Literary Los Angeles: Los Angeles Book Club
[Summer Block / December 9th, 2011 / Young Bright Things / Tags: book club, literary, los angeles, noir, summer block, the big sleep]Sorry I haven’t posted in a long time (I wonder what percentage of total blog posts on earth begin with the phrase “Sorry I haven’t posted in a long time”). I will plead the excuse of having had an additional baby. But now that I’m back for good I’d like to announce my idea for an informal*, web-based Los Angeles Book Club. I’d love to start reading a book about Los Angeles every month, and I’ve love to hear your suggestions for titles. Noir, of course, must be included, but also literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, you name it, famous or not, by authors living or dead. Suggest away!
But, just to get the noir out of our system, let’s start with The Big Sleep. Everybody, go read The Big Sleep, or re-read it, or try to recall it, or even in the worst case watch the movie and pretend you’ve read it, or watch “The Big Lebowski” and pretend you’ve watched “The Big Sleep,” and we will reconvene in two weeks! with an essay by me and comments and discussion by you all.
*Well, it doesn’t have to be informal. We could wear top hats.
Top hat donned, copy of “Big Sleep” waiting for me at Book Soup. Done and done.
I’ve commented… Is this joining? I don’t own a top hat. I’ll just make a membership card out construction paper and call it done.
Not exactly a lightweight.
That is a great idea! Going to buy book now. Can I still join if I no longer *technically live in Los Angeles?
I’m in! I’ll get the book- and TRY to read it- the fact that the semester is almost over will help.
Count me in I guess!