Fellowship of Book Goddesses: May 2009 The Hunger Games

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

May 2009 The Hunger Games

Hostess: Cleo
Leader: Erica
This was a teen book. It prompted excellent discussion. We had Copper River Salmon, salad, strawberry shortcake, and as usual, lots of wine.

Discussion Guide: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=36164

Some other questions:
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/hunger-games-book-club-discussion/

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2010 Books

Never Let Me Go (Nov. L: H: )
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Oct. L: Eleanor H: Julie
Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's (Sept. L: Barb H: Eleanor )
The Help (August L: Erica H: Cleo)
40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania (July L: Julie H: Barb )
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (May L: Diana H: Erica )
Shanghai Girls (April L:Cleo H:Gail )
1771 (Mar. L: Cleo H: Third Place Books)
So Brave, Young and Handsome (Jan. L:Eleanor H:Diana )

2009 Books

A Girl Named Zippy : Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana (Dec. L:Barb H:Julie)
Naked (Nov. L:Erica H:Barb)
Black Water (Oct. L:Gail H:Erica)
The Year of Wonders (Sept. L:Diana H:Cleo)
The Devil in the White City (Aug. L:Cleo H:Eleanor)
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing (June L:Julie H:Julie Camano Island)
The Hunger Games (May L:Erica H:Cleo)
The Shack (Apr. L:Gail H:Gail)
Digging to America (Mar. L:Barb H:Eleanor)
The Afghan (Feb. L:Cleo H:Diana)
Shadow in the Wind (Jan L:Barb, H:Cleo)

2008 Books

Secret Life of Bees Movie Outing (Nov.)
Samurai's Garden - (Oct. L:Barb H:Eleanor)
Memory Keeper's Daughter - (September: L:Erica H:Barb)
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - (Sept. L:Gail H:Julie)
An Outing - (July)
Glass Castle - by Jeanette Walls - (June: L:Pat H:Cleo/Cleo)
Monique and the Mango Rains : Two Years with a Midwife in Mali - by Kris Holloway - (Apr. L:Eleanor H:Gail/Gail)
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship - by Ann Patchett - (Mar. L:Julie H:Eleanor/Eleanor)
The Glass Harmonica - by Louise Marley - (Feb. L:Barb H: Julie/Julie)
Middlesex - by Jeffrey Eugenidis - (Jan. L:Diana H:Pat/Pat)

2007 Books

The Whistling Season - by Ivan Doig - (Dec. L:Cleo H:Cleo/Julie)
19 Minutes - by Jodi Picoult - (Nov. L:Gail H:Barb/Barb)
Any book written by Sherman Alexie - (Oct. Met at Third Place Books to hear Sherman Alexie)
River Town : Two Years on the Yangtze - by Peter Hessler - (Sept. L:Eleanor H:Gail/Gail)
The Thirteenth Tale - by Diane Setterfield - (July L:Julie H:Julie/all at the cabin)
Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam - by Zainab Salbi and Laurie Becklund - (June L:Barb H:Eleanor/Eleanor)
Mountains Beyond Mountains - by Tracy Kidder - (May L:Gail H:Pat/Pat)
Killer Angels - by Michael Shaara - (April L:Cleo H:Cleo/Cleo)
Epileptic - by David B. -(March L:Erica H:Cleo/Cleo)
The Tipping Point - by Malcolm Gladwell - (Feb. L:Diana H:Diana/Erica)
About Grace - by Anthony Doerr -(Jan. L:Pat H:Gail/Gail)

2006 Books

The Alchemist - by Paulo Coelho - (Dec. L:Pat H:Eleanor/Eleanor)
Garlic and Sapphires - by Ruth Reichi - (Oct. L:Julie H:Gail/Gail)
Set This House in Order - by Matt Ruff - (Sept. L:Gail H:Pat/Erica)
Three Cups of Tea - by David Oliver Relin - (July L:Eleanor H:Cleo/Cleo)
Ceremony - by Leslie Marmon Silko - (June L:Erica H:Diana/Diana)
My Sister's Keeper - by Jodi Picault - (May L:Cleo H:Barb/Barb)
Love My Rifle More Than You - by Kayla Williams - (April L:Barb H:Gail/Gail)
The Year of Magical Thinking - by Joan Didion (Mar. L:Julie H:Eleanor/Eleanor)
The Pleasure of my Company - by Steve Martin - (Feb. L:Diana H:Julie/Julie)
Shalimar the Clown - by Salmon Rushdie - (Jan. L:Pat H:Diana/Diana)

2005 Books

Three Incestuous Sisters - by Audrey Niffenegger - (Dec. L:Erica H:Pat/Pat)
Eat Cake - by Jeanne Ray - (Nov. L:Eleanor H:Gail/Gail)
Oct. - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - by Lisa See
Sept - The Jane Austen Book Club - By Karen Joy Fowler
Jun - When the Emporer was Divine - by Julie Otsuka
May - The Three Junes - by Julia Glass
Apr - The Kite Runner - by Khaled Hosseini
Mar - Isaac's Story - by Erik Larson
Feb - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - by Dai Sijie
Jan - The Wives of Short Creek - by Gerald Grimmett

2004 Books

2003 Books

Dec - That Old Ace in the Hole - by Annie Proulx
Nov - The Secret Life of Bees - by Sue Monk Kidd
Oct - Frida - by Barbara Louise Mujica
Sept - The Life of Pi - by Yann Martel
Aug - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - by Michael Chabon
Jun - The Eyre Affair - by Jasper Fforde
May - Forgive the Moon - by Maryanne Stahld
Charming Billy - by Alice McDermott - (Apr, L:Cleo, H:Diana/Diana)
Peace Like a River - by Leif Enger - (Mar, L:Gail, H:Gail/Gail)
Lovely Bones - by Alice Sebold - (Feb, L:Julie, H:Julie/Julie)