2022 Book Selections

 

JANUARY 21: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story / Michael Lewis 

    

    FEBRUARY 18: These Precious Days / Ann Patchett 

    MARCH 18: The Dictionary of Lost Words / Pip Williams

    APRIL 15: Klara and the Sun / Kazuo Ishiguro

    MAY 20: The Power of the Dog / Tom Savage 

    JUNE 17: Vanderbilt / Anderson Cooper 

    JULY 15: Plain Truth / Jodi Picoult

     SEPTEMBER 16: The Beekeeper of Aleppo / Christy Lefteri 

    OCTOBER 21: Taste Makers / Mayukh Sen

2014 Book Club of Our Own Selections

January/ The Giver by Lois Lowry


February/ Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro



 

March/ The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

April/ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

May/ Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

 


June/ I am Malala: the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

July/ David and Goliath by  Malcolm Gladwell

 




 
August/ Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr




 


September/ The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg     

October/ Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander

November/ Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
(Photo book cover, left)

December / Book Selection Party for 2015

2013 Book Club of Our Own Selections

 

January 25/  The Antidote  / Oliver Burkeman

 

 

 

 

February 15/  The Night Circus  / Erin Morgenstern

 

 

  

March 15/  The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire  / Jack Weatherford

 

 

 

April 19/ Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal  / Christopher Moore

 

May 17/  Rez Life  / David Treuer 

 

June 21/  Wild : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail  / Cheryl Strayed

 

 

July 19/  Flight Behavior  / Barbara Kingsolver 

 

 

 

August 16/  Reading Lolita in Tehran  / Azar Nafisi

 

  

 

 

 

September 20 /  The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl  / Timothy Egan 

 

 

October 25/  Hallucinations  / Oliver Sacks

  

 

November 15/  Let's Pretend This Never Happened  / Jenny Lawson

   

December 13/  Christmas Party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2012 Book Club of Our Own Selections

January/ The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

February/ Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
(Photo of Mamah Cheney, Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress) 


March/ The Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

April/ Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder


May/ Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

June/ Almost French by Sarah Turnbull

July/ River Town by  Peter Hessler

August/ Invictus by John Carlin

September/ New York by Edward Rutherfurd

October/ Dracula by Bram Stocker

November/ The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Finn
(Photo book cover, left)

December / Book Selection Party for 2013

No Fear of Flying

This month's book not only describes the world of the flight attendant but also provides a perspective on the changes that women have experienced in the work world over the past half century or so. We've definitely come a long way, baby, but we've still got a long way to go.

I enjoyed reading a blog that discussed the book and offered some similar titles that might interest others -- wink, our own flight attendant. Here's the link: http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/02/19/215

The Help

There's so much background information available about "The Help" and the author. Kathyrn Stockett's website has reader guides for bookclubs and other information that will make the book more meaningful. I especially enjoyed the Q&A on her website. That and Katie Couric's interview (below) provide insight into the author and her life in Mississippi.

Guess what? There's a movie! The movie is slated to be released in August 2011, too.

Wondering what to eat with the River Why?

Fish — of course. That's what topped the menu for our discussion of The River Why last Friday night. Laurence prepared a delicious salmon pate. Great food accompanied lively conversation on the characters, H20 and Ma's marriage, Gus' isolation and infatuation with Eddy, and religion!

Apparently the movie's release date has not been determined yet although it was screened here in Athens, Ga., last fall at the EcoFocus film festival. Maybe it will come back?

In the meantime, enjoy our menu and the trailer below:

STARTERS
* Salmon and avocado
* Cheese and crackers

MAIN COURSE
* Salmon pate
* Beef stroganoff
* Green salad with fruit
* Steamed asparagus
* Rice
* Hush puppies with jalapenos
* Homemade bread

DESSERT
* Chocolate mousse
* Chocolate candies
* Apple spice cake

BEVERAGES
* Aquinas Napa Valley Merlot
* Macon Lugny les Charmes
* Herbed tea