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Last night was our fifth meeting of our book group/eating club/intense talking session, and Oanh raised the idea of a blog we could all post to with our comments about the books we're reading (and presumably other things as well, if we feel the urge.) Celia thought this was a wonderful idea, because she's a complete dork and making new blogs gives her a bit of a thrill. The others seemed mildly interested, and so the Book Group Blog was hatched.

Celia wanted to give everyone nicknames and encapsulate them in neat little sentences, but after nicknaming Lana ("The Guru") and then being unable to encapsulate her, she gave up on the idea. What a quitter.

Despite our history of five meetings, we've actually read and discussed six books, as follows. Last night we discussed The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson (chosen by Nikki) and Novel Without A Name by Duong Thu Huong (chosen by Oanh). Previous books have been Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (chosen by Radha), Far and Beyon' by Unity Dow (chosen by Celia), The End of Nature by Bill McKibben (chosen by Lana), and Gabriella's Book of Fire by Venero Armanno (chosen by Kristy).

Next month's book (for an early December meeting) is Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (chosen by Yi). Hopefully, we'll have some interesting discussion online as well as in person.

(By the way, Threadless is where Nikki bought the very cool t-shirt she was wearing. Celia has been spending the last half hour wondering whether she should order a medium men's t-shirt, or an extra-large women's t-shirt. Such are the existential agonies of her life.)