The Book Club Blog

Sunday, November 20, 2011

5 1/2 years of books!

WOW! Take a look at all the books we have read! We are still missing about 4 books I think. If anyone can fill in the blanks, let me know!

BOOK CLUB BOOK LIST

2006

July 2006 - Unwanted by Kien Nguyen

August 2006 – Making It Up by Penelope Lively

September 2006 – My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

October 2006 – The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

November 2006 – Are you There God, It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

December 2006 – Until They Bring the Streetcars Back by Stanley Gordon West

2007

January 2007 – Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

February 2007 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

March 2007 – March by Geraldine Brooks

April 2007 – You're Not from Around Here, Are You? A Lesbian in Small-Town America by Louise A. Blum

May 2007 – Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

June 2007 – Life of Pi by Yann Martel

July 2007 – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards

August 2007 – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

September 2007 – Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

October 2007 – The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

November 2007 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

December 2007 – Christmas Mystery Month - Vital Lies by Ellen Hart

2008

January 2008 – To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

February 2008 – Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

March 2008 – A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris.

April 2008 – Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

May 2008 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

June 2008 –

July 2008 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

August 2008 –

September 2008 –

October 2008 – The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

November 2008 – A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

December 2008 – Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2009

January 2009 – Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

February 2009 – Working by Studs Terkel

March 2009 –

April 2009 – The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

May 2009 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

June 2009 – An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender and Flatland by Edwin Abbott

July 2009 – Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

August 2009 –

September 2009 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

October 2009 – Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

November 2009 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

December 2009 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

2010
January 2010 – A Whole New Mind by Daniel H Pink

February 2010 – Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie

March 2010 – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

April 2010 – Garbageland by Elizabeth Royte

May 2010 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

June 2010 – Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

July 2010 – Late Homecomer by Kao Kalia Yang

August 2010 – Ordinary People by Judith Guest

September 2010- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

October 2010- Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons by Lorna Landvick

November 2010- Atonement by Ian McEwan

December 2010- Christmas Mystery Month - Plum Pudding by Joanne Fluke

2011 – We started individual book choices this year!
January 2011 – Amy’s choice – On the Road – Jack Kerouac

February 2011 – Jane’s choice – Ishmael – Daniel Quinn

March 2011 – Karen G’s choice – A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

April 2011 – Karen H’s choice – The Help – Kathryn Stockett

May 2011 – Kelly’s choice – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer

June 2011 – Kim K’s choice – Devil in the White City – Erik Larson

July 2011 – Kimberly S’s choice – Crescent – Diana Abu-Jaber

August 2011 – Movie Month – The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee – Rebecca Miller

September 2011 – Michelle’s choice – The Color of Water – James McBride

October 2011 – Amy’s choice – When You are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris

November 2011 – Jane’s choice – Cold Mountain – Jonathan Frazier

December 2011 – Christmas Mystery Month – Long Goodbyes – Nikki Baker

Monday, October 24, 2011

Catch Up Part 3

October: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
November: Cold Mountain by Jonathan Frazier.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Catch up Part 2

August -- The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee
September -- The Color of Water

Friday, June 24, 2011

Catch up

June -- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
July -- Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber

Monday, March 28, 2011

May 2011


For May, I have selected Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

April 2011


Karen H's choice for April: The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

See you all at Michelle's or Karen G's. Have we decided???

Monday, February 28, 2011

For March: A [Bonza] Town Like Alice

I just finished it tonight, oh my word.  It was a fair cow.


I believe we are meeting at Skare-Klecker station in March.

Saturday, January 01, 2011

February 2011

Jane's Choice for February 2011 Book Club:

Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn