Our New Book Selections

New Book Club Selections

In May our book club we decided to weed some titles that we didn't want to read. Also we added some new titles. For choosing the selections, I ask our members for selections. I also look at new books and read reviews. Also my friend who has belonged to a book club for 30 plus has good suggestions. I have also included some Christmas and holiday books for December and January. We also had decided along the way that it is best to have a moderator that will lead the discussion and the questions. We volunteer to be a moderator. In the future we may not always meet in the library. We may meet in our member's home. We like to socialize. Who doesn't?


Dallas, Sandra, Tallgrass During Word War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. 336p. ReadingGroupGuide.com

Ford, Jamie, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A friendship between a Chinese-American and a Japanese-American girl in Seattle During WWII. 320p. ReadingGroupGuide.com

Blum, Jenna, Those who Save Us A professor’s mother refuses to talk to her daughter about her life in Germany during WWII, even though the daughter is interviewing survivors and writing a book. 496p. ReadingGroupGuides.com

Mullen, Thomas, The Last Town on Earth Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced–the 1918 flu epidemic. 432p.
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Monroe, Mary Alice Time is a River Breast cancer survivor Mia Landan returns home to find her husband in bed with another woman. Still weak from the cancer treatments, and not ready to make decisions about her failed marriage, Mia asks Belle Carson, a fly-fishing guide and the head of Casting for Recovery, if she can stay in Belle’s isolated mountain cabin. 384p.books.simonschuster.com

Monroe, Mary Alice The Four Seasons., What a great story! The characters-four sisters-Jillian, Rose, Beatrice and Meredith are a study in relationships between sisters, If you have ever had a close sister relationship or one with another woman, you will find this a fascinating study... The Four Seasons is definitely recommended as a good read, It presents a way to learn a lot. about women and how perceptions differ depending on who you are and where you are in life, Enjoy! 422p

Flagg, Fannie, Can’t Wait for Heaven, Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and sidesplitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? 384p
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Mapson, Jo-Ann, Hank and Chloe, Hank and Chloe are as star-crossed as Romeo and Juliet but sexier and frankly, a lot more fun. This is a love story with a salsa bite and a winning heart. 310p. ReadingGroupGuides.com

Mapson, Jo-Ann, Solomon’s Oak, This book is the story of three people who have suffered losses that changed their lives forever. Though, it resonates with hope and love. 384p.ReadingGroupGuides.com

Roberts, Shelia, Love in Bloom, A funny, inspiring women's fiction novel about three women who share neighboring plots in a community garden and change each other's lives forever. 366p. readinggroupguides.com

Roberts, Shelia, Small Change, "At their weekly craft group meeting, Rachel, Jessica and Tiffany admit they share a difficult secret: they're all struggling with major financial problems. 352p.ReadingGroupGuides

Strout, Elizabeth, Olive Kitteridge, Olive Kitteridge is the kind of woman you would duck across the street to avoid meeting. She's abrasive as sandpaper rubbed across a scab and unapologetically rude. Now retired, she taught seventh-grade math in the small Maine town of Crosby for years, earning a reputation as the mean teacher who leaves her students flustered and trembling. 304p. http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/696-olive-kitteridge-strout

Kingsolver, Barbara, Animal, Vegetable and Miracle: A year of food Barbara Kingsolver describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain. 400p. www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?isbn13

Kingsolver, Barbara, Prodigal Summer, Over the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the countryside, these characters find their connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with whom they share a place. 460p.
www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?&...

Simonson, Barbara, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Retired British Army Officer Major
Ernest Pettigrew has learned that his only brother has died. The door bell rings Mrs. Ali,
Pakistani shopkeeper, has come to the door to collect the newspaper bill. She touched
by his grief, she leads him into the living room and makes a cup of tea and offers him words of Comfort. A friendship blossoms. 384p.www.litlovers.com/.../13.../610-major-pettigrews-last-stand-simonson

Haddon, Mark, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time,
Christopher Boone is a fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a great deal about math and very little about human beings. When he finds his neighbor’s dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his world upside down. 240p.
www.readinggroupguides.com/.../curious_incident_dog1.asp


Skloot, Rebecca, The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern tobacco farmer, was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medical research. Known to science as HeLa, the first "immortal" human cells grown in culture are still alive today, and have been bought and sold by the millions. Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where Henrietta's family struggles with her legacy. 381p.
www.gobigread.wisc.edu/Discussion-Toolkit/Questions2011.pdf


Holiday books for December and January

Roberts, Sheila, Angel Lane Keep the heart in Heart Lake. That’s exactly what three small-town shop owners hope to do when they launch their crazy-ambitious “Have a Heart” campaign—asking neighbors to commit one random act of kindness every day. Emma, Sarah, and Jamie love their lakeside community, but the little town is growing too big too fast, and a doing a good deed never hurt anyone. Or so they thought…

Andrews, Mary Kay, Blue Christmas, It′s the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to do up her shop for the Savannah historical district window decorating contest-which she intends to win.
Pearlman, Ann, The Christmas Cookie Club. Every year at Christmastime, Marnie and her twelve closest girlfriends gather in the evening with batches of beautifully wrapped homemade cookies. Everyone has to bring a dessert and a bottle of wine, but this year, it’s their stories that are especially important. Marnie’s oldest daughter has a risky pregnancy. Jeannie’s father is having an affair with her best friend. Taylor’s life is in financial freefall. Rosie’s husband doesn’t want children, and she has to decide, very soon, the fate of her marriage.
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Christmas-Cookie-Club/Ann-Pearlman/9781439158845/reading_group_guide - 55k -

Our book club selections June through November

I am now the keeper of the list for our woman's club book group. I have discussed how
books are placed on our list. After I compile the list e-mail it to our members who have e-mail. To our members who do not have e-mail I send via the USPS.

Our June through November Book Club Selections
June Selection Karen Moderator
Ford, Jamie, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A friendship between a Chinese-American and a Japanese-American girl in Seattle During WWII. 320p. ReadingGroupGuide.com

July Selection Estelle Moderator at Estelle’s house
Monroe, Mary Alice The Four Seasons., What a great story! The characters-four sisters-Jillian, Rose, Beatrice and Meredith are a study in relationships between sisters, If you have ever had a close sister relationship or one with another woman, you will find this a fascinating study... The Four Seasons is definitely recommended as a good read, It presents a way to learn a lot. about women and how perceptions differ depending on who you are and where you are in life, Enjoy! 422p

August Selection Norma Moderator
Flagg, Fannie, Can’t Wait for Heaven, Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and sidesplitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? 384pwww.litlovers.com Type in the title
September Selection Louise Moderator

Kingsolver, Barbara, Animal, Vegetable and Miracle: A year of food Barbara Kingsolver describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain. 400p. www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?isbn13

October Selection Linda Moderator
Mapson, Jo-Ann, Solomon’s Oak, This book is the story of three people who have suffered losses that changed their lives forever. Though, it resonates with hope and love. 384p.ReadingGroupGuides.com

November Selection Pat
Haddon, Mark, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time,
Christopher Boone is a fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a great deal about math and very little about human beings. When he finds his neighbor’s dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his world upside down. 240p.
www.readinggroupguides.com/.../curious_incident_dog1.asp