The St. Martin Women's Book Group selections for the coming months in 2007 and 2008 are as follows:
- September 25 - "I Feel Bad about my Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" by Nora Ephron
- October 23 - "Measure of a Man" by Sydney Portier
- November 27 - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin - January 22 - "Mary Called Magdelene" by Margaret George
- February 26 - "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khalid Hosseini
- March 25 - "Saving the World" by Julia Alvarez
- April 22 - "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
- May 27 - "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
- June 24 - "Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan
Other books suggested at our August 2007meeting were the following:
- "Windswept House" by Malachi Martin
- "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell (author of "Blink")
- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
- "The Distant Land of My Father" by Bo Caldwell (Silicon Valley read for 2008)
- "The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers" by Harry Bernstein
These are the books that the group has read during the first half of 2007:
- January 23 – “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier
- February 27 – “The Last Templar” by Raymond Khoury
- March 27 – “And the Shofar Blew” by Francine Rivers
- April 24 – “The Reluctant Tuscan: How I Discovered my Inner Italian” by Phil Doran
- May 22 – “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood” by Alexandra Fuller
- June 26 – “Tortilla Curtain" by T.C. Boyle
- July 24 - "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
- August 28 - "The Other Boleyn Girl" - by Phillipa Gregory
The Women's Book Group read these books in 2006:
- January 24 - "Life on Two Levels: An Autobiography" by Josephine Whitney Duveneck
- February 28 - “A Skeleton in God’s Closet” by Paul Maier.
- March 28 - "When the Emperor was Divine" by Julie Otsuka AND
March 28 - "The Souvenir" by Louise Steinman - April 25 – “Marley & Me : Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog” by John Grogan
- May 23 – “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman
- June 27 – “The Mermaid Chair” by Sue Monk Kidd
- July 25 – “The Glass Castle: a Memoir” by Jeannette Walls
- August 22 - “Jesus Before Christianity” by Albert Nolan.
- September 26 - “Garlic and Sapphires: the Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise” by Ruth Reichl.
- October 24 – “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith” by Anne Lamott
- November 28 – “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson
Happy reading!
Linda
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