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Past Selections - "On the Lighter Side"

Date
Author
Title
October-04
Tracy, P.J.
Monkeewrench
November-04
Andrews, Mary Kay
Little Bitty Lies
December-04
Kozak, Harley Jane
Dating Dead Men
January-05
Delinsky, Barbara
Lake News
February-05
Ray, Jeanne 
Eat Cake
March-05
Evanovich, Janet
One for the Money
April-05
Heller, Jane
Female Intelligence
May-05
Rice, Luanne
Summer Light
September-05
Lipman, Elinor
Pursuit of Alice Thrift
October-05
Clark, Mary Higgins
We'll Meet Again
November-05
Winston, Lolly
Good Grief
December-05
Dunn, Sarah
Big Love
January-06
Fford, Jasper
Lost in a Good Book
February-06
King, Cassandra
Same Sweet Girls
March-06
Leon, Donna
Uniform Justice
April-06
Daum, Meghan
Quality of Life Report
September-06
Green, Jane
The Other Woman
October-06
Krich, Rochelle
Grave Endings
November-06
Hyde, Catherine Ryan
Pay it Forward
December-06
Davidson, Diane Mott
Chopping Spree
January-07
Hannah, Kristin
Angel Falls
February-07
Graham, Laurie
Future Homemakers of  America
March-07
Simpson, Mona
Anywhere But Here
April-07
Hamilton, Denise
Sugar Skull
May-07
Lawson, Mary
Crow Lake
October-07
Radish, Kris
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
November-07
Fowler, Karen Joy
Jane Austen Book Club
December-07
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Christmas Present
January-08
Macomber, Debbie
Shop on Blossom Street
February-08
Hilderbrand, Elin
Love Season
March-08
Jacobs, Kate
Friday Night Knitting Club
April-08
Ross, Ann B.
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
May-08
Barnett, Jill
Days of Summer
June-08
Atkinson, Kate
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
September-08
Kiernan, Kristy
Catching Genius
October-08
Connelly, Michael
Echo Park
November-08
Baumbich, Charlene
Dearest Dorothy, Help I've Lost Myself
December-08
Gunn, Robin Jones
Finding Father Christmas
January-09
Baker, Ellen
Keeping the House
Apri l 2009
Andrews, Donna
No Nest for the Wicket
May-09
Allen, Sarah Addison
Sugar Queen
June-09
Ironside, Virginia
No, I Don't Want to Join a Book Club
July-09
Lewis, Beverly
Preacher's Daughter
August-09
Frank, Dorothea Benton
Bull's Island
Date
Title
Author
September-09
Remember me?
Sophie Kinsella
October-09
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
Ruth Rendell
November-09
View from Mount Joy
Lorna Landvik
December-09
Christmas Train
David Baldacci
March-2010
Winter Study
Nevada Barr
April-2010
Away
Amy Bloom
May-2010
Lethal Legacy
Linda Fairstein
June-2010
I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron
July-2010
Quilter's Legacy
Jennifer Chiaverini
Sept-2010
Rainwater
Killer Cruise
Sandra Brown
Laura Levine
Oct-2010
I Don't Know How She Does It
Allison Pearson
Nov-2010
Woman in Red
Eileen Goudge
March-2011
Goodnight Nobody
Jennifer Weiner
April-2011
Nickel &Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
May-2011
Thereby Hangs a Tail
Spencer Quinn
June-2011
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson
July-2011
Lark & Termite
Jayne Anne Phillips
Sept-2011
Scent of Rain & Lighning
Nancy Pickard
Oct-2011
Poison Heart
Mary Logue
Nov-2011
Honk & Holler Opening Soon
Billie Letts
March-2012
Call Me Irresistible
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
April-2012
Spellman Files
Lisa Lutz
May-2012
True Colors
Kristin Hannah
June-2012
Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown
July-2012
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
Bailey White
Sept-2012
The Walk
Richard Evans
Oct-2012
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet
Jamie Ford
Nov-2012
Ghost at the Table
Suzanne Berne

 

 

Past Selections- Evening Book Group

2002

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
 

World of Pies by Karen Stolz
 

World of Pies by Karen Stolz
 

Surrender Dorothy by Meg Wolitzer
 

Wish You Well by David Baldacci
 

  How Close We've Come by Susan Kelly
 

  In the Company of Angels by N.M. Kelby
 

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
 

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

2003

  Midwives by Christopher Bohjalian
 

The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
 

The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Parker
 

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
 

   Ice Bound by Jerry Nielsen
 

Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
 2004

Blessings by Anna Quindlen
 


     The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
 

Mountain Beyond Mountain by Tracy Kidder
 

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
 

  Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
 

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
 

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
 

   A Bed By the Windows by Scott Peck
   2005

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
 

Tortilla Curtain by C.Boyle
 

Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
 

Population: 485 by Michael Perry
 

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
 

She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
 

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
 

The Hours by Michael Cunningham 
    
2006

 Family Matters by Robinton Mistry
 

     Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
 

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
 

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
 

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah Kate Lynch
 

Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
 

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
 2007

 How to be Good by Nick Hornby
 

Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis
 

Three Junes by Julia Glass
 

  Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman

 

Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
 

Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages by Sara Rath
 

  Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
 

History of Love by Nicole Krauss
 

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2008

Death in a Prairie House by William Drennan
 

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
 

Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
 

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
 

    Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
 

   The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
 

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow
2009

Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
 

Lottery by Patricia Wood
 

Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
 

The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
 

Polygamy- topic
 

Skeltons @ the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

 

The Next Thing on my List by Jill Smolinski
 

So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
 

Truck by Michael Perry
 

Thank You for all Things by Sandra Kring
 

Floor of the Sky by Pamela Carter Joern
 

Driftless by David Rhodes
 

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
 

Coming Home to Eat by Gary Paul Nabhan
 

Coop by Michael Perry
 

Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
 

The Women by T.C. Boyle
 

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
 

Leap of Faith by Queen Noor
 

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
 

White Oleander by Janet Fitch
2011

Dewey: Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
 

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
 

Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
 

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
 

Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
 

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
 

Night Sisters by Sara Rath
 

A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant
 

Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
2012

Tigers Wife by Tea Obreht
 
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
 
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
 
Room by Emma Donoghue &
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
 
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
 
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
 
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
 
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
 
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
 
Radioactive by Lauren Redniss
Obsessive Genius by Barbara Goldsmith


   

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January 31, 2013