The Last 5 years! Favorite Reads- III

2006Best of List: New Favorites (According to book clubs contributing to ReadingGroupGuides.com)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

* The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Home to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman

March by Geraldine Brooks

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

* Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

*Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Last 5 years! Favorite Reads II

2005 Best of List: New Favorites

(According to Book Groups contributing information to Reading Group Guides.com!)

*Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

Atonement by Ian McEwan

*Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Leap of Faith by Queen Noor

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

*The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

*Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

*The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

*The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Last 5 years! Favorite Reads- I

2004 Best of List: New Favorites (According to Book Groups contributing information to Reading Group Guides.com!)
Atonement by Ian McEwan
* Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
* The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
* The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
* Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
* Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
* The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Three Junes by Julia Glass
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom-->

Cokie Roberts, née Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs

So....Ladies of Liberty? What did you all think? I find it fascinating and hard to pick up, all at the same time!

Thank you Cindy for finishing the book, researching the author and generally hand feeding us some fascinating information.

I am amazed at how little has changed in politics since then, and fascinated by how closely the system continued to resemble European hierarchy!

Chapter Chat's 2009 Book List

January 8, 2009
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Picked by Carrin

Host: Tamara
Facilitator: Carrin
February 5, 2009
Those Who Save Us by Jena Blum
Picked by Wanda

Host: Wanda
Facilitator: Wanda

March 5, 2009
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Picked by: Tamara

Host: Deb
Facilitator: Tami

April 2, 2009
The Shack by William P. Young
Picked by: Laurie
Host:
Facilitator:

May 7, 2009
The Magicians Assistant by Ann Patchett
Picked by: Tami

Host: Tami
Facilitator: open

June 4, 2009
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Picked by: Tamara
Host: Carrin

Facilitator: Tamara

July 9, 2009
She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel
Picked by: Carrin
Host: Pontoon or open
Facilitator: Carrin

August 6, 2009
Angel Strings by Gary Eberle
Picked by: Tami

Host: open
Facilitator: Tami


September 3, 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Picked by: Tamara and Lisa Host:
Facilitator:

October 1, 2009
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline
Host: Cindy
Facilitator: Cindy

November 5, 2009
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Picked by: Deb H

Host: Sue
Facilitator: Deb H

December 3, 2009
The Alchemist by
Picked by
Host: Tami B

Facilitator:

The Guernesy Literary and Potate Peel Pie Society

Who knew?! What a delightful read. I went to my mailox and there it was, with a note that said, great books find the right reader. I naturally found that an interesting concept and immediately opened the book to find it was also partially the premise of the story.

Upon further reading, of the note, I found that I had won the book in a contest....the story of books finding the right reader in the this tome thankfully, was far richer. I am so excited this is our pick for this month. Enjoy the pictures, and link

http://www.librarything.com/work/5072307

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2728527.The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society

Stalking Susan and more

Thanks Cindy I loved this book. Here is an interesting twist, it is a clip as if this really were a news show. Anyone recognize the voice over? I know Nancy would (except she will never read a blog!) Also an interview and a fun link for her next book, "Missing Mark"