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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Book Club Selections, 2013 Edition

We selected our book options for 2013! Here they are, in month/category order:
 
January | Memoirs
 
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
 
 
Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson
 
 
Louise: Amended by Louise Krug
 
 
 
February | Romance
 
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
 
 
The News from Spain by Joan Wickersham
 
 
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
 
 
 
March | Animals
 
Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant that Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer
 
 
The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlon
 
 
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
 
 
 
April | Comedy
 
Seriously, I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
 
 
Stiff by Mary Roach
 
 
Death by Chocolate by Sally Berneathy
 
 
May | Family
 
The Paternity Test by Michael Lowenthal
 
 
The Round House by Louise Erdich
 
 
The Year that Everything Changed by Georgia Bockoven
 
 
 
June | Sports
 
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
 
 
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig
 
 
Calico Joe by John Grisham
 
 
 
July | Patriotic
 
The Presidents' Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy
 
 
Gabby by Gabrielle Giffords
 
 
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
 
 
 
August | Beach Reads
 
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
 
 
The Sisters by Nancy Jensen
 
 
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch by Julia Pandl
 
 
 
September | US History/Historical Fiction
 
Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly
 
 
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
 
 
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
 
 
 
October | Horror/Mystery/True Crime
 
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
 
 
People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry
 
 
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
 
 
 
November | Classics/Poetry
 
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
 
 
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
 
 
I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Maciuliano
 
 
 
December | Religious/Christmas
 
Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler
 
 
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
 
 
Unstoppable by Nick Vujicic
 
 
Tons of great-sounding books to choose from in 2013!
 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

2013 Book Categories


Here are the book categories for 2013! Everyone should submit 2 books per category at the October meeting. You will have a total of 24 books.
 
 
January | Memoir/New Beginnings
 
February | Romance/Chick Lit
 
March | Animals
 
April | Comedy
 
May | Mother/Daughter/Family
 
June | Baseball/Sports
 
July | Presidential Biography/Patriotic
 
August | Summer/Beach Read
 
September | US History/US Historical Fiction

 October | Horror/True Crime

 November | Classics/Poetry

 December | Religious/Spiritual/Christmas
 
 
I will put the master list together before the selections meeting in November.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

2012 Books

We're trying something a little bit new next year: monthly book genres. The categories include Chic Lit, Humor, Biography/Memoir, Literature/Classics, Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy/SciFi, Movies, Historical Fiction, Dystopia, Animal, and Young Adult. Here are the books we have to choose from in 2012:


































Remember, there are only 33 books because we will choose from "The Best of 2012" in December. Looking forward to another great reading year!
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