LitClub: Atsikana a Booktini + Joey
San Jose, California 
GULU IYI LIMAMWA m'mabuku ngati kuti amamwa marti awo.... Chabwino, tisapite kumeneko. Tingonena kuti ili ndi gulu "losangalala". Ndiye azimayi, kodi mumatenga mabuku anu ndi a azitona kapena osangalatsa?
Tiyeni tikambirane dzina lanu limenelo. Kodi Joey ndi ndani?
Nkhani yoseketsa. Kalabu yathu inayamba ndi akazi onse, koma mwamuna mmodzi ankayesetsa kulowa mozemba.
[Mwabisala? Anaganiza kuti simudzazindikira? —Editor]
Pomaliza tinamulola kuti asankhe buku. Anasankha Wofulumira lolembedwa ndi James Patterson — ndipo tinalikonda kwambiri! Kotero ali mkati...koma kokha pamene mkazi wake sakubwera.
Ndipo gawo lina la dzinalo—"Booktini"?
Timakonda mabuku athu—timakonda kuwerenga! Timagawana nkhani za m'mabuku pa chakudya chamadzulo ndi zakumwa. Ndi "Girltime" kamodzi pamwezi—chinthu chomwe tonsefe timayenera.
Nthawi ya atsikana ... Joey, nayenso?
Inde. Joey nayenso.
Tiuzeni zambiri zokhudza kalabu yanu.
Takhalapo kwa zaka 5. Tonsefe timauzidwa kuti ndife anthu 20—koma nthawi zambiri timapeza anthu 10 kapena kuposerapo pa msonkhano uliwonse. Ndife mabwenzi, mabwenzi a mabwenzi, alongo ndi abale.
Ndipo mumakumana kuti?
Nthawi zina kunyumba, koma makamaka ku malo odyera. Tonsefe ndife amayi ogwira ntchito, kotero zimakhala zosavuta. Ngati mwasankha buku, mumasankha lesitilanti. Tachita mabala a ku Italy, ku Mexico, ku malo odyera a Tequila, ngakhale ku Hawaii—ndi nyimbo zabwino kwambiri za ku Hawaii.
Mumapereka mayeso pa msonkhano uliwonse?
Timatero. Mafunso amasiyana—ena ndi ovuta kwambiri ndipo ena ndi osavuta. Tinayamba kuti aliyense awerenge bukuli. Koma pamapeto pake linasanduka chinthu chongosangalatsa. Aliyense amene wasankha bukuli ndiye amapanga mafunso. Aliyense timamupatsa dola imodzi mwezi watha kuti athe kugula mphatso kwa wopambana.
Mphatso zamtundu wanji?
Chinachake chonga galasi la martini lokongoletsedwa ndi chosakanizira [Martinis? Ha!...ndinadziwa. —Editor] ...kapena botolo la vinyo ndi galasi lokongola la vinyo...kapena chikho cha Starbucks chokhala ndi satifiketi. Mafunso apitawa, wopambana adalandira makandulo, zogwirira makandulo, ndi notebook yokongola yoti agwirizane nayo!
Tiuzeni zomwe mwawerenga chaka chathachi.
Wosunga Mlongo Wanga
Kankhirani (kapena Precious)
Chipewa cha Tawulo
Wokondedwa John
Masewera a Kupsompsona Padziko Lonse (Sandi Khan Shelton)
Malotowo
Angelas Ashes
Nenani kuti ndinu mmodzi wa iwo
oipa
Mkazi wa Oyenda Nthawi
Kalabu Yochezera ya Atsikana Odetsedwa (Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez)
Yang'anani Kachiwiri (chithunzi, pamwambapa)
Makalata a Lachitatu
Kodi pali zokonda zilizonse pazaka zambiri?
Kite Runner
Madzi a Njovu
Zosavala
Kodi pali malamulo aliwonse a kilabu?
Kalabu ili ndi malamulo awiri okha:
- Timaganizira za ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito, kotero sitisankha zinthu zovuta.
- Nthawi zina nthawi zimakhala zotanganidwa, ndipo zimakhala zovuta kuwerenga buku. Choncho sizili kanthu ngati mwawerenga bukulo kapena ayi. Timamvetsa—bwerani mulimonsemo.
Nanga bwanji za zochitika zapadera?
- Timakhala ndi usiku wa mafilimu. Timawerenga mabuku—The Woman and My Sister's Keeper—kenako timaona mafilimuwo ngati gulu (mabukuwo anali abwino kwambiri).
- Pa chikondwerero cha Angela's Ashes, tinakondwerera "Tsiku la Merry St. Patricks" (pamsonkhano wathu wa Disembala). Tinapereka chakudya cha ku Ireland, ndipo chilichonse chinali chobiriwira, kuphatikizapo sangria. Pomaliza, kuti mulowe mu raffle—munkayenera kuvala chobiriwira. (Mphoto zina....timakonda mphoto!)
- Takhala tikudya vinyo kwa masiku ambiri, komanso usiku wa Bunco.
- Tikukonzekera malo odyera a spa/vinyo ku Lodi.
Kupatula zosangalatsa ... mumagwiranso ntchito ndi bungwe lothandiza anthu.
Inde. Timadzipereka ku San Jose Homeless Shelter mu Disembala. Mu Ogasiti timapereka zinthu zothandizira kubwerera kusukulu ku Family Support Division ya malo ogona.
* Kwa iwo omwe sadziwa bwino za Bunco—ndi masewera a dayisi omwe anabwerera ku Britain m'ma 1700. Anafika ku America (makamaka ku California) nkhondo yapachiweniweni isanayambe ndipo posachedwapa atchukanso..
pamwamba pa tsamba