April book

The book for April will be
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah.

(Click the title for the link to information about the book.)

Meeting Cancelled!!

Please note that the February meeting has been cancelled what with having no book selection, and a large number of members travelling.

Next book and meeting is March 16th, hosted by Irene, for the book THE ILLEGAL.

updates to reading list

At the meeting today we made two changes to the book reading schedule. Because A MAN CALLED OVE is still so backed up in the library we decided to move it to June. Donna recommended this new (2015) Jane Urquhart instead.

** A reminder that we are still waiting for Eileen's selection for February and that Dori is changing her selection for April.



January 19 - THE NIGHT STAGES by Jane Urquhart
Recommended by Donna and hosted by Cindy.



June 15 - A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman (trans Henning Koch)
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.

More books

Sharan just sent me this note of the Antigua Book Club selections for 2017. Thought this would be interesting to share:

 

Here's a list of possible reads for 2017. Needless to say, we welcome any and all other suggestions. They ALL have at least 4 stars and are VERY different. The general consensus is to read the trilogy of Fredrik Backman, "A Man Called Ove", "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry", and "Britt-Marie Was Here", to be discussed in late January.

"Lawrence In Arabia, the Making of the Modern Middle East" by Scott Anderson

"The Mandibler: A Family, 2029-2047" by Leonel Schriver

"A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Azeki

"The Sell-out" by Paul Beatty

"The Gift of Rain" by Tan Twan Eng

"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

"Hard Red Spring" by Kelly Kerney

"Krakatora, the Day the World Exploted, August 27, 1883" by Simon Winchester

Winter Selections 2016

January 19 - A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman (trans Henning Koch)
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.




February 16 - 
Recommended and hosted by Eileen.




March 16 - THE ILLEGAL by Lawrence Hill
Recommended and hosted by Irene.



April 20 - CURIOUSITY by Alberto Manguel
Recommended and hosted by Dori.



May 18 - THE JAGUAR'S CHILDREN by John Vaillant
Recommended and hosted by Roberta.



June 15 -
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.

Selections for 2016 - 2017

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


September 15  1. 15 DOGS by Andre Alexis
                        2. MARTIN MARTEN by Brian Doyle 
read for perspective of the human condition.
Recommended and hosted by Roberta.



October 20 - SWEETLAND by Michael Crummey
Recommended and hosted by Ann.



November 17 - THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF PORTUGAL by Yann Martel
Recommended and hosted by Donna.



December 15 - THE MAGIC OF SAIDA by M. G. Vassanji
Recommended and hosted by Monique.


*** 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...

Reading ideas

People were requesting some reading ideas so here is a list of various library reading groups that looked interesting.

Library Reading Groups

Updated Reading List for 2016

December 17 - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates (recommended by Monique) - hosted by Monique - potluck at 11:30am



January 21 - THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan (recommended by Donna) - hosted by Donna



February 18 - THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt (recommended by Ann) - hosted by Ann



March 17 - THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins (recommended by Eileen) - hosted by Eileen



April 21 - AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman (recommended by Donna) - hosted by Irene

May 19 - BIRDIE by Tracey Lindberg (recommended by Jan) - hosted by Dori??? or Jan??


June 16 - UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand (recommended by Cindy) - hosted by Cindy - potluck at 11:30am


*** 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...