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Book Club Members (minus Sally and Sue)


2009 Book Club Meetings

Date

Book

Author

Where

Leads Discussion

January 14 The Linnet Bird Linda Holeman Kay's Mary
February 11 Loving Frank Nancy Horan Linda's Sally
March 11 -- Cancelled        
April 8 Nineteen Minutes Jody Picoult Vicki's Linda
May 1 and 2 The Golden Bowl Henry James Sandra's Sandra
June 10 Hidden Power Kati Marton Sue's ?
September 9 Girl with the Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson Sally's ?
October 2, 3 and 4 Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali Judy's Judy
November 11 The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett ? ?
December 9 ? ? Linda's ?

Others Recommended:

 

2008 Book Club Meetings

Date

Book

Author

Where

Leads Discussion

January 9 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah Vicki's Vicki
February 13 Suite Francais Irene Nemirovsky Sue's Kay
March 12 The Widow of the South Robert Hicks Kay's Linda
April 9 Zelda Nancy Milford Sally's Sandra
May 2, 3 and 4 The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette: A Novel
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Louis and Antoinette
The Private Realm of Marie Antoinette
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France
Carolly Erickson
Antonia Fraser
Vincent Cronin
Marie-France Boyer
Sena Jeter Naslund
Evelyne Lever and Catherine Temerson
Sandra's Judy
June 11 Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Mary's Sandra?
September 10 No Ordinary Time Doris Kearns Goodwin Sue's John??
October 3, 4 and 5 Just One Look Harlan Coben Judy's Judy
November 12 March Geraldine Brooks Vicki
December 10 Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul Karen Abbott Sally's Sandra


Other Books We've Read:

  • "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham (10/07)
  • Ben Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson (6/07)
  • "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie (4/07)
  • "Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World" by Rita Golden Gelman (12/07)
  • "When the Emperor Was Divine" by Julie Otsuka (1/07)
  • "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion (12/06)
  • "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult (10/2006)
  • "The Reading Group: A Novel" by Elizabeth Noble (9/06)
  • "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See (5/06)
  • "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld(3/06)
  • "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon (2/06)
  • "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown (5/05)
  • "Kite Runner" by Khalid Hossei (12/05)
  • "The Sari Shop" by The Sari Shop (4/05)
  • "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
  • "Eden Close" by Anita Shreve
  • "Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson
  • "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld
  • "The Namesake: A Novel" by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • "The Book of Ruth" by Jane Hamilton
  • "A Map of the World" by Jane Hamilton
  • "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi
  • "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom
  • "The Love Wife" by Gish Jen
  • "Personal History" by Katherine Graham
  • "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines
  • "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown
  • "Shop Girl" by Steve Martin
  • "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J. K. Rowling
  • "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink
  • "The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction" by Linda Gordon
  • "Plainsong" by Ken Haupt
  • "Midnight Champagne" by A. Manette Ansay
  • "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
  • "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham
  • "A Painted House" by John Grisham
  • "All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful" by James Herriot
  • "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
  • "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (3/07)
  • "Four Spirits" by Sena Jeter Naslund (2/07)
  • "A Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (9/07)
  • "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Wals (5/07)
  • "The Red Queen" by Margaret Drabble (11/07)
  • "Are Men Necessary" by Maureen Dowd (11/2006)
  • "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (6/2006)
  • "My Invented World" by Isabel Allende (4/06)
  • "Color of Water" by James McBride (1/06)
  • "Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn (11/05)
  • "The Short History of a Prince" by Jane Hamilton (6/2005)
  • "Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaasen (3/2005)
  • "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America" by Erik Larson
  • "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" by Erik Larson
  • "Paula" by Isabel Allende
  • "My Invented Country" by Isabel Allende
  • "Daughter of Fortune" by Isabel Allende
  • "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
  • "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
  • "The Devil Wears Prada" by by Lauren Weisberger
  • "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • "Wisconsin Death Trap" by Michael Lesy and Charles Van Schaick
  • "Dearest Friend, Abigail Adams" by Lynne Withey
  • "Lake News" by Barbara Delinski
  • "Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver
  • "Hunting Badger" by Tony Hillerman
  • "Front Row at the White House" by Helen Thomas
  • "Laura" by Larry Watson
  • "Blond" by Joyce Carol Oates
  • "Florabama Ladies Auxiliary and Sewing Circle" by Lois Battle
  • "Living a Life That Matters" by Harold Kushner
  • "Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love" by Dava Sobel
  • "The Last Time We Met" by Anita Shreve
  • "Postville" by Stephen Bloom

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