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Monday, September 29, 2008

Sorry all, I meant to say the November read - thanks Heather! ;)

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Tina M. Grenier
Mildred Johnson Library
North Dakota State College of Science
800 6th Street North
Wahpeton, ND 58076
(701) 671-2612
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2017 Titles

December - Christmas Book Exchange
November - The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
October - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
September - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Loretta) 90 page rating
August - Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham (Margaret)
July - OFF
June - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Mary)
May - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (Gloria) 90 page rating
April - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Maggie) 48 page rating
March - The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron (Janet) 80 page rating
February - Gray Mountain by John Grisham (Jodi) 86 page rating
January - The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown (Margaret) 84 page rating

2016 Titles

December - Christmas Book Exchange
November - LaRose by Louise Erdrich (Jeanette) 86 page rating
October - Patriot Acts by Jim Lies (Kathy) 81 page rating
September - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Carin) 58 page rating
August - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (Loretta) 53 page rating
July - OFF
June - A Murder of the Month Mystery by Jess Lourey (Tina) 53 page rating
May - Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Tina) 91 page rating
April - A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Scheibe (Mary) 78 page rating
March - Divergent by Veronica Roth (Jodi) 73 page rating
February - Dead Wake:The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (Shirley) 83 page rating
January - Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee (Maggie) 68 page rating

2015 Titles

December - Christmas Book Exchange + Bring 2-3 bucket list ideas to share!
November - Ashley's War by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Cindy S.) 80 page rating
October - The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (Gloria)
September - The Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Margaret) 64 page rating
August - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Kathy) 81 page rating
July - OFF
June - SALSA
May- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Jeanette) 84 page rating
April - Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult (Loretta) 77 page rating
March - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Carin) 97 page rating
February - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Judy) 90 page rating
January - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Tina) 77 page rating

2014 Titles

December - Christmas Book Exchange
November -The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani (Mary)
October - Inferno by Dan Brown (Jodi) 83 page rating
September - Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (Cindy S.)
August - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Gloria)
July - OFF
June - The Dinner by Herman Koch (SALSA-Maggie)
May - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Kathy)
April - The Long Journey Into A Life by H.H. Gorder (Cindy B.) One of worst 3 books!
March - The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (Carin) - Book & OD eAudio
February - The Silent Wife by ASA Harrison (Loretta) - OD eAudio (Book on order)
January - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (BG) Book & OD eBook

2013 List

December - Christmas Book Exchange
November - South of Broad by Pat Conroy (Maggie)
October - The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (Jeanette)
September - ?? Nowhere: A Story of Exile by Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte (Judy)
August - ?? Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (Tina)
July - OFF
June - Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult (Jodi O.)
May - The Reader by Bernard Schlink (Shirley)
April- Left Neglected by Lisa Genova (Cindy S)
March - The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
February - Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert (Also likes: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker) (Kathy)
January - The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Gloria)

2012 List

December - Room by Emma Donoghue (Cindy B.)
November - How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue (Carin)
October - Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven (Loretta)
September - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (Maggie)
August - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (Jeanette)
July - OFF
June - The Other Side of Suffering by John Ramsey (Judy P.)
May - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins or a title of your choice for SALSA
April- Tina selected The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Although she wavered between Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, The Best Advice I Ever Got by Katie Couric, or Randy Alcorn title (Tina)
March- Jodi selected The Last Ember by Daniel Levin but wavered between Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven (Jodi O.)
February- Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Shirley)
January- A Place to Stand: The Making of a Poet by Jimmy Santiago Baca (Cindy S.)

2011 List

December- Christmas Book Exchange
November- Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross (Janet) One of worst three books!
October- Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman (Alice)
September - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Difenbaugh (Gloria)
August- Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls (Kathy)
July- OFF
June- SALSA
May- Heaven is for Real (Cindy B. )
April- Doctors by Erich Segal (Carin)
March- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Loretta)
February- Cutting for Stone (Maggie)
January- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (Jeanette)

June - SALSA reads

Month of Summer by Lisa Wingate (Shirley)
The Confession by John Grisham (Shirley)
Summer's Child by Luanne Rice (Cindy)
Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman (Cindy)
After Ann (Series) by Roxann Henke (Cindy)
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen (Loretta)
The Rescue by Nora Roberts (Carin)
The Fat and the Thin by Emile Zola (The orginal was in French The Belly of Paris {Le Ventre de Paris})
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Tina)
South of Broad by Pat Conroy (Kathy)
Life's a Beach by Claire Cooke (Carin)
High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never by Barbra Kingslover (Jeanette)
Heaven in for Real by Todd Burop adn Colton Burpo (Jeanette)
Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley (Loretta)

2009 Titles

December - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
November - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
October - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "The Big Read"
September - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
August - The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
July - Dewey by Viki Myron (Rescheduled)
June - Dewey by Viki Myron (Cancelled)
May - SALSA
April - Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
March - The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
February - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
January - Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

2008 Titles

January - The Dip by Seth Godin
February - Bel Canto: a novel by Ann Patchett
March - SALSA
April - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
May - From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
June - SALSA
July - Off
August - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
September - The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dalles
September - Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
September - The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq by John Crawford
October - Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time / Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
November - Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia / Elizabeth Gilbert.
December - Annual Christmas Book Exchange - Bring a book to exchange & read your favorite Christmas selection. :)
Ideas???? Beowulf, The Screwtape Letters

Past Titles...

After Anne by Roxanne Henke
All Through The Night by Mary Higgins Clark
All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown?
Angels of Morgan Hill (The) by Donna VanLiere
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Annual Christmas Book Exchange
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Bleachers by John Grisham
Bluest Eye (The) by Toni Morrison
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Courage To Be Yourself (The) by Sue Patton Thoele
DaVinci Code (The) by Dan Brown
Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Doctor's Wife (The) by Elizabeth Brundage
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
Five People You Meet in Heaven (The) by Mitch Albom
Glass Castle (The) by Jeannette Walls
High Plains Tango by Robert James Waller
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Jane Austen Book Club (The) by Karen Joy Fowler
John Steinbeck novels
Kite Runner (The) by Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lovely Bones (The) by Alice Sebold
Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
Memory Keeper's Daughter (The) by Kim Edwards
Mermaid Chair (The) by Sue Monk Kidd
No.1 Ladies Detective Agency (The) by Alexander McCall Smith
Painted Drum (The) by Louise Erdrich
Red Tent (The) by Anita Diamant
Sanctuary by Beverly & David Lewis
Screwtape Letters(The) by C.S. Lewis
Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel
Tom Clancy novel of choice
White Crosses by Larry Watson
Wicked by Gregory Maguire - One of worst three books!
Year of Magical Thinking (The) by Joan Didion

Book Club Suggested Reading - Fiction

4th of July by James Patterson
Alchemist (The) by Paulo Coelho
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Beowulf
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Catcher in the Rye (The) by J.D. Salinger
Cockeyed by Ryan Knighton
Color of a Dog Running Away (The) by Richard Gwyn
Contract Surgeon (The) by Dan O'Brien
Crimson Fire by Holly Taylor
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Richard Gwyn
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Forever in Blue - The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Girls in Pants - The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
James Patterson novels
Keep (The) by Jennifer Egan
Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex
Map of the World (A) by Jane Hamilton
Never Let Me Go by Kazuio Ishiguro
Pact (The) by Jodi Picoult
Prey by Michael Crichton
Privilege of the Sword (The) by Ellen Kushner
Rule of Four (The) by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
Second Summer of the Sisterhood (The) by Ann Brashares
Series of Unfortunate Events (A) by Lemony Snicket
Serpent's Kiss (The) by Mark Terry
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Thirteenth Tale (The) by Diane Setterfield
Time Traveler's Wife (The) by Audrey Niffenegger
Wasp Eater (The) by William Lychack
Woman at the Washington Zoo (The) by Marjorie Williams
World to Come (The) by Dara Horn

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