Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Updated Book List
2006
September-'Pride and Prejudice'- Jane Austen
October-'The Picture of Dorian Grey'- Oscar Wilde
November-'Rebecca'-Daphne DuMaurier
December- 'Tom Jones'- Henry Fielding
2007
January- 'Gone with the Wind'-Margaret Mitchell
February- 'Turn of the Screw'- Henry James
March-'Scarlett Pimpernel'-Baroness Orczy
April-'Gulliver's Travels'-Jonathan Swift
May-
June- 'Jane Eyre'-Charlotte Bronte
July-'My Family and Other Animals'-Gerald Durrell
August-'Birds, Beasts and Relatives', 'Garden of the Gods'-Gerald Durrell
September- 'Emma'-Jane Austen
October-'The Moonstone'-Wilkie Collins
November-'The Rice Mother'-Rani Manicka
December-'A Christmas Carol'-Charles Dickens
2008
January-'Anne of Green Gables'-Lucy Maud Montgomery
February-'The Dwelling Place'-Catherine Cookson
March-'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'-Victor Hugo
April-'To Kill a Mockingbird'-Harper Lee
May-Reading Circle
June-'Watership Down'-Richard Adams
July-'Mamma Mia', the movie
August-'All Creatures Great and Small'-James Herriot
September-'Persuasion'-Jane Austen
October-'The Secret Life of Bees'-Sue Monk Kidd
November-'Clan of the Cave Bear'-Jean Auel
December-'Pillars of the Earth'-Ken Follett
2009
January-'Bootjack Mary, Ahead of her Time'-Bonnie Brantom Stevenson
February-'The Burning Shore'- Wilbur Smith
March- 'Les Miserables'- Victor Hugo
April-'My Sister's Keeper'- Jodi Picoult
May- 'Angels and Demons'- Dan Brown
June-'Water for Elephants'-Sarah Gruen
July- 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'- Khaled Hosseini
August- 'Tuesdays with Morrie'- (watched at the Imperial)-Mitch Albom
September- 'Sense and Sensibility'- Jane Austen
October- 'The Crucible'- Arthur Miller
November-'Mariana'-Susanna Kearsley
December-The Wife's Tale- Lori Lansens
2010
January-Peyton Place- Grace Metalious-
February- For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
March- Bridget Jones Diary (this book will be like those little bowls of coffee beans in a perfume store, to clear our senses before diving into...)
April- Roots
May- book circle at the new Book Keeper.
June-The Count of Monte Cristo' on Carol's back patio, which had recently been beautified for her daughter's wedding.
July was "Too Close to the Falls".
August saw us on my patio eating and drinking tea party fare, and discussing "Alice in Wonderland".
September- Jane led us in a discussion of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This was our 5th Anniversary, clap clap, Leo treated us to a bottle of wine if I remember correctly and Susan at the Book Keeper sent along a gift basket.
October- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" We watched Laurie's copy of the movie at Nicole's. Laurie was mobile enough to join us and Alanna(Catherine's new daughter-in-law)(great boots) joined us as well..
November-Alanna led the discussion of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott at John's Restaurant.
December-we discussed Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden". A nice evening was had by all at Lola's in December as well.
2011
January- was "The Secret Daughter" -Laurie/ Susan
Somewhere in there, Coffee Lodge Finch hosted a book signing by the ladies who wrote the book "Reading between the Wines". Thanks to all who attended and supported the evening. I found them very interesting. Their ideas about travelling together were inspirational.
February- "Annabel" by Kathleen Winter. -Carol
March- Rupert Penry Jones as John Hannay in "The 39 Steps" by John Buchan. Book discussion and movie.-Susan
April- "Room" by Emma Donahue-Laurie
May- book circle at the Book Keeper for the second year.
June-"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins at Paddy's-Alanna
July-" A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving-Carol
August- "Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford-Laurie
September- " The Help"- Catherine/Alanna
October- "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger-Susan
November- "The Good Daughter" ?? not sure about this one.
December- " The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay
2012
January- "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich (Went over the river see the movie with Katherine Heigl.
February- "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer at the Exmouth St. Coffee Lodge
March- "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
September-'Pride and Prejudice'- Jane Austen
October-'The Picture of Dorian Grey'- Oscar Wilde
November-'Rebecca'-Daphne DuMaurier
December- 'Tom Jones'- Henry Fielding
2007
January- 'Gone with the Wind'-Margaret Mitchell
February- 'Turn of the Screw'- Henry James
March-'Scarlett Pimpernel'-Baroness Orczy
April-'Gulliver's Travels'-Jonathan Swift
May-
June- 'Jane Eyre'-Charlotte Bronte
July-'My Family and Other Animals'-Gerald Durrell
August-'Birds, Beasts and Relatives', 'Garden of the Gods'-Gerald Durrell
September- 'Emma'-Jane Austen
October-'The Moonstone'-Wilkie Collins
November-'The Rice Mother'-Rani Manicka
December-'A Christmas Carol'-Charles Dickens
2008
January-'Anne of Green Gables'-Lucy Maud Montgomery
February-'The Dwelling Place'-Catherine Cookson
March-'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'-Victor Hugo
April-'To Kill a Mockingbird'-Harper Lee
May-Reading Circle
June-'Watership Down'-Richard Adams
July-'Mamma Mia', the movie
August-'All Creatures Great and Small'-James Herriot
September-'Persuasion'-Jane Austen
October-'The Secret Life of Bees'-Sue Monk Kidd
November-'Clan of the Cave Bear'-Jean Auel
December-'Pillars of the Earth'-Ken Follett
2009
January-'Bootjack Mary, Ahead of her Time'-Bonnie Brantom Stevenson
February-'The Burning Shore'- Wilbur Smith
March- 'Les Miserables'- Victor Hugo
April-'My Sister's Keeper'- Jodi Picoult
May- 'Angels and Demons'- Dan Brown
June-'Water for Elephants'-Sarah Gruen
July- 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'- Khaled Hosseini
August- 'Tuesdays with Morrie'- (watched at the Imperial)-Mitch Albom
September- 'Sense and Sensibility'- Jane Austen
October- 'The Crucible'- Arthur Miller
November-'Mariana'-Susanna Kearsley
December-The Wife's Tale- Lori Lansens
2010
January-Peyton Place- Grace Metalious-
February- For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
March- Bridget Jones Diary (this book will be like those little bowls of coffee beans in a perfume store, to clear our senses before diving into...)
April- Roots
May- book circle at the new Book Keeper.
June-The Count of Monte Cristo' on Carol's back patio, which had recently been beautified for her daughter's wedding.
July was "Too Close to the Falls".
August saw us on my patio eating and drinking tea party fare, and discussing "Alice in Wonderland".
September- Jane led us in a discussion of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This was our 5th Anniversary, clap clap, Leo treated us to a bottle of wine if I remember correctly and Susan at the Book Keeper sent along a gift basket.
October- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" We watched Laurie's copy of the movie at Nicole's. Laurie was mobile enough to join us and Alanna(Catherine's new daughter-in-law)(great boots) joined us as well..
November-Alanna led the discussion of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott at John's Restaurant.
December-we discussed Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden". A nice evening was had by all at Lola's in December as well.
2011
January- was "The Secret Daughter" -Laurie/ Susan
Somewhere in there, Coffee Lodge Finch hosted a book signing by the ladies who wrote the book "Reading between the Wines". Thanks to all who attended and supported the evening. I found them very interesting. Their ideas about travelling together were inspirational.
February- "Annabel" by Kathleen Winter. -Carol
March- Rupert Penry Jones as John Hannay in "The 39 Steps" by John Buchan. Book discussion and movie.-Susan
April- "Room" by Emma Donahue-Laurie
May- book circle at the Book Keeper for the second year.
June-"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins at Paddy's-Alanna
July-" A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving-Carol
August- "Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford-Laurie
September- " The Help"- Catherine/Alanna
October- "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger-Susan
November- "The Good Daughter" ?? not sure about this one.
December- " The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay
2012
January- "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich (Went over the river see the movie with Katherine Heigl.
February- "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer at the Exmouth St. Coffee Lodge
March- "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Welcome Summer
Hi all,
Just a reminder that we are meeting at The Book Keeper on Wednesday, May 18th at 7.00pm. The book to be read was Uncle Tom's Cabin. If anyone actually read it, they can tell us all about it. This just goes to show that the person suggesting the book should read it first, before suggesting it. That way they won't be inflicting torture on the rest of the group should the book be awful.......So bring a book to talk about, or we can just relax, drink Susan Chamberlain's wonderful Coffee Lodge coffee and chat about books......Susan said in an email,"I will open the store just for you and will be here if you need my 2 cents, or a coffee or whatever."
Here is the website Laurie was talking about to make your own photobooks.
http://www.blurb.com/
See you on Wednesday.
Susan
Just a reminder that we are meeting at The Book Keeper on Wednesday, May 18th at 7.00pm. The book to be read was Uncle Tom's Cabin. If anyone actually read it, they can tell us all about it. This just goes to show that the person suggesting the book should read it first, before suggesting it. That way they won't be inflicting torture on the rest of the group should the book be awful.......So bring a book to talk about, or we can just relax, drink Susan Chamberlain's wonderful Coffee Lodge coffee and chat about books......Susan said in an email,"I will open the store just for you and will be here if you need my 2 cents, or a coffee or whatever."
Here is the website Laurie was talking about to make your own photobooks.
http://www.blurb.com/
See you on Wednesday.
Susan
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day
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Hello everyone, it's been a while, last June, since anything was written here. I had hoped the Facebook page would replace this, as it is more convenient but it hasn't been of much use.
Here is a recap-
You ladies did a book circle at the new Book Keeper in May '10 while I was in Jamaica. That went really well. Perhaps we should do it again?.......In June we discussed 'The Count of Monte Cristo' on Carol's back patio, which had recently been beautified for her daughter's wedding. .......July was "Too Close to the Falls". I have absolutely no recollection of where we met for this one. Help.......August saw us on my patio eating and drinking tea party fare, and discussing "Alice in Wonderland". ......In September Jane led us in a discussion of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This was our 5th Anniversary, clap clap, Leo treated us to a bottle of wine if I remember correctly and Susan at the Book Keeper sent along a gift basket...... "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was read in October. We watched Laurie's copy of the movie at Nicole's. Laurie was mobile enough to join us and Alanna(Catherine's new daughter-in-law)(great boots) joined us as well.......Alanna led the discussion of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott at John's Restaurant in November and we discussed Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden" in December. A nice evening was had by all at Limbo's in December as well......January '11 was "The Secret Daughter" , Janes friend Jan and Laurie's new job.
Somewhere in there, Coffee Lodge Finch hosted a book signing by the ladies who wrote the book "Reading between the Wines". Thanks to all who attended and supported the evening. I found them very interesting. Their ideas about travelling together were inspirational and will hopefully give Nicole and myself some great incentive for our May trip. For those of you who haven't read this book, the book club members who are along for the ride, are referred to as 'hostages'. FYI.
So this month, February, we will be discussing "Annabel" by Kathleen Winter. At John's, dinner at 6, discussion at 7. Instead of "Reading Between the Wines", any book we would put together would have to be called, Reading Between the Bites (or chewing)
March will see us at my house for pizza and "The 39 Steps". We'll discuss the book and watch Rupert Penry Jones do his thing as John Hannay.
So ladies, feel free to comment, fill in any blanks and correct any boo boos. See you on Tuesday, not Monday, that's Valentine's Day. Have a good one.
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Hello everyone, it's been a while, last June, since anything was written here. I had hoped the Facebook page would replace this, as it is more convenient but it hasn't been of much use.
Here is a recap-
You ladies did a book circle at the new Book Keeper in May '10 while I was in Jamaica. That went really well. Perhaps we should do it again?.......In June we discussed 'The Count of Monte Cristo' on Carol's back patio, which had recently been beautified for her daughter's wedding. .......July was "Too Close to the Falls". I have absolutely no recollection of where we met for this one. Help.......August saw us on my patio eating and drinking tea party fare, and discussing "Alice in Wonderland". ......In September Jane led us in a discussion of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This was our 5th Anniversary, clap clap, Leo treated us to a bottle of wine if I remember correctly and Susan at the Book Keeper sent along a gift basket...... "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was read in October. We watched Laurie's copy of the movie at Nicole's. Laurie was mobile enough to join us and Alanna(Catherine's new daughter-in-law)(great boots) joined us as well.......Alanna led the discussion of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott at John's Restaurant in November and we discussed Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden" in December. A nice evening was had by all at Limbo's in December as well......January '11 was "The Secret Daughter" , Janes friend Jan and Laurie's new job.
Somewhere in there, Coffee Lodge Finch hosted a book signing by the ladies who wrote the book "Reading between the Wines". Thanks to all who attended and supported the evening. I found them very interesting. Their ideas about travelling together were inspirational and will hopefully give Nicole and myself some great incentive for our May trip. For those of you who haven't read this book, the book club members who are along for the ride, are referred to as 'hostages'. FYI.
So this month, February, we will be discussing "Annabel" by Kathleen Winter. At John's, dinner at 6, discussion at 7. Instead of "Reading Between the Wines", any book we would put together would have to be called, Reading Between the Bites (or chewing)
March will see us at my house for pizza and "The 39 Steps". We'll discuss the book and watch Rupert Penry Jones do his thing as John Hannay.
So ladies, feel free to comment, fill in any blanks and correct any boo boos. See you on Tuesday, not Monday, that's Valentine's Day. Have a good one.
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