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2021 Schedule

Meetings are monthly (on the 4thTuesdays of the month - with the exception of Dec).
Book titles, below, contain hyperlinks to the book’s summary on Goodreads.com.

Jan

Title & Author: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight

Genre: Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Business, Sports

Reviewing/Hosting: Alex D.

Feb

Title & Author: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Murder Mystery, (Ground Hog Day meets Quantum Leep meets Clue 😊)

Reviewing/Hosting: Lyndsey T.

Mar

Title & Author: The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life --and Saved an American Farm by Sarah Frey

Genre: Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Business, Agriculture

Reviewing/Hosting: Melissa P.

Apr

Title & Author: Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues; Then and Now by Tim Ballard

Genre: Non-fiction, North American History, Slavery

Reviewing/Hosting: Alex D.

May

Title & Author: Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman

Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Humor

Reviewing/Hosting: Becky C.

Jun 22	Title & Author: The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute
	Genre: Non-fiction, Self-Help, Relationships
	Reviewing/Hosting: Deanna T.

Jul 27	Title & Author: Furia by Yamile Méndez
	Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Sports, Romance
	Reviewing/Hosting: Angie M.

Aug

Title & Author: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Genre: Historical Fiction, WWII, France

Reviewing/Hosting: Melissa L.

Sep

Title & Author: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

Genre: Non-fiction, Historical, 9/11, Inspirational

Reviewing/Hosting: Jenn P.

Oct

Title & Author: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Genre: Non-fiction, Medical, Humor

Reviewing/Hosting: Emily H.

Nov

Title & Author: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Genre: Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Health & Medicine

Reviewing/Hosting: Lindsay S.

Dec

(TBD)

Title & Author: The Answer Is… Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek

Genre: Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, TV, Pop Culture

Reviewing/Hosting: Becky C.

Jan

25,

2022

Title & Author: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Mexico

Reviewing/Hosting: Angie M.

What We've Been Reading...

January 2021 via Zoom - "Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE" (reviewed/hosted by Alex D.)
December 2020 via Zoom - Book Selection Meeting postponed until January 12, 2021 (hosted by Deanna T.)
November 2020 via Zoom - "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan (reviewed/hosted by Jenn P.)
October 2020 via Zoom - "When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People" by Jeannie Gaffigan (reviewed/hosted by Angie M.)
September 2020 - "America's First Daughter" by Stephanie Dray (reviewed/hosted by Lindsay S.)
August 2020 - "Circe" by Madeline Miller (reviewed/hosted by Lyndsey T.)
July 2020 via outdoor/backyard - "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson (reviewed/hosted by Deanna T.)
June 2020 via outdoor/backyard - "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See (reviewed/hosted by Jenn P/Tonya M.)
May 2020 via outdoor/backyard - "Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All" by multiple authors (reviewed/hosted by Melissa L.)
April 2020 via Zoom - "Educated" by Tara Westover (reviewed/hosted by Jess P.)
March 2020 via Zoom - "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman (reviewed/hosted by Becky C./Jess P.)
February 2020 - "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley (reviewed/hosted by Alex D.)
January 2020 - "The Secret of Pembrooke Park" by Julie Klassen (reviewed/hosted by Erica L.)
December 2019 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by Deanna T.)
November 2019 - "Before We Were Yours" by Lisa Wingate (reviewed/hosted by Lindsay S.)
October 2019 - "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less" by Terry Ryan (reviewed/hosted by Becky C.)
September 2019 - "My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton" by Stephanie Dray (reviewed/hosted by Jenn P.)
August 2019 - "A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention" by Matt Richtel (reviewed/hosted by Lyndsey T.)
July 2019 - "Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust" by Immaculée Ilibagiza (reviewed/hosted by Alex D.)
June 2019 - "Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelango" by Stephanie Storey (reviewed/hosted by Erica L.)
May 2019 - "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern (reviewed/hosted by Jess P.)
April 2019 - "Persuasion" by Jane Austen (reviewed/hosted by Melissa L.)
March 2019 - "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" (reviewed/hosted by Angie M./Vanessa C.)
February 2019 - "The Tower, The Zoo and the Tortoise" by Julia Stewart (reviewed/hosted by Alex D.)
January 2019 - "Girl, Wash Your Face" by Rachel Hollis (reviewed/hosted by Deanna T.)
December 2018 - Book Selection Meeting postponed until January 8, 2019 @ noon (hosted by Deanna)
November 2018 - cancelled "Artemis" and replaced it with July's book "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See (reviewed/hosted by Becky/Melissa L.)
October 2018 - "Warriors Don't Cry" (reviewed/hosted by ???)
September 2018 - "Radio Girls" by Sarah Stratford (reviewed/hosted Becky/Jenn)
August 2018 - "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin (reviewed/hosted by Melissa L./Lyndsey T.)
July 2018 - *cancelled* "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See
June 2018 - "The One-in-a-Million Boy" by Monica Wood (reviewed/hosted by Lyndsey T./Becky)
May 2018 - *cancelled* "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien (reviewed/hosted by Dana/Becky)
April 2018 - "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel Brown (reviewed/hosted by Lindsay S.)
March 2018 - "The Cottingley Secret" by Hazel Gaynor (reviewed/hosted by Jenn/Lyndsey T.)
February 2018 - "Endurance - Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" by Alfred Lansing (reviewed/hosted by Lyndsey T./Diana)
January 2018 - "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christy (reviewed/hosted by Deanna/Melissa L.)
December 2017 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by Deanna)
November 2017 - “The Teacher’s Funeral” by Richard Peck (reviewed/hosted by Lyndsey T./Becky)
October 2017 - “A Man Called Ove’ by Fredrick Blackman (reviewed/hosted by Lindsay S./Melissa P.)
September 2017 - “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough (reviewed/hosted by Melissa P./Jenn)
August 2017 - “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (reviewed/hosted by Jenn/Melissa L.)
July 2017 - “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion” by Fannie Flagg (reviewed/hosted by Becky/Erica)
June 2017 - “Snowflower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See (reviewed/hosted by Diana)
May 2017 - “Tepper Isn’t Going Out” by Calvin Trillin (reviewed/hosted by Deanna/RaNell)
April 2017 - “Forever and Forever” by Josi S. Kilpack (reviewed/hosted by Erica/Deanna)
March 2017 - “Rebecca” by Daphne duMaurier (reviewed/hosted by Melissa L./Lindsay S.)
February 2017 - “The Railwayman’s Wife” by Ashley Hay (reviewed/hosted by Angie)
January 2017 - “The Thief” by Megan Whalen Turner (reviewed/hosted by Emily/Jackie)
December 2016 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by: Deanna)
November 2016 - "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah (reviewed/hosted by: Angie/Erica)
October 2016 - "The House I Loved" by Tatiana de Rosnay (reviewed/hosted by: Vanessa/Deanna)
September 2016 - "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith (reviewed/hosted by: Becky/Jenn)
August 2016 - "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee (reviewed/hosted by: Lyndsey T./Becky)
July 2016 - "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park (reviewed/hosted by: Jackie)
June 2016 - "In My Hands" by Irene Gut Opdyke (reviewed/hosted by: Deanna/Kim)
May 2016 - "Madame Tussaud" by Michelle Moran (reviewed/hosted by: Jenn/Diana)
April 2016 - "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson (reviewed/hosted by: Melissa/Melissa)
March 2016 - "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton (reviewed/hosted by: Lindsay S./Angie)
February 2016 - "King Peggy" by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman (reviewed/hosted by: Cherlyn/Vanessa)
January 2016 - "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman (reviewed/hosted by: Becky/Jenn)
December 2015 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by: Jackie)
November 2015 - "Cleopatra's Daughter" by Michelle Moran (reviewed/hosted by: Vanessa/Deanna)
October 2015 - "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley (reviewed/hosted by: Angie/Melissa)
September 2015 - "Tiger's Curse" by Colleen Houck (reviewed/hosted by: Jackie/Deanna)
June/July/August 2015 - Meeting to review all 3 summer books (reviewed/hosted by: Lyndsey T./Becky)
August 2015 - "Ella Minnow Pea" by Mark Dunn
July 2015 - "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
June 2015 - "North and South" by Elizabeth Gaskell
May 2015 - "My Ántonia" by Willa Cather (reviewed/hosted by: Cherlyn)
April 2015 - "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr (reviewed/hosted by: Lindsay S.)
March 2015 - "The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems" by Michael Harrison and "Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech (reveiwed/hosted by: Melissa/Cherlyn)
February 2015 - "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (reveiwed/hosted by: Diana)
January 2015 - "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini (reviewed/hosted by: Angie/Lindsay S.)
December 2014 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by: Jackie)
November 2014 - "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman (reviewed/hosted by: Olivia/Jenn)
October 2014 - "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (reviewed/hosted by: Becky/Carin)
September 2014 - "The Rent Collector" by Camron Wright (reviewed/hosted: Cherlyn/Heather)
August 2014 - "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck (reviewed/hosted by: Jackie/Kim)
July 2014 - "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Frances Mayes (reviewed/hosted by: Vanessa/Melissa)
June 2014 - "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (reviewed/hosted by: Jenn/Deanna)
May 2014 - "Follow the River" by James Alexander Thom (reviewed/hosted by: Heather/Angie)
April 2014 - "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand (reviewed/hosted by: Natalie/Kim)
March 2014 - "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld (reviewed/hosted by: Carin/Vanessa)
February 2014 - "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss (reviewed/hosted by: Lyndsey T.)
January 2014 - "Austenland" by Shannon Hale (reviewed/hosted by: Kim/Cherlyn)
December 2013 - Book Selection Meeting (hosted by: Jackie)
November 2013 - "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë (reviewed/hosted by: Lindsay S.)
October 2013 - "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld (reviewed/hosted by: Carin/Cherlyn)
September 2013 - "The Red House Mystery" by A.A. Milne (reviewed/hosted by: Melissa/Olivia)
August 2013 - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (reviewed/hosted by: Olivia/Deanna)
July 2013 - "Silas Marner" by George Eliot (reviewed/hosted by: Deanna/Jackie)
June 2013 - "Nation" by Terry Pratchett (reviewed/hosted by: Cherlyn/Jenn)
May 2013 - "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom" by Slavomir Rawicz (reviewed/hosted by: Jackie/Erica)
April 2013 - "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan (reviewed/hosted by: Natalie)
March 2013 - "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" by Helen Simonson (reviewed/hosted by: Becky/Melissa)
February 2013 - "The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers" by Harry Bernstein (reviewed/hosted by: Mindy/Kim)
January 2013 - "And Only to Deceive" by Tasha Alexander (hosted by: Becky)
December 2012 - Book Selection Meeting (the first ever!) (hosted by: Jackie)
November 2012 - "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak (hosted by: Olivia)
October 2012 - "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie (hosted by: Erica)
September 2012 - "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson (hosted by: Jenn)
August 2012 - "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (hosted by: Jackie)
July 2012 - "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver (hosted by: Mindy)
June 2012 - "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand (hosted by: Jenn)
May 2012 - "Home" by Marilynne Robinson (hosted by: Lindsay)
April 2012 - "Wonder Struck" by Brian Selznick (Hosted by Angie)
March 2012 - "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation" by Cokie Roberts (hosted by: Michelle)
February 2012 - "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Peasron (hosted by: Heather)
January 2012 - "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See (hosted by: Natalie)
November 2011 - "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote (hosted by: Mindy)
October 2011 - "The Big Over Easy" by Jasper Fforde (hosted by: Erica)
September 2011 - "The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright (hosted by: Anna)
August 2011 - "The Lonesome Gods" by Louie L'Amour (hosted by: Melissa)
July 2011 - "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier (hosted by: Olivia)
June 2011 - "These is My Words" by Nancy Turner (hosted by: Jenn)
May 2011 - "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (hosted by: Jackie)
April 2011 - "Prayers for Sale" by Sandra Dallas (hosted by: Becky)
March 2011 - "The Killer Angels" by Michael Sharra (hosted by: Angie)
February 2011 - "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (hosted by: Peggy)
January 2011 - "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez (hosted by: Lindsay)
November 2010 - "The Goose Girl" by Shannon Hale (hosted by: Katrina)
October 2010 - "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins (hosted by: Mindy)
September 2010 - "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns (hosted by: Becky)
August 2010 - "Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (hosted by: Katrina)
July 2010 - "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen (hosted by: Peggy)
June 2010 - "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne (hosted by: Angie)
May 2010 - "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe (hosted by: Jenn)
April 2010 - "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (hosted by: Melissa)
March 2010 - "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte (hosted by: Lindsay)
January/February 2010 - "Life of Pi" by Yan Martel (chosen by voting)
October/November 2009 - "The Meeting Place" by Janette Oke (chosen by voting)
September 2009 - "Invisible Lives" by Anjeli Banerjee (chosen by voting)

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