Revised Schedule - Spring 2010

February 23 bookgroup has been postponed till March 2. It will NOT be potluck. Sheila Coyne will host and Susan will review A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
March 30 bookgroup WILL be potluck. MaryLou will host and the book is The Help. We need a volunteer to review.
April 27 The book is Racing in the Rain. Shiela Smith will host but we need a volunteer reviewer. Jean will distribute poems for the May meeting.
May 25 Jean will host and review poetry by Szymborska. We will try to schedule books and hosts for the 2010-2011 season

Book Group Faves 2009

Thanks to Leslie for putting this together! Click here for an online copy (it is not as clear as Leslie's masterpiece but it is readable).

An overview of the 2009-2010 season:
September - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
October - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
One Thousand White Women: the Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
Falconer by John Cheever
March by Geraldine Brooks

Titles for Spring

February 24 Susan will host. Mary Lou will review Loving Frank.

March 31 Mary Lou will host. Leslie will review The Devil in the White City.

April 28 Sheila Coyne will host. Jean will review poems by Mark Doty. Fire to Fire, new and selected poems by Mark Doty, won the National Book Award.

May 26 (Host to be determined) Susan will review Run by Ann Patchett.

Preparing for September Meeting

Bring your thoughts on all the parallels you find between the novel and contemporary politics, agriculture, land ownership, human motivations, war, relationships, etc.

Next Set of Titles

Here are the results of our deliberations at the May meeting:
Summer*
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
No reviewer; at Jennifer’s cabin

9/30/08
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Reviewer: Mary Lou; at Sue’s

10/28/08
Digging to America by Ann Tyler
Reviewer: Robin; at Jean’s

12/02/08
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reviewer: Leslie; at Robin’s

1/27/09
The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Reviewer: Jennifer; Pot luck (?)

* Jennifer will set a date

Other books mentioned with varying degrees of enthusiasm (or not) include:
Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson &
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Freedom Writers Diary by Zlata Filipovic

Revised Schedule

It was decided to schedule bookgroup as the LAST Tuesday each month (in 5-Tuesday months), unless rescheduled, to reduce confusion on dates.New choices and meeting sites, etc.:

Feb.- Persuasion at Jennifer’s with Potluck supper @ 7:00 - Need reviewer******
March - Making It Up at Mary Lou’s - Reviewer: Jean?
April - View From Castle Rock at Florence’s - Reviewer: Mary Lou
May - Book Thief at Leslie”s - Reviewer: Erin