, 2009 at 11:03am: I'm not sure i can do another christopher moore book... blood sucking fiends just flat out sucked!

Comment by Jim Vande Woude (Just one of the Insane) on February 11, 2009 at 11:00am: This book seems cool
Fool Christopher Moore:

Synopsis

"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank . . . If that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story!"

Verily speaks Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much that is of grand wit and belly-busting mirth, including such laurelled bestsellers of the Times of Olde Newe Yorke as Lamb, A Dirty Job, and You Suck (no offense). Now he takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) in a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters—a rousing story of plots, subplots, counterplots, betrayals, war, revenge, bared bosoms, unbridled lust . . . and a ghost (there's always a bloody ghost), as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head.

Fool

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for years, from the time the king's grown daughters—selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic (but erotic-fantasy-grade-hot) Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia—were mere girls. So naturally Pocket is at his brainless, elderly liege's side when Lear—at the insidious urging of Edmund, the bastard (in every way imaginable) son of the Earl of Gloucester—demands that his kids swear their undying love and devotion before a collection of assembled guests. Of course Goneril and Regan are only too happy to brownnose Dad. But Cordelia believes that herfather's request is kind of . . . well . . . stupid, and her blunt honesty ends up costing her her rightful share of the kingdom and earns her a banishment to boot.

Well, now the bangers and mash have really hit the fan. The whole damn country's about to go to hell in a handbasket because of a stubborn old fart's wounded pride. And the only person who can possibly make things right . . . is Pocket, a small and slight clown with a biting sense of humor. He's already managed to sidestep catastrophe (and the vengeful blades of many an offended nobleman) on numerous occasions, using his razor-sharp mind, rapier wit . . . and the equally well-honed daggers he keeps conveniently hidden behind his back. Now he's going to have to do some very fancy maneuvering—cast some spells, incite a few assassinations, start a war or two (the usual stuff)—to get Cordelia back into Daddy Lear's good graces, to derail the fiendish power plays of Cordelia's twisted sisters, to rescue his gigantic, gigantically dim, and always randy friend and apprentice fool, Drool, from repeated beatings . . . and to shag every lusciously shaggable wench who's amenable to shagging along the way.

Pocket may be a fool . . . but he's definitely not an idiot

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fool/Christopher-Moore/e/9780060590314/?cds2Pid=17351

Comment by Pookie (Vice Drunk) on February 11, 2009 at 10:43am: When's the meeting??? I want to re-live the trauma of reading this book as soon as possible.

Comment by Christine on February 10, 2009 at 1:39pm: Here's my vote for our next book: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dog-Eats-Dog/Iain-Levison/e/9781904738312/?itm=5

I've read two of his other books and I liked them.