Book Group list for the year

Hi Ladies,

I thought I would put the book group list for the whole year on here, just in case you missed the earlier email, or lost the handouts we passed around.

Happy reading!


September 22nd hosted by Kathy Hansen
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J.Jacobs
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you see history''s most influential book with new eyes.

October 27th hosted by Cindy Hardy
Bring your favourite childhood book or a kids book that you really like and we will have fun time sharing and discussing them.

November 24th hosted by Cheryl Leavitt
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.

January 26th hosted by Nikki Kenyon
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst.. In this beautiful and unforgettable novel, Steven Galloway has taken an extraordinary, imaginative leap to create a story that speaks powerfully to the dignity and generosity of the human spirit under extraordinary duress.

February 23rd hosted by Carol Stelnicki
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy.

March 23rd hosted by Melissa Rolfson
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral's tower.

April 27th hosted by Laurie Christensen
Plague Ship by Clive Cussler
Captain Juan Cabrillo and the motley crew of his high-tech spy ship take on their most extraordinary-and lethal-mission yet

May 25th hosted by Brenda Leavitt
The Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell
Anna lives in pre- World War II Shanghai. Her father leads a charmed and secretive life, though his greatest joy is sharing his beloved city with his only daughter. Yet when Anna and her mother flee Japanese-occupied Shanghai to return to California, he stays behind, believing his connections and a little bit of luck will keep him safe. Through Anna''s memories and her father''s journals we learn of his fall from charismatic millionaire to tortured prisoner, in a story of betrayal and reconciliation that spans two continents. The Distant Land of My Father, a breathtaking and richly lyrical debut, unfolds to reveal an enduring family love through tragic circumstances

June 22nd hosted by Shannon Langlois
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake