"A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined."
---James A. Michener
Book of the Month: DECEMBER
no book---enjoy the holiday!
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Books We've Read
- Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier
- Little Britches, by Ralph Moody
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer
- The Heretic's Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
- The River of Doubt, by Candice Miller
- Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, by Gail Carson Levine
- Bonds That Make Us Free, by C. Terry Warner
- The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
- The Ultimate Gift, by Jim Stovall
- The Color of Water, by James McBride
- A Woman of Independent Means, by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
- Ordinary Heroes, by Scott Turow
- The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
- Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty, by Jeffrey R. Holland and Susan W. Tanner
- The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
- Dark Angel, by Robert Kirby
- Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
- The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
- Playing for Pizza, by John Grisham
- Last Waltz in Vienna, by George Clare
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- My Grandfather's Blessings, by Rachel Naomi Remen
- First Mothers, by Bonnie Angelo
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards
- The Ride of Our Lives, by Mike Leonard
- Three Weeks with my Brother, by Nicholas Sparks
- I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
- A Train to Potevka, by Mike Ramsdell
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, by Terry Ryan
- Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns
- Fire in the Bones, by S. Michael Wilcox
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- Mutant Message Down Under, by Marlo Morgan
- Gilead, by Marilynne Robison
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom
- Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
- Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
- Princess Bride, by William Goldman
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
- Pictures of Hollis Woods, by Patricia Reilly Giff
- The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
- To Destroy You is No Loss, by Joan Criddle
- These Is My Words, by Nancy Turner
- Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
- The Flamboya Tree, by Clara Olink Kelly
- Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
- Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
- Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
- The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom
- Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham
- A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shutte
- The Time-Bind, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Seedfolks, by Paul Fleishman
- Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
- The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw
- The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
- The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
- Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
- The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
- Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
- Let's Roll, by Lisa Beamer
- The Giver, by Lois Lowery
Blog Archive
Book Selection/Discussion Schedule...
June 2009: Gayle
July 2009: Laura
August 2009: Marisa
September 2009: Michelle
October 2009: Emily
November 2009: Gaye
Don't forget...post your book selection during the LAST WEEK of the month BEFORE your turn, then post your discussion/review on the LAST MONDAY of your month.
July 2009: Laura
August 2009: Marisa
September 2009: Michelle
October 2009: Emily
November 2009: Gaye
Don't forget...post your book selection during the LAST WEEK of the month BEFORE your turn, then post your discussion/review on the LAST MONDAY of your month.
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That quote gives me such hope for our future.
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