Eager Readers Book Club

Book Selections!

We had a great meeting last night - lovely wine and snacks, and a surprisingly calm discussion about our next set of books.

• June - Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

• July - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Schaffer & Annie Barrows

• August - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

• September - The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell

• October - Sidhartha, Herman Hesse

• November - Enlightenment for Idiots, Anne Cushman

• December - Einstein's God, Krista Tippet

• January - A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle

• February - MLK, Jr. writings TDB

• March - The Help, Kathryn Stockett

• April - Half the Sky: Turning Oppresssion into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Kristof & WuDunn

• May - Still Alice, Lisa Genova

• June - The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver

• July - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

• August - Stalking Susan, Julie Kramer

Not making the finals, but also battled bravely:

• The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

• The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenberger

• Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

• Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson

• Nicholas and Alexandra, Robert Massie

• Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, Harriet Riesen

• Queen Noor: Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

• Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton

• River of Doubt, Candice Millard

Next month - finally - discussing Cokie Robert's Founding Mothers. First Wednesday, Jule's.

Almost time for book selection - time flies!

Please post suggestions as comments.

New Member

We are happy to announce the birth of our newest future member, Harper Elizabeth, to Stephanie and Jeff.  We can't wait for Harper to attend her first meeting!

Lovely Time at Carolyn's

As usual, our July meeting was hosted by Carolyn - and as always, her hospitality was wonderful. We snacked, sauna-ed, and some of us swam prior to eating some more and discussing the book. Everyone who finished The Book Thief  gave it two thumbs up, and we are putting another book by Zusak on the short list for next year's selections.

New book list link added

I was visiting one of the blogs I regularly read (So the Fish Said), and several of the commenters recommended Goodreads for book suggestions.

Just a few pictures from our North Shore weekend

We were well stocked in the event we got snowed in.

We moved away from the comfort of the fireplace, wine and food and did a little hiking. This is where the Baptism River enters Lake Superior.

Mini-pine cone seed pods.

2009 Book Selections

With the help a few props, chocolate fondue, wine, lots of persuasive techniques, and a little booing and hissing, we picked our next set of books.

•  Shelley’s Heart; Charles McCarry
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier; Ishmael Beah
• Dr. Suess and Mr.Geisel: A Biography; Judith and Neal Morgan
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; Barbara Kingsolver
• Night; Elie Wiesel
• The Book Thief; Marcus Zusak
• Safe Passage; Ida Cook
• People of the Book: A Novel; Geraldine Brooks
• Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen
• The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel; Diane Setterfield
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Sherman Alexie
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid; Bill Bryson
• So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel; Lief Enger
• Ladies of  Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation; Cokie Roberts

Next meeting is January 7 at Jules (which, we are happy to report, is NOT CLOSING), to discuss the Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston.

Not making the final cut, but books were were interested in:

• The Life of Edgar Sawtelle; David Wroblewski
• Eat, Pray, Love; Elizabeth Gilbert
• Dreams from My Father; Barach Obama
• Minnesota 13; Elaine Davis
• Three Cups of Tea; Greg Mortenson
• The White Tiger; Aravind Adiga
• Gilead; Marilynne Robinson
• Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine; B.B. Moore Campbell
• Blindness; Jose Saramago
• Rage Against the Meshuganah; Danny Evans
• Confessions of a Shopaholic; Sophie Kinsella
• Collapse; Jared Diamond
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• What I First Believed; Wally Lamb
• Bridge of Sighs; Richard Russo
• City of Fallen Angels; John Behrendt
• Blessings; Anna Quindlen
• The Camel Bookmobile; Masha Hamilton
• To the Lighthouse; Virginia Woolf