Fellowship of Book Goddesses: February 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Summer (July or August) 2012 - Please Ignore Vera Dietz

probably Please Ignore Vera Dietz

by A. S. King

date to be determined

time to be determined

Leader to be determined

Place to be determined

This book was skipped.

June 2012 - Night Circus

Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

June 20, 2012

6:30 p.m.

Leader: Gail

Hostess: Barb

Discussion Guides:

On-line game based on the book

Publisher's Guide

Good Reads - different questions from publisher site

Author site - includes a trailor

Book Browse - includes author interview

May 2012 - The Last Dickens

The Last Dickens

by Matthew Pearl

May 18, 2012

6:30 p.m.

Leader: Cleo

Hostess: Erica

Discussion Guides:

Senior Learn - pretty amazing resource

Author Site - he's available for book club meetings!?

Fascination with Dickens - interesting info

April 2012 - Girl in Translation

Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok

April 27, 2012

6:30 p.m.

Leader: Barb

Hostess: Gail

Discussion Guides:

Author site with questions

Publisher site with author information and interview

Teacher Toolkit for this book ;-)

March 2012 - Mudbound

Mudbound

by Hillary Jordan

March 23, 2012

6:30 p.m.

Leader: Erica

Hostess: Eleanor

Discussion Resources:

Reading Group Guide

Book Browse (includes author information)

Summer Reading Guide (includes links related to the story)

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

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)