2008-2009 Books

October 24, 2008:
Book: The House of Seven Gables/ Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne/Jeff Kinney
Location: Bonnie
Disc. Leader: Janel

November 21, 2008:
Books: My Name is Asher Lev/Jacob Have I Loved
Authors: Chiam Potok/ Katherine Paterson
Location: Michelle
Disc. Leader: Nikie

December 19, 2008:
Books: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn/Gossamer
Authors: Betty Smith/ Lois Lowry
Location: Andrea
Disc. Leader: Kristen

January 9, 2009:
Books: Innocents Abroad/Devil’s Arithmetic
Authors: Mark Twain/Jane Yolden
Location: Nikie
Disc. Leader: Tanjua

February 27, 2009:
Books: Angle of Repose/The Wednesday Letters
Authors: Wallace Stegner /Jason Wright
Location: Bethany
Disc. Leader: Bethany

March 27, 2009:
Books: Galileo’s Daughter/The Last Lecture
Authors: Daval Sobel/Randy Pausch
Location: Cara
Disc. Leader: Kelly

April 24, 2009:
Book: To the Tower Born/Ender’s Game
Author: Robin Maxwell/ Orson Scott Card
Location: Janel
Disc. Leader: Bonnie

May 29, 2009:
Books: Tale of Two Cities/Farenheit 451
Authors: Charles Dickens/Ray Bradbury
Location: Kristen
Disc. Leader: April

June 26, 2009:
Books: The Thirteenth Tale/I am Scout
Authors: Diane Setterfield/Charles J. Shields
Location: Tanjua
Disc. Leader: Michelle

July - August: No Meeting
Suggested Summer Reading
Books: Something from our cut list

September 25, 2009:
Book: Funny in Farsi/Uprising
Author: Firoozeh Dumas/Margaret Haddix
Location: Renee
Disc. Leader: Andrea

Books that didn’t make the list 2008-2009

Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare
The Education of Little Tree, Forrest Carter
No Greater Love, Mother Theresa
Toss the Guilt, Catch the Joy, Merrilee Boyack
The Christmas Train, David Baldacci
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai SiJie
Book of a Thousand Days, Shannon Hale
The Eye of the Crow, Shane Peacock
Operation Red Jericho, Joshua Mowll
Shakespeare’s Secret, Elise Broach
Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliet
Ask Me No Questions, Marina Budhos

May 30, 2008

Location: Kristen's
Discussion Leader:

Falling Leaves
by Adeline Yen Mah

There are two very similar books by Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella is a children's book, Falling Leaves is for adults. Falling Levaes has won some awards, covers a bit more history, tells the story of her life until her father's death (the first ends when she goes to college), but is less detailed in the story-telling. I'm not sure who recommended this book, or which one they ment, but after reading both, I would recommend Chinese Cinderella as a better story, although it leaves you wanting to read her other book to find out the end of the story.

http://www.bookmovement.com/app/readingguide/view.php?readingGuideID=1394

Gift From the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh