It looks like the order of upcoming meetings
(based on those in the order below who are currently active) is: Elsa,
Hannah, Rachel, Sue, Tara, Lois. We can insert/add anyone who
reactivates :) The next scheduled meeting is November 28 - not sure how
many people the conflict with the Keith/Kristyn Getty concert will
affect. Lois? Anyone else? We could consider moving it to Nov. 21, but
December is probably not an option. We'll have to discuss this and our
2015 schedule at the cottage, but meanwhile, Elsa is slated to pick the
next book!
Here is a complete list of the books that we have read and discussed since this book club started almost 10 years ago! (Happy anniversary, Hannah and Rachel :))
2004
Clara Callan (Richard B. Wright) - Hannah
The World According to Garp (John Irving) - Rachel
2005
No Logo (Naomi Klein) - Jenn B
Clara Callan (Richard B. Wright) - Hannah
The World According to Garp (John Irving) - Rachel
2005
No Logo (Naomi Klein) - Jenn B
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi) - Sue
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) - Shelley
Boy's Life (Robert McCammon) - Jill
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood) - Tanya
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) - Julia
Crow Lake (Mary Lawson) - Hannah
Birds Without Wings (Louis de Bernieres) - Rachel
2006
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) - Jenn L
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) - Sue
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke) - Shelley
Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) - Jill
Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) - Tanya
The Girls (Lori Lansens) - Julia
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon) - Hannah
The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi (Jacqueline Park) - Rachel
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells) - Sue
2007
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) - Tanya
Riding the Bus with My Sister (Rachel Simon) - Julia
My Name is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok) - Lois
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon) - Sherri
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl) - Shelley
Rockbound (Frank Parker Day) - Hannah
The Big Over-Easy (Jasper Fforde) - Rachel
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen) - Sue
2008
Midwives (Chris Bohjalian) - Lois
Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear (Katharine Weber) - Julia
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) - Shelley
Boy's Life (Robert McCammon) - Jill
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood) - Tanya
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) - Julia
Crow Lake (Mary Lawson) - Hannah
Birds Without Wings (Louis de Bernieres) - Rachel
2006
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) - Jenn L
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) - Sue
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke) - Shelley
Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) - Jill
Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) - Tanya
The Girls (Lori Lansens) - Julia
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon) - Hannah
The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi (Jacqueline Park) - Rachel
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells) - Sue
2007
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) - Tanya
Riding the Bus with My Sister (Rachel Simon) - Julia
My Name is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok) - Lois
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon) - Sherri
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl) - Shelley
Rockbound (Frank Parker Day) - Hannah
The Big Over-Easy (Jasper Fforde) - Rachel
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen) - Sue
2008
Midwives (Chris Bohjalian) - Lois
Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear (Katharine Weber) - Julia
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant) - Sherri
No Great Mischief (Alistair MacLeod) - Sarah
Stones from the River (Ursula Hegi) - Tara
Plainsong (Kent Haruf) - Elsa
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid) - Hannah
Refiner's Fire (Mark Helprin) - Rachel
2009
The Lost Garden (Helen Humphreys) - Sue
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert) - Sarah
Belle Falls (Sherri Vanderveen) - Lois
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout) - Sherri
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier) - Julia
No Great Mischief (Alistair MacLeod) - Sarah
Stones from the River (Ursula Hegi) - Tara
Plainsong (Kent Haruf) - Elsa
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid) - Hannah
Refiner's Fire (Mark Helprin) - Rachel
2009
The Lost Garden (Helen Humphreys) - Sue
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert) - Sarah
Belle Falls (Sherri Vanderveen) - Lois
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout) - Sherri
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier) - Julia
Mutant Message Down Under (Marlo Morgan) - Tara
Persuasion (Jane Austen) - Hannah
Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) - Denise
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See) - Patti
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) - Elsa
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) - Rachel
2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows) - Sue
An Unquiet Mind - A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Kay Redfield Jamison) - Sarah
Remembering the Bones (Frances Itani) - Tara
The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak) - Lois
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri) - Julia
That Old Ace in the Hole (Annie Proulx) - Tanya
Persuasion (Jane Austen) - Hannah
Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) - Denise
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See) - Patti
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) - Elsa
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) - Rachel
2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows) - Sue
An Unquiet Mind - A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Kay Redfield Jamison) - Sarah
Remembering the Bones (Frances Itani) - Tara
The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak) - Lois
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri) - Julia
That Old Ace in the Hole (Annie Proulx) - Tanya
The Other Side of the Bridge (Mary Lawson) - Elsa
Beatrice and Vergil (Yann Martel) - Denise
Drowning Ruth (Christina Schwarz) - Patti
The Space Between Us (Thrity Umrigar) - Sherri
What They Wanted (Donna Morrissey) - Hannah
2011
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova) - Rachel
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa) - Sue
Sarah’s Key (Tatiana de Rosnay) - Sarah
Mudbound (Hillary Jordan) - Julia
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Barbara Kingsolver) - Tara
Peace Like a River (Leif Enger) - Lois
The Known World (Edward P. Jones) - Patti
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson) - Tanya
Limbo (A. Manette Ansay) - Denise
The Dead Zone (Stephen King) - Elsa
2012
The Kitchen House (Kathleen Grissom) - Sherri
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley) - Rachel
Vaclav and Lena (Haley Tanner) - Hannah
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick) - Sue
Little Bee (Chris Cleave) - Julia
Finding Nouf (Zoe Ferraris) - Tanya
Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde) - Tara
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer) - Lois
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver) - Denise
2013
Bride of New France (Suzanne Desrochers) - Sarah
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane) - Elsa
The Midwife (Jennifer Worth) - Sherri
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks) - Patti
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle) - Hannah
The Day the Falls Stood Still (Cathy Marie Buchanan) - Rachel
Arthur and George (Julian Barnes) - Sue
Maus I & II (Art Spiegelman) - Julia
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson) - Tara
In the City of Bikes (Pete Jordan) - Lois
2014
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) - Elsa
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield) - Sherri
February (Lisa Moore) - Hannah
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - Rachel
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) - Sue
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy) - Tara
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman) - Lois
Have fun picking your top 10!
Sue
