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Book Club: Next Round of Books
Help pick our next books. What you do want to read next?
— Naz Hamid / Comments (3)
JT Helms / February 19, 2007 3:31 PM
I recently got Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library for Valentines, and I can easily say it's among my favorite gifts I've ever received. I've always appreciated Ware's work visually, but I had never actually read any of his graphics. There is a slight learning curve, but once you connect with his story-telling tendencies, it amount of emotion revealed in the content is sometimes overwhelming. No graphic novel has had me laughing this hard and feeling so heartbroken. I couldn't put it down once I started.
So I would highly recommend this book, as it served as a great primer for me, being someone who had never read Ware's work. I think the short story snippets (most are only a page long) give a great understanding of the world he has created on paper.
I'm not too familiar with the other people's work you mention, but I'll be looking them up for sure.
Alice / February 20, 2007 10:55 AM
Yes, Ware's books are visually beautiful. We have several of his books in my library, and every time we get a new one, I can't stop myself from flipping though them and just admiring them.
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This Month's Selection:
April 2010
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh
As a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, author Sudhir Venkatesh gained entrance into one of Chicago's largest street gangs. Gang Leader for a Day tells the story of the inner workings of the gang and the extraordinary friendship he developed with one of the gang's leaders.
Meet & Discuss
Join us at The Book Cellar at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. (map) to discuss the book. We'll meet on Monday, April 12, at 7:30pm. New members are always welcome!
April 12
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh
May 10
The Order of Odd-Fish
by James Kennedy
June 14
Jimmy Corrigan
by Chris Ware
July 12
The Wild Things
by Dave Eggers
August 9
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
September 13
Young Lonigan
by James T. Farrell
October 11
Chicago: A Novel
by Alaa Al Aswany
November 8
The Cradle
by Patrick Somerville
March 8
Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
February 8
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
January 11
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
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About GB Book Club
The Gapers Block Book Club is a reading group dedicated to reading fiction by Chicago area authors and nonfiction works about our city. We read a new book every month, and new members are always welcome.
In Person
The book club meets on the second Monday of the month at The Book Cellar bookstore in Lincoln Square (map).
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Editors: Alice Maggio & Veronica Bond, bookclub@gapersblock.com
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Alice / February 14, 2007 10:03 AM
One of the things we were thinking about is reading a graphic novel this summer, but which one? Something by Jessica Abel? Chris Ware? Daniel Clowes? Jeffrey Brown? Someone else?