Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Extra Reading...

more suggestions that came out of the June meeting - summer reading anyone?

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham Verghese

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B by Sandra Gulland

An Audience of Chairs by Joan Clark

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Mudblood - Sharan! I can't find any reference to a book with this title - all I get is that it is a term from the Harry Potter books...

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Dan Buettner

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Death Comes To Pemberley by PD James

11-22-63 by Stephen King

Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson

Cool Water by Dianne Warren

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The High Road by Terry Fallis

The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Pure by Andrew Miller

2012 - 2013 book selections

At the June meeting, books were selected for the next year. They are:

September 20 - ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BONBONS by Lorna Landvik

October 18 - THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL by Rachel Simon

November 15 - THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Kraus

December 20 - PICTURES OF YOU by Caroline Leavitt

January - SILENCE ON THE MOUNTAIN by Daniel Wilkinson

February - HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan

March - THE BEAUTY OF HUMANITY MOVEMENT by Camilla Gibb

April - WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST by Gregory Maguire

May - Monique will select one
June - open

*** Note that each book has a link you can click on to get a review - each is from a different site, so much time can be spent browsing different book suggestions on these...