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NOVEMBER 2005

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations

By H. Harris Healy, III, Presiden,,
Logos Bookstore
1575 York Avenue (Between 83rd and
84th Sts.), New York, NY 10028
(212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197
www.nyclogos.citysearch.com

It is quite interesting to find out what books some book clubs are reading for discussion these days. The Kill Your TV Reading Group (KYTV) which meets at the bookstore is discussing Moab Is My Washpot, the actor Stephen Fry’s autobiography of his first 20 years for its meeting on Wednesday, November 2, 2005. Fry’s account of his troubled youth and introspective musings on his past is fascinating reading as he portrays himself as an unhappy misfit in the several English boarding schools he attended and as a more rather well-adjusted person when he was in prison serving a sentence for credit card fraud. All this happened before his successful completion of exams to enter Cambridge University where he became part of a famous group of actors which included Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie, and later played Jeeves to Hugh Laurie’s Bertie Wooster in several dramatizations of P.G. Wodehouse’s famous stories.

Fry shows the reader the richness of his education through his method of expression as he paints a vivid picture of English boarding school life of the mid 1960’s and early 1970’s. His mention of the Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band brings forth a nostalgic note to his English and American contemporaries. I for one remember that group with fondness not only for their music and satire, but also for the “cool” status it gave me when I introduced this group to my peers at boarding school.

Mr. Blue by Myles Connolly was recently discussed by the St. Ignatius of Loyola Church book club. This 1928 classic is about a modern day J “saint,” J. Blue who gives away his money to those in need, lives in a packing box on the roof of a thirty floor New York City skyscraper, flies a kite for recreation and talks about Jesus and life when he is back from pilgrimages overseas… Later, he resides in Boston witnessing to the poor. Blue is not only a man of action, he is also a man of thought as shown by the excerpts of several of his letters. This is a short novel of ideas and actions worth reading.

Meanwhile, on Monday, November 14, 2005 at 3 P.M. during Children’s Story Time, the author, Ruth Bolling and the illustrator, Tracey Dahle Carrier of Mouse Tales: Things Hoped For, Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany will show their book and tell their story. Autographed copies of the book will be available. November is also a good time to shop for the holidays. Come get your Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas gifts. Come one, come all to Logos.

Upcoming Events At Logos
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry.
Monday, November 14, 2005 at 3 P.M., Children’s Story Time presents Ruth Bolling, author and Tracey Dahle Carrier, illustrator of Mouse Tales: Things Hoped For, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany.
Monday, November 14, 2005 at 7 P.M., the Sacred Texts Group led by Richard Curtis will discuss the book of Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon. Bring your favorite proverbs
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 6:30 P.M, Meet and Greet, at 7 P.M., Museum presentations and more with the Bonnie Manter New York Network Group. Further info: bonniebeatonmanter@hotmail.com
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
Transit: 4, 5, 6 Subways to 86th Street, M86 Bus (86th St.), M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.), M15 Bus (1st & 2nd Aves.)

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