Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 2019-2020 September 9 - Lorna Overstory, by Richard Powers October 7 - Cathy Talcott Master Plan: my journey from life in prison, by Chris Wilson November 4 - Jenelle The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict December 10 - Dinner - Theis January 6 - Kathy Barnhill, Circe by Madeline Miller No meetings in February or March April 6 - Liza, Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou May 4 - Deb The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich June 1 - Liz - Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 2018/19 All meetings Monday at 6:30 beginning in November September 5 Deb - Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles October 3, 2018 Laurie T. Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin November 5, Cathy, Fear by Bob Woodward Dec 3, 2018 Holiday dinner, Lorna Centro or Django Jan 6, 2019 Kathy Barnhill, The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure Feb 4, 2019 Jenelle, Sleep No More, six murders: PD James April 1, 2019 Liza, Becoming, by Michelle Obama May 5, 2019 Liz Teufel, Rule Against Murder, by Louise Penny 2017/18 All meetings at 6:30 PM 1 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 • September 6 - Jennelle, Small Great Things by Jodi Piccault • October 4 - Deb, All the light we cannot see, by Anthony Doerr • November 1 - Laurie, Giant of the Senate, by Al Franken • December 6 - Liz, Holiday dinner • January 3 - cancelled • February 7 - Liza, Feast of the Goat, by Mario Vargas Llosa • March - no meeting • April 4 - Lorna Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood • Thursday May 3 - Cathy T, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See • June 6 - Kathy B, Desert and the Sown, by Gertrude Bell 16/17 • September - Jenelle, What She Left Behind, Ellen Marie Wiseman • October - Dorothy, lunch meeting, The Orchardist, Amanda Coplin • November - Cathy T, Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, by Katarina Bivald • December - Holiday dinner - Liza • January - Lorna lunch meeting, Life After Life, Kate Atkinson • February - Deb, Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett • March - Laurie, Isaacs Storm, by Erik Larsen • April - Liz lunch meeting, Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelley • May - Kathy B, Blanche Among the Talented Tenth, by Barbara Neely 15/16 • Sept 2 Liza, Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick • Oct 7 Laurie, Love Song of Queen Hennessey by Rachel Joyce • Nov 4 Liz, Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok • Dec 2 Deb - Dinner • Jan 6 Lorna - Some Luck, by Jane Smiley • Feb 3 Jenelle - Ordinary Grace by William Krueger • Mar 2 Kathy - Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • April 6 Dorothy - Snow child, by Eowyn Ivey • May 4 Cathy - Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown. 14/15 2 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 • September 3 Kelley, Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd • October 1 • Ovrom, Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter • November 5 - Sarcone, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt • December 3 - Dinner Theis Lucca • January 7 - Tharnish My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrants • February 4 -Teufel, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte • March 4 - Barnhill, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce • April 1 -Truck, (Transatlantic, by Colum McCann) We will meet for dinner and Rebecca Skloot Avid program. • May 6 - Talcott, Storied Life of A J Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin • 13/14 • September 4 - Truck, Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed • October 2 - Talcott, Where have you gone Bernadette? by Maria Semple • November 6 - Tharnish, Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver • December 4 - Dinner Kelley • January 8 - Orange is the new black, by Piper Kerman - Ovrom • February 5 - - Burgess Boys, by Elizabeth Strout - Sarcone • March 5 - The King Must Die, by Mary Renault Barnhill • April 2 - Teufel - The Woman Upstairs, by Claire Messud • May 7 - Theis - Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 12/13 • September – Barnhill, Istambul, by Orhan Pamuk • October - Kelley, Call of the Wild, by Jack London • November - Ovrom, Once upon a time there was you, by Elizabeth Berg • December - Dinner (Truck) Americana Restaurant 6 pm • January - Sarcone, Destiny of the Republic, a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, by Candice Millard • February - Tharnish, No Ordinary Time, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: the home front in World War II, by Doris Kearns Goodwin • March - Teufel, Blood bones and butter, the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton • April - Talcott, Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown • May - Theis In the Garden of Beasts, Eric Larson 3 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 2011/12 • September – Ovrom, The Tiger by John Vaillant • October - Barnhill, Identical strangers : a memoir of twins separated and reunited / Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein • November - Kelley, Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan • December - Sarcone, Christmas Dinner • January - Talcott, Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann • February - Teufel, A stranger in Mayfair / Charles Finch • March - Tharnish, Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James • April - Truck, Room : a novel / Emma Donoghue • May - Meet at Gateway Market, then go to Eric Larson at Hoyt Sherman Place • 10/11 • September – Ovrom, Winter Wheat by Margaret Walker • October - Tharnish, Sweetness at the bottom of the pie, by Alan Bradlely • November – Theis, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo • December – Christmas dinner At Alba, 7 pm arranged by Talcott • January - Truck, A Happy Marriage: a novel by Rafael Yglesias • February - Barnhill, A Fairly Honorable Defeat by Iris Murdoch • March - Kelley, I Remember Nothing, by Nora Ephron • April - Teufel, Ape House by Sara Gruen • May - Sarcone, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 09/10 • September – Teufel, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson • October - Kelley, Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee • November – Ovrom, The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff • December – Christmas at Django • January - Sarcone, Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo • February - Truck, My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor. • March - Tharnish, Driftless, by David Rhodes • April - Theis, The Help, by Kathryn Stockett • May - Barnhill, The Positively True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie 08/09 4 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 • September – Ovrom, Across the Bridge of Sighs: more Venetian stories, by Jane Turner Rylands • October – Kelley - The Theory of Clouds, by Stephane Audeguy • November – Tharnish -Animal Vegetable Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver • December – Christmas Dinner and gift exchange • January - Teufel - Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck • February - Sarcone - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroble • March - Theis - Opposite of fate: Memories of a Writing Life, Amy Tan • April- Truck - A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson • May - Barnhill - Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri (Out in PB in early April) 07/08 • September – Barnhill - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon • October – Tharnish – Acqua Alta by Donna Leon • November – Ovrom – This Book will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes • December – Gift exchange and dinner out • January – Kelley - On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan • February - Teufel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini • March – Sarcone - The Nine, inside the secret world of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin • April – Truck - Little Heathens by Miriam Kalish (Meeting for Dinner Tuesday at Metro Market and Author Lecture at Hoyt Sherman) • May - Theis - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 2006/07 • September Barnhill – Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner • October - Sarcone - Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi • November – Talcott - Marley and me by John Grogan • December – Teufel – Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris • January – Truck - On Beauty by Zadie Smith • February – Ovrom - Glass castle by Jeannette Walls • March – Tharnish – The Murder Room by P. D. James • April – Young – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak • May – Theis - The memory keepers daughter, Kim Edwards 2005/06 5 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 • September Barnhill – Wicked, by Gregory Maguire • October Ovrom – No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander Mc Call • November – Kelley – Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott • December – Tharnish -(Gift Exchange) – Saturday by Ian McEwan • January – Teufel - The fourth hand by John Irving • February – Sarcone – A million little pieces by James Frey • March – Theis - Midnight Assassin by Patricia Bryan • April – Young – Empire Falls by Richard Russo • May – Truck - The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri 2004/05 • Sept – Kelley - Don’t lets go to the dogs tonight, by Alexandra Fuller • Oct – Ovrom – Short story by Annie Proulx (will provide copies) • Nov- Sarcone – Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson • Dec – Talcott – Christmas Party • Jan – Teufel – Niagra Falls All Over Again, by Elizabeth McCracken • Feb – Tharnish – The Master Butcher’s Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich • March – Theis – The Good Earth, by Pearl Buck • April – Young – The Kite Runner, byKhaled Hosseini • May – Truck - Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson No Meeting Barnhill and Brick or Truck 2003/04 • Sept - Barnhill - Obedient Father, by Akhil Sharma • Oct - Kelley - Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand • Nov-Talcott - Good Faith by Jane Smiley • Dec -Teufel - Short guide to a happy life, by Anna Quindlen - oral reading • Jan - -Theis – The Last Girls, by Lee Smith • Feb - -Tharnish – Three Junes, by Julia Glass • March – Young - Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer • April – Truck - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon • May –Brick - Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 6 Book Group list of Books Read 1979-2020 No Meeting Ovrom and Sarcone 2002/03 • September - Barnhill - The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town, by Jacqueline Guidry • October - Teufel - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich • November -Talcott -Bel Canto, Ann Patchett • December - Theis - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger • January -Truck - Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathan Lethem • February - Young - Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldYoung • March - Ovrom - Atonement by Ian McEwan • April - Brick - The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich • May - Sarcone - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd No meeting: Tharnish and Kelley 2001/02 • August 6, 2000 Shower for Dorothy at Liza's • September - Barnhill - any book by David Sedaris • October - Tharnish - Poisenwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver • November -Theis Founding Brothers by Joseph J.