Book List 2011-2012

We will meet at 9:30 am on the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted. Dont worry about reading it all. Read what you can and we we'll discuss it all and enjoy each other's company.

Tuesday, November 14, 2011

My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)

The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)

Location: Kadee H. / Discussion Leader: Megan L.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

365 Thank Yous (John Kralik)

The Swiss Family Robinson (John D. Wyss)

Location: Nikie E. / Discussion Leader: Cara S.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Posterity (Dorrie McCullough Lawson)

In His Steps (Charles Sheldon)

The Good Theif (Hannah Tinti)

Location: Allyson D. / Discussion Leader: Bethany B.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)

A World Without Heroes (Brandon Mull)

Location: Michelle M. / Discussion Leader: April H.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Invisible Wall (Harry Bernstein)

Moon Over Manifest (Clare Vanderpool)

Location: Megan L. / Discussion Leader: Nikie E.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)

Out of My Mind (Sharon Draper)

Location: Bonnie T. / Discussion Leader: Michelle M.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Winld Swans (Jung Chang)

Dragon Slippers (Jessica Day George)

Location: Bethany B. / Discussion Leader: Janel W.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Yiddish Policeman's Union (Michael Chabon)

Elephant Run (Roland Smith)

Location: Cara S. / Discussion Leader: Allyson D.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

1493 (Charles C. Mann)

The Mormon Way of Doing Business (Jeff Benedict)

Mao's Last Dancer (Li Cunxin)

Location: Ruth G. / Discussion Leader: Kadee H.

Fall 2011

Our next two meetings will be held as usual the first Tuesday of the month at 9:30.

October 4th, bookclub will meet at Renee Fackrell's home to discuss:

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson) &

Hattie Big Sky (Kirby Larson)

November 1st, we will be meeting at Kadee Hughes' house to discuss:

The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) &

My Cousin Rachel (Daphne de Maurier)

Don't forget to email your book choices to Bonnie Tautkus for the 2011-2012 year!

2010-2011 Reading List

We will meet at 9:30 am on the first Tuesday of most months.  Read what you can, we'll discuss it all (You're welcome to join us even if you didn't read at all!).  Dates, times, locations, and discussion leaders, as always, are subject to change.  Call Bonnie T. for more information.  See you there!    

• Thursday, November 4, 2010

-The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)

-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)

Location: Bethany B. / Discussion Leader: Bonnie T.

• Tuesday, December 7, 2010

-The Help (Kathryn Stockett)

-Under the Greenwood Tree (Thomas Hardy)

Location: Andrea G./ Discussion Leader: Michelle M.

• Tuesday, January 4, 2011

-My Life in France (Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme)

-When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead)

Location: Becky W./ Discussion Leader: Andrea G.

• Tuesday, February 1, 2011

-Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)

-The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)

Location: Nikie E./ Discussion Leader: Bethany B.

• Tuesday, March 1, 2011

-The Promise (Chaim Potok)

-The Hunger Games series (Suzanne Collins)

Location: Cara S./ Discussion Leader: Kelli J.

• Tuesday, April 5, 2011

-The Hidden Christ (James Ferrell)

-Daddy Long Legs (Jean Webster)

Location: Wendy T./ Discussion Leader: Nikie E.

• Tuesday, May 3, 2011

- NurtureShock (Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman)

- The Lost Hero (Rick Riordan)

Location: Michelle M./ Discussion Leader: Janel W.

• Tuesday, June 7, 2011

- The Girl in Hyacinth Blue (Susan Vreeland)

- Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)

Location: Kelli J./ Discussion Leader: Megan L.

• Suggested Summer Reading

- Ahab's Wife (Sena Jeter Naslund)

• Tuesday, September 6, 2011

-  A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)

- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Jacqueline Kelly)

Location: Renee F./Discussion Leader: Cara S.

BBC "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" film

Has anyone seen the BBC's version of the Chronicles of Narnia?  It was a miniseries later combined into three feature length films:

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Two books combined into one film)
• The Silver Chair

Hmmm... Movie night anyone?!


And, did you know that the new Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie (the one to be released December 10) is coming out in 3D?

First Meeting 11/4 at Bethany B.'s

How is Thursday November 4 for everyone? 9:30 at Bethany B.'s. If you don't like that date please respond, we'll see how many can make it.

The first two books are:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis (movie coming out soon) and
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.

Vote on our 2010-2011 books!

The voting's closed, ladies!  Stay tuned for our final list!

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