By Towles
Feb. 22
Hostess: Julie
Sunday, December 30, 2012
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About The Book Goddesses
- Book Goddesses
- We are a book club that met for the first time on Jan 14, 2003. Julie arranged for the initial meeting and we've been meeting monthly, discussing books, laughing, and sharing fellowship.
Suggested Reads from the Goddesses
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- There Is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- The City of Thieves by David Benioff
- The Physik Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Book Goddesses Archives
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)
Book Goddesses
At the Cabin
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
Second Anniversary - Feb. 2005
And then there were 7.....
2004 Books
- Dec. - Waxwings - by Jonathon Raban
- Nov - The Time Traveler's Wife - by Audrey Niffenegger
- Oct - Pride and Prejudice - by Jane Austen
- Sept - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - by Mark Haddon
- June - Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Life of Islam - by Geraldine Brooks
- May - Age of Innocence - by Edith Wharton
- Apr - Seabiscuit - by Laura Hillenbrand
- Mar - Passion of Artemisia - by Susan Vreeland
- Feb - Cat's Eye - by Margaret Atwood
- Jan - the Little Friend - by Donna Tartt
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)
Book List Links
- Sno-Isle Discussion Book Lists (10 books + a discussion guide)
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- Reading Woman.com
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