The Namesake

Date: September 15, 2008

Book: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Hostess: Millie Lana
(please note location change)

Book Selector: Evy


Although we would never advocate watching the movie instead of reading our book selection, we do believe that the movie created by this novel is a great way to spend 122 minutes!

September 2008 Also-Rans

For September, you may wish to read these alternate titles:

The Shack, by William P. Young

or

Flight of Passage, by Rinker Buck

Love Walked In

Date: August 21, 2008

Book: Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos

Hostess: Chris

Book Selector: Carol

NOTICE: All readers are encouraged to go to our group list and type in their addresses, for the ease of those of us who forget where you live on a routine basis - thanks! (Remember this is not a publicly accessible link.)

August 2008 Also-Rans

Books we will not be reading (at least as a group) in August include:


Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

and

Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall

Three Cups of Tea

Date: July 21, 2008

Book: Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson

Hostess: Bonnie

Book Selector: Chris

July 2008 Also-Rans

The books we did not select for July were:



The Good Liar by Laura Caldwell

and

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Light of Day

Date: June 16, 2008

Book: The Light of Day, by Graham Swift

Hostess: Jill

Book Selector: Kathleen

June 2008 Also-Rans

Two very intriguing titles were not chosen as our selection this month.


Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
by Meera Syal

Prisoner of Tehran (A Memoir)
by Marina Nemat

The Double Bind

Date: May 19, 2008

Book: The Double Bind, by Chris Bohjalian

Hostess: Joyce

Book Selector: Patty

May 2008 Also-Rans

Two very interesting looking books did not get chosen as our selection this month:

Fall On Your Knees,
by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Middlesex,
by Jeffrey Eugenides