Sturdy Shoes Book Club 
THE 2016 PAGE
2016
WINNERS!
Favorite Books of 2016
Our election revealed these two winners:
 
Fiction
 
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini (fiction)
(suggested by Amy) 
 
 Non-Fiction
 
The Road to Character 
by David Brooks (non-fiction)
(suggested by Julia)

Books that we read in  2016
 
January 2016
Monday January 25
The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
Fiction
  (suggested by Sherri)
 
February 2016
Monday, February 29 
 
 A Spool of Blue Thread  
by Anne Tyler
    (suggested by Susie)  
 

 
March 2016
Monday, March 28
 
 The Alchemist    
by Paulo Coelho
Fiction/Fable
    (suggested by Julia)
 
 

April 2016
Monday, April 25
 
 Searching for Mercy Street; My Journey Back to my Mother, Anne Sexton
by Linda Gray Sexton
Non-Fiction
    (suggested by Deborah)
 
May 2016
Monday, May 23  
 
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
by Anthony Doerr
Fiction
    (suggested by Barbara)
 
 
July 2016
Monday, July 25 
The Rosie Project
 by Graeme Simsion (fiction) 
(suggested by Susie)
 
August 2016
Monday, August 22
The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson (fiction) 
suggested by Sherri
 
 
September 2016
A Man Called Ove
 
by Fredrik Backman
 
September 2016 
Monday, September 26
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini (fiction)
(suggested by Amy) 
 
October 2016
No meeting 
(shifting from late in month to first week of each month)
 
November 2016
Tuesday, Nov. 1
The Road to Character 
by David Brooks (non-fiction)
(suggested by Julia)
 
 
December 2016 
Thursday Dec 1, 2016
 The Transcriptionist
by Amy Roland (fiction)
(suggested by Deborah) 
 
Monday 
December 5
6:00 at the Alchemist
 
No book to discuss.
We discussed Cosmos. !!!{#emotions_dlg.smile}. {#emotions_dlg.usage}
 
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Discussion and photos of some of the books that we read in 2016:
And The Mountains Echoed,
by Khaled Hosseini
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The Road to Character by David Brooks (non-fiction)
suggested by Julia
New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses the balance of external and internal personal attributes to explore how strong inner character is developed. Named one of the best books of the year by The Economist.  
The Transcriptionist
by Amy Roland (fiction)
(suggested by Deborah)
Lena, the last transcriptionist at a huge New York City newspaper, routinely transcribes reporter's recorded stories and encounters a shocking story.  This novel asks questions about journalism, ethics, the decline of newspapers and the failure of language.  
August 2016
Monday, August 22
The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson (fiction) 
suggested by Sherri
This is a novel of love in the eve of WWI by the author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
A Man Called Ove,
by Fredrik Backman
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April Book was Searching for Mercy Street by Linda Gray Sexton.  Non-fiction
 
The following is an album of photos related to Anne Sexton.
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