A Bookclub for the Discerning Gentleman
Continuing to Let the Great World Spin
Apr 19th
I just noticed that Amazon has some cool resources for the book available off the page I linked to earlier, including:
Letting the Great World Spin
Apr 19th
In the (very) unlikely event that anyone is still checking the site, join your fellow Manzebites @ Eli’s on 5/11 for a tall-boy fueled discussion of Colum McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin.”
Just an idea for next year
Oct 26th
Hey Manzeboans,
The Library Foundation of Hennepin County has some good authors coming to speak – its sort of a fundraiser for the library so it has a cost. Here are the two I thought most interesting:
Sarah Vowell – author of the Wordy Shipmates about the Puritans. She also has been on This American Life. Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm
or
Michael Chabon – author of one of my favorite movies – Wonder Boys, most recently wrote an autobiographical book about growing up – Manhood for Amateurs, which sounded right up our alley. Thursday April 22, 7:30 pm
Balcony seats are $35.
Here is the link for more info – http://www.supporthclib.org/events-pen.html
Its at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, we could hit up the Big Ten afterwards, or maybe the new Cooper in SLP. We should read one of the author’s books of course.
Monday Meeting Spot?
Aug 7th
Hey People…
Our next Manzebo outing is fast approaching and I’m quite excited to get together.
I was hoping to organize a wood chopping expedition but that’s falling through so I figured the next best thing was to meet by a river. Here are some options…what do you think?
-Pracna Tavern on St. Anthony Main
-Psycho Suzy’s in Northeast on Lowry and Marshall (my reco)
Or, we could meet on my rooftop deck or at Motoi, which I keep suggesting but nobody seems to like.
Let the group know what you think…it’s supposed to be sunny and 85 on Monday!
Forbes
The Results Are In
Jul 6th
Shapley Value analysis, or Shapely as Forbes likes to call it, has been a successful way for our group to choose books to read for going on almost a two years now.
I’m not sure if I’ve ever actually posted the results, so I figured I’d give it a whirl here:
So what does this mean? Well it definitely means that Out Stealing Horses is to be featured in our August get together, so go pick up a copy now. What the numbers show here is the total ‘reach’ each book had when all 10 books were in our consideration set. Reach was defined as the number of people who rated this book a 4 or a 5 on the 1 to 5 scale. I don’t always use 4s and 5s. Sometimes I use just 5s, but I’m basically looking to get the greatest amount of definition in our selection process. 4s and 5s made sense for this go around.
As you can see, Out Stealing Horses gobbled up just over 20% of our total interest.
The beauty of the Shapley Analysis really comes into play after the first book is selected. This first pass of selecting the first book could really be done by anyone, and to be honest, with the small sample sizes we’re using all of this could, but selecting the second book as a compliment to the first is the intriuging part for me.
Imagine you’re one of the very few who wasn’t interested in reading Out Stealing Horses, wouldn’t it be great if we could make sure that you were satisfied in the second of the two book selections? Well you will be, based on this analysis:
As you can see above, when we select Out Stealing Horses, 75% of our group is satisfied from a book selection standpoint, but the remaining 25% aren’t that jazzed about the book. By looking at which book provides the highest incrimental value outside of the first selection we ensure that the rest of the group is satisfied with our second choice, also known as: Octzebo: World Made by Hand.
These two books not only satisfy our entire group, but also provided the highest overall value based on your ratings.
Now all that’s left is to choose a meeting location for August. I open the floor to suggestions.
Rick Astley Biography – Working Titles
Apr 16th
Never Gonna Give You Up: The True Story of Rick Astley
Gave It Up: How It All Went Wrong (and Right Again)
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