Bowdoinham Public Library Loose Ladies Book Group

2011

January 20 - Winters Bone by Daniel Woodrell

February 17 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

March 17 - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

April 21 - House Rules by Jodi Picoult

 2010

January 7 - .The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory
February 4 - Glory in the Name-A Novel of the Confederate Navy by Harpswell author James Nelson.
..........This is the Community Read for 2010
March 18 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
April 16 - Book of your choice - To Share
May 20 - Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
June 17 - The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver or A mystery of your choice
July 15 - A book of your choise you would enthusiastically recommend!
August 19- Growing Up - a memoir by Russell Baker
September 16 - An American Girl Doll Historic Character book of your choice and if you wish another book set in the same time period
October 21- Cooking / Food theme- And bring an apron and the story that goes with it.
November 18 - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
December 16 -Party and Book Swap

2009

June 4 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Literary Society by Mary Ann Shaffer &
Annie Barrows
July 2 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
August 6 - High Tide at Noon by Elizabeth Ogilve
September 3 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
October 1 - Choose any book you want by by Jessiman West
November 5 - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
December 3 - Report on a book of your choice-just enough to entice without giving the end away

2008
 
Jan. 10-Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt-children's book

Feb. 14-Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson-2008 Community Read

Counter book: Shadow Divers Exposed by Gary Gentile

a suggestion for a lively discussion: some read one and some the other

Mar. 13-Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

Apr. 10-Manhunt by James Swanson

May 8-Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

June 12-Belles of New England by William Moran-This meeting will take place at the State Museum in August where Leslie Anderson will be our tour guide in viewing artifacts about this era of our history.

July10-Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo -child's book with adult messages.--movie at Savoie's 1PM - July 10th meeting

Aug.14-Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Sept.11-Fair, Clear and Terrible-by Shirley Nelson

Oct. 9-People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks   

Nov. 13- Clover by Dori Sanders

Dec. 11-Inheritance of Loss-by Kiran Desai 

2007
  Jan. 2007  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  Feb. 2007  Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Community Read)
  March 2007  March by Geraldine Brooks
  April 2007  The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
  May 2007  Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  June 2007  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  July 2007   The Known World by Edward Jones
  August 2007  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  September 2007   1984 by George Orwell
  October 2007   The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
  November 2007  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  December 2007

What we read in 2006:
     Jan.2006   Community Read book choice for 2006-Trevor Corson's The Secret Life of Lobsters..
    Feb.9:  Keepers of the Turth by Michael Collins
    March 9:  Women's Letters-at the meeting each person can read and/or discuss a letter of their choice
    April 13: "1776" by David McCullough
    May 11: Aloft by Chang-rae Lee
    June 8: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill
    July 13: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Sept. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
    Oct. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
    Nov. Alaska presentation by Nicole Collins. Read a book of your choice about Alaska.
    Dec. The Lighthouse by P.D. James

2005
January-Liar’s Club by Mary Karr
February- Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini-Community Read 2005
March-One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
April -  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon.
May -The Pact by Jodi Picout
June - 3 Junes by Julia Glass
- Miracle of Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen-We went to Cold Stone Creamery in Brunswick to enjoy red, white and blue ice cream while we discussed the book.
August-??
Sept.-??
October-Book Seller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
November-Bitter Brew by Christine Young, Marcia Pertel’s daughter-in-law
December-Ernie’s Ark by Monica Wood and Quarentine by  Jim Crace

Some of the books we read in 2004:

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
We went on an outing to tour the Joshua Chamberlain house in Brunswick to further enhance our knowledge of Mr. Chamberlain.
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Lying Awake by Mark Salzmann
A Willa Cather book of  your choice
Bel Canto by Ann Pachette
Farenheit 451 by Rae Bradbury
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larso.
Blessings by Anne Quindlen
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Back When We Were Grown-up by Ann Tyler

Here are some of the books we have read in the past. All are available at the library.
    To Kill a Mockingbird    Harper Lee
    1984     George Orwell
    Endurance      Alfred Lansing
    The Kite Runner    Khaled Hosseini
    Arundel    Kenneth Roberts
    Reading Lolita in Tehran   Azar Nafisi
    Country of the Pointed Firs   Sarah Orne Jewett
    Moby Dick    Herman Melville
    Bitter Brew    Christine Young
    Willa Cather selections
    Back When We Were Grown Ups   Anne Tyler
    The Full Cupboard of Life (The #1 Ladies Detective Agency)  Alexander McCall Smith

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