Book for January: Nicolas Rothwell's The Red Highway

Anne has selected Nicolas Rothwell's The Red Highway. We meet on January 28, 2010.

After that we will be reading Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd, chosen by Jenn.

Reading now The Mitford Sisters

We meet next at Beverly's on November 5 to discuss The Mitford Sisters by Mary Lovell

Books group books read in August and September

I'm a bit behind in blog posts, so here's where we are at for 2009:

In August we read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, chosen by Marie

Marjorie chose The Dragon’s Blessing by Guy Allenby in September 2009

In June we read Steven Carroll

In June we read Steven Carroll's The Lost Life.

Our next meeting is in July, doing Marguerite's book choice: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Group of 97 best books for 2008

These are the results of our votes for best books of 2008:

1. Beloved, Toni Morrison
2. The Broken Shore, Peter Temple
3. When Will There be Good News, Kate Atkinson
4. Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
5. Orpheus Lost, Janette Turner Hospital
6. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
7. My Invented Country, Isabel Allende
8. What is the What, Dave Eggers

White Tiger in April

For our next meeting at Julia’s on Wednesday April 22, the book will be The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

January Kate Atkinson, Elizabeth Jolley in March

I'm a bit slow updating the Book blog. But we did read When Will There be Good News by Kate Atkinson in January and it was well rated by the group.

next month we are meeting on March 5 to discuss Brian Dibble's biography: Doing Life: a biography of Elizabeth Jolley.

We will also vote on the 2008 books which were:

The Broken Shore, Peter Temple
What is the What, Dave Eggers
Orpheus Lost, Janette Turner Hospital
Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Beloved, Toni Morrison
My Invented Country, Isabel Allende
When Will There be Good News, Kate Atkinson