The following is a list of books that either have already been read by this group or will be read in the future. I list these by year starting from this year. The date below the author's name is the date of the meeting. And for your own interest, those that the group unanimously loved, are emboldened.
2013:
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
written by Ayana Mathis
March 4, 2013
The End of Your Life Book Club
written by Will Schwalbe
April 1, 2013
Defending Jacob
written by William Landay
May 6, 2013
Light Between Oceans
written by H.L. Stedman
June 3, 2013
Cellist of Sarajevo
written by Steven Galloway
July 8, 2013 (special date)
Wild (memoir)
written by Cheryl Strayed
August 5th, 2013
Maine
written by J. Courtney Sullivan
September 9th, 2013 (2nd Monday of the month)
Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress
written by Dai Sijie
October 7th, 2013
2012:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(note this is a non-fiction title that reads like fiction)
written by Rebecca Skloot
January 3, 2012
The Tiger's Wife
written by Tea Obreht
February 1, 2012
An Irish Country Doctor
written by Patrick Taylor
March 7, 2012
Note: This marks the 3rd year of this group!
It's also a community event to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Local Event:
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury
March 18th, 2012 @ 12:30pm
"In Their Own Words: An Afternoon with authors
Diana Meier and Frank Delaney
See the organization's website for details!
Middlesex
written by Jeffrey Eugenides
April 4, 2012
Untouchable
written by Scott O'Connor
May 2, 2012
GROUP OUTING (Chris Almeida):
Geraldine Brooks
JCC Hartford
Wednesday May 9th, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Ticket price: $20.00
860.231.6316
State of Wonder
written by Ann Patchett
July 4, 2012
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
written by Jaime Ford
August 1, 2012
The Death of Vishnu
written by Manil Suri
September 5, 2012
Book club outing
Love, Anthony Book Tour-Lisa Genova
RJ Julia's, Madison CT
Thursday, October 3rd, 2012
Time: TBA
The Lacuna
written by Barbara Kingsolver
November 7, 2012
The Secret Scripture
written by Sebastian Barry
December 5, 2012
2011:
Say You're One of Them
written by Uwem Akpan
January 6, 2011
The Piano Teacher
written by Janice Y. K. Lee
February 3, 2011
The Book of Illumination
written by Mary Ann Winkowski and Maureen Foley
March 3, 2011
NOTE: The Lisa Genova event at RJ Julia's was postponed and is now scheduled for Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 7pm. I will not be in attendance. However, there will be other book club members meeting up at the venue.
Cutting for Stone
written by Abraham Verghese
April 7, 2011
Book Club outing:
Regal Brass Mill Cinemas. Water For Elephants.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011. 7:20pm.
We are meeting at the theater at 7pm. The film is 2 hours in length.
Amaryllis in Blueberry
written by Christina Meldrum
May 5, 2011
When We Were Strangers
written by Pamela Schoenewaldt
June 2, 2011
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
written by Ken Kesey
July 7, 2011
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
written by Helen Simonson
August 4, 2011
Room
written by Emma Donohue
September 6, 2011
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
written by Junot Diaz
October 4, 2011
Two outing opportunities:
For those who would like to attend either event please e-mail the moderator of this group and I'll get you in touch with each other. I will be attending the Baldacci event with several book club members but will not be able to go to the Watertown Library event.
1. The Friends of the Watertown Library is proud to present well-known novelist Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, author of Girls at a Tender Age. Tuesday, October 13th, 2011 at 7:00 pm Walker Hall - Taft School (Stone building on Deforest Street next to First Congregational Church Offices). Book signing after presentation. Donations accepted at the door. Call Watertown Library Association for details. (860) 945- 5360.
2. "Mark My Words: A Conversation with David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult." Wednesday, October 19, at 8:00pm at Yale University's Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street (at Grove), New Haven, Connecticut
November 1, 2011
Meeting cancelled due to storm/power outage
Let the Great World Spin
written by Colum McCann
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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2010:
The Antelope Wife
written by Louise Erdrich
January 7th, 2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
February 4, 2010
The Help
written by Kathryn Stockett
March 4th, 2010
The Big Read Event:
A Lesson Before Dying
written by Ernest Gaines
April 1, 2010
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
written by Muriel Barbery
May 6, 2010
The Human Stain
written by Philip Roth
June 3, 2010
The Handmaid's Tale
written by Margaret Atwood
July 1, 2010
A Thousand Splendid Suns
written by Khaled Hosseini
August 5, 2010
The Book Thief
written by Marcus Zusak
September 2, 2010
Book club outing:
On Sept. 23rd, we met Sara Gruen, the author of Water for Elephants and (her newest) Ape House. The event took place at The First Congregational Church in Madison and was RJ Julia Booksellers' sponsored.
The Thirteenth Tale
written by Diane Setterfield
October 7, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
written by Stieg Larsson
November 4, 2010
Bridge of Sighs
written by Richard Russo
December 2, 2010
alternate location: Thai Palace, Wolcott
2009:
First Meeting:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
written by David Wroblewski
March 5, 2009
Still Alice
written by Lisa Genova
April 2, 2009
March
written by Geraldine Brooks
May 7, 2009
Bel Canto
written by Ann Patchett
June 4, 2009
Water, Stone, Heart: A Novel
written by Will North
July 1, 2009
(guest facilitator: Chrissy)
The River King
written by Alice Hoffman
August 6, 2009
Love in the Time of Cholera
written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sep 2, 2009
Book Club outing:
We met Lisa Genova on Wed., Oct 14th, 2009 at The First Congregational Church in Watertown. Linda Merriman, Program Chair of The Friends of Watertown Library could not have been nicer in making sure that we had great seating, etc.
The Shadow of the Wind
written by Carlos Ruiz Zaffon
November 5, 2009
The Life of Pi
written by Yann Martel
December 3, 2009Jeffrey Eugenides
