Today at noon at the Chamber building on Main Street, the Creative Juice will be having their annual "Summer Reading Book List" session, where members of the group share the names of titles that have inspired them over the past year.
Creative Juice, now in its third year, is the Chamber of Commerce council for people in the arts and creative industries. Monthly meetings are open to the public (though there is a small fee for non-chamber members) and it is an ecclectic group of photographers, musicians, writers, graphic designers and arts groups - both non- and for-profit.
This is my favorite session of the year and I always come away with a list of books that will help me think differently -- in a variety of ways. The meeting is an informal lunch session - bring a bag lunch and the chamber provides the chips and drinks.
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Jen, it would be great if you can post some of the recommendations for those of us crafting our summer book list.
Hi Cathyjoe,
Here's the list of books that were recommended at the Creative Juice lunch meeting. I'm sorry I can't re-create the descriptions...they were so interesting. Many thanks to Cathy Duncan at the Chamber for compiling this! Enjoy!
· “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger;
· “Proust Was a Neuroscientist” by Jonah Lehrer;
· “1001 Ways To Save the Earth” by Joanna Yarrow;
· “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music” by Steve Lopez;
· “Cecilia Reclaimed: Feminist Perspectives on Gender and Music” by Susan C. Cook & Judy S. Tsou;
· “Uncharitable” by Dan Pallotta;
· “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” by Daniel Pink;
· “The Lost Books of the Odyssey” by Zachary Mason;
· TED Talks: “Derek Sivers: How To Start a Movement” - that's online, not a book;
· Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential by Richard Restak, M.D.
· “In the Woods” by Tana French;
· “Once Upon A Town” by Bob Greene;
· “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer;
· “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy;
· “Oh the Glory of it All” by Sean Wilsey;
· “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury;
· “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake” by Aimee Bender;
· “Winter’s Tale” by Mark Helprin
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