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Roma Deli + the Rwandan Genocide (Book Review)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by beckyajohnson

Last night, the Las Vegas Non-Fiction Book Group met at Roma Deli to discuss the book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. Although I live just down the street from the … Continue reading →

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers Book Review

Posted on May 8, 2012 by beckyajohnson

I’ve just finished reading Katherine Boo’s critically-acclaimed work of narrative non-fiction Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. This book — about slum-dwelling, abject poverty, garbage collecting and death by self-immolation — is so hot … Continue reading →

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Into the Wild + Crown and Anchor Pub

Posted on May 8, 2012 by beckyajohnson

I’ve joined another book club in Las Vegas, this one focused on reading non-fiction books. While my other book club is fun to get together with people to try new restaurants and talk about travel, we don’t really discuss the … Continue reading →

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Miraculous Air + Lindo Michoacan

Posted on April 21, 2012 by beckyajohnson

For this month’s Destinations Book and Dinner Club we read C.M. Mayo’s Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico and ate dinner at Lindo Michoacan. Mayo is an American expat based in Mexico City, … Continue reading →

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The Lost Girls + Firefly Summerlin

Posted on March 12, 2012 by beckyajohnson

This month’s adventure for the Destinations Book and Dinner Club was the memoir The Lost  Girls and the eclectic tapas restaurant Firefly Summerlin in Las Vegas. The Lost Girls: Three Friends, Four Continents, One Unconventional Detour Around the World by … Continue reading →

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