Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Those Who Save Us





Date: November 16, 2009

Book: Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Hostess: Millie Lungren

Book Selector: Patty Mueller

November Also-Rans


That Old Cape Magic
by
Richard Russo





The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society
by
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows



Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Shipping News




Date: October 19, 2009

Book: The Shipping News, by E. Annie Proulx

Hostess: Joyce Viken, @ Gulliver's Pizza,
..2727 W. Howard St.
..(just east of California/Dodge Ave)
..MEET at RESTAURANT at 6:30 PM

Book Selector: Bonnie Hawkinson

September Also Rans



Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen


A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah

Friday, September 4, 2009

The Friday Night Knitting Club



Date: September 21, 2009

Book: The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs

Hostess: Phyllis

Book Selector: TBD

August Also-Rans

Here are the two books we almost read for September (you can still read them on your own, of course!):



Middlesex, by
Jeffrey Eugenides

and

Testimony, by
Anita Shreve

Monday, July 20, 2009

The Likeness by Tana French



Date: August 17, 2009

Book: The Likeness, by Tana French

Hostess: Kristin

Book Selector: Karen or Lana

July Also-Rans

This month, the two books we did not choose to read were:


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

and

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Boy, isn't that true! A good book is not always as hard to find. May's information is as follows:


Date: June 15, 2009

Book: A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

Hostess: Mary Jane

Book Selector: Jane

May Also-Rans

Two short story collections we did not decide to read this month were:


Wilderness Tips,
by Margaret Atwood
and
Winesburg, Ohio,
by Sherwood Anderson