2017/18 Reading List & Special Events
September 11 - Elaine Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates October 9 - Elizabeth When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi November 13 - Jess My Mother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman December 20 - Holiday happy hour at Piper's January 8 - Jenni The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas February 26 - Renee House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski March 20 - Amy Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance April 9 - Ann The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers May 20 - Elaine (Sunday at 4pm) A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman June 11 - Jennifer The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis 2016/17 Reading List Oct 10 - Crystal Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Nov 14 - Kim Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer [note: we did not end up reading this] Dec 12 - Amy A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab Jan 9 - Ann The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis) by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa February 13 - Elizabeth Nutshell by Ian McEwan Mar 13 - Jenni Defending Jacob by William Landay April 10 - Jess Ready Player One by Ernest Cline May 8 - Renee Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi June 12 - Elaine Dark Matter by Blake Crouch |
2015-16 Reading List
Sept 14 - Kim The Martian by Andy Weir *Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Oct 12 - Crystal Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng *Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Nov 9 - Renee The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown *The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout Dec 14 - Elaine City of Thieves by David Benioff *People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Feb 8 - Elizabeth All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr *The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Mar 14 - Amy On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta *Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Apr 11 - Jess The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah *The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson May 9 - Jenni The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure *The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins June 13 - Ann Stiff by Mary Roach *Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood * Book suggestion not chosen 2014/15 Reading List
September 8 – Fever: a Novel by Mary Beth Keane Hostess: Elizabeth October 6 – Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Hostess: Jess November 3 – Help for the Haunted by John Searles Hostess: Elaine December 1 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain Hostess: Amy Feburary 2 – The Goldfinch by Donna Tart Hostess: Ann March 2 – The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin Hostess: Renee April 6 – Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Hostess: Kim May 4 - Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Hostess: Crystal June 1 – The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton Hostess: Jenni & Grace Books not chosen: Paris Wife by Paula McLain (Crystal) The Ministry of Guidance Invites You Not To Stay by Hooman Majd (Elizabeth) Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen (Jess) Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Renee) Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (Elaine) Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (Ann) Where’d You Go Bernadette? By Maria Semple (Jenni) A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Amy) The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (Kim) |