Read's Book Club '08

Meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 pm

25% Book Club choices to book club members

October 9   The Observations by Jane Harris (discuss your favourite horror film or book) 
November 13  The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (bring a book to trade!) 
December 11 The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho (favourite goddess show and tell) 
January 14 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (virgin pina coladas!)
February12   Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (bring peanut based baked goodies) 
March 12   The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (exchange journaling entries or stories)
April 9   The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Indian desserts and Italian sodas) 
May 14 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

(bring info on the real people in the book)
June 11 The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steve Galloway (wine and cheese, recommend a summer book!)

      Other Books Discussed

  1. Children of the Day by Sandra Birdsell
  2. Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani
  3. Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
  4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  5. Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
  6. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
  7. Sunshine by Robin Mckinley
  8. The Shack by William P. Young
  9. “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” by Charlaine Harris
  10. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  11. Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer
  12. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
  13. This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin
  14. Ishmael, The Story of B and My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
  15. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
  16. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  17. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
  18. Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West and Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto