2014 Scheduling and Book Recommendations

Once again we had a great book club. We are celebrating 5 years of literary enjoyment as a group! We came and suggested books. We also schedule who was in charge for which month. (See side bar.)

Heidi's book ideas - 
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson
Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Jenny chose to do I am Malala for August.

Mickie will be doing This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald in October. Mickie suggested ( possibly Letters in)The Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears as a good read, too.

Lynda talked about books by Maya Angelou , and Josi Kilpack. She also thought of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

Chaliece's book ideas -
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Michele's book ideas - 
Macy Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James

Jeannie's book ideas - 
A Joseph Smith biography

Wendy's book ideas - 
On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage

Kacey also suggested His Good Opinion by Nancy Kelley.

Anya chose The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern which will be our book for January.

See you January 8, 2014. Happy reading!

The Search for Wondla

Michele hosted last night while Jenny led our discussion of The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi. Some things we talked about:
*what makes a family
*whether we should rely on technology or not
*important survival skills
*sometimes how you view your relationship with someone is not how they view the relationship
*how well the author portrayed a 12 year old girl
*is dissection okay? Darwin, Lewis and Clark, etc.
*books are becoming more technologically advanced


Anything I missed?


We are changing our night from the 4th Wednesday to the 4th Tuesday. (Church activity night has changed and that affected a good portion of the group.) Next month we are meeting at my house for a discussion of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". 

March: Wednesday Sisters

I apologize for the late post. Book club is at my house tonight at 7pm.

1530 Elizabeth Ave. Unit 4

Call me if you need directions, basically I live across from Stacy Morris. :D

We'll see you soon!

2011 Book Club Schedule

One Wednesday we met at Michelle's house and all but one of us were there! Yea! That means we scheduled the whole year. Here is what we have for those hosting and the book choices if they have been chosen.

February - Michelle Hastings North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

March - Mindy The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

April - Xela Mother Had a Secret by Tiffany Fletcher

May - Stacie Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

June - Ashley The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio by Terry Ryan

July - Jeannie

August - Lynda

September - Heidi

October - Kacey

November - Michelle Hines (Is that how you spell it?)

December - N/A

January - Jenny Tyler?

I am trying to make a comprehensive list of what we have read and post that. Comment with those you remember and I will post them to the side bar. (Check out what I already have.) We have been going for 2 years!!! Thanks guys. I will try and write more about the actual meeting of the group this week.