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

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

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

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

The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud

Date: May 18, 2009

Book: The Emperor's Children

Hostess: Lana

Book Selector: Mary Jane

April Also-Also-Rans

Since our theme was choosing an Also-Ran this month, does that make these two books also-also-rans? (Good enough to bring around a second time, I say!)

Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver

and

Fall On Your Knees,
by Ann-Marie MacDonald