Friday, August 28, 2009

And the Winners Are...

Thanks to everyone who brought book suggestions last night and came to vote! Everyone recommended really great books and we had a lot of fun discussing them and voting on what to read.

We decided to change the date to the second Thursday of each month at 7:30pm. All meetings will be held at Lisa Wadsworth's home. Whoever is leading the discussion will also be in charge of bringing a refreshment. Here is our new reading schedule!

October 8, 2009
: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer; Discussion by Jodi Tolman

November 12, 2009
: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez; Discussion by Melissa Brandvold

December 10, 2009: Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright; Discussion by Cami Boyle

January 14, 2010: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; Discussion by Nadine Noker

February 11, 2010: The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis; Discussion by Lisa Wadsworth

March 11, 2010: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner; Discussion by Heather Ford

April 8, 2010: Letters For Emily by Camron Wright; Discussion by Kim Marx

May 13, 2010: Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks; Discussion by Jodi Tolman

June 10, 2010: Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach; Discussion by Katrina Schmidt

July 8, 2010: Coast Road by Barbara Delinsky; Discussion by Pam Thompson




Here is a list of the other suggested books:

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans
Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
Rachel and Leah by Orson Scott Card
Sarah by Orson Scott Card
Rebekah by Orson Scott Card
The Christ Commission by Og Mandino

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