2009 to 2010 Books
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Strapless, John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis
The Glass Castle, A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokow
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
April 2010 Raising Steaks, The Life and Times of American Beef by Betty Fussell(instead of reading this particular non-fiction book, we are going to select from a medley of non-fiction books that Sherri has found about the Texas frontier with an emphasis on the role of women.)
May 2010 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2008 to 2009 books
Olive
May 2009 Weeds
by Edith Summers Kelley.
April 2009 Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS
by Elizabeth P. McIntosh
March 2009 People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
Feb 2009
Jan 2009 - no book - Couples Party and Favorite Books Election
Dec 2008 - no book
Sept 2008 Middlesex by Jeffrye Eugenides
Feb 2008 Kiterunner
Jan 2008 The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walberg
Our new book list for late 2007 – (given to us May 20, 2007 by A)
June, Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriquez
July , The Foreign Correspondence by Allen Furst
August, American Plague by Molly Crosby
September, Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
October, Road From Corraine by Jill Ker Conway
November, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
January, The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert
We've set the June meeting for June 11th.
Happy Reading!
A
List compiled by A on August 10, 2007: Books we have read so far:
Sturdy Shoes’ Books
Snow Falling on Cedars David Gutterson
Under the Tuscan Sun Frances Mayers
Excellent Women Barbara Pymm
The Color of Water James McBride
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Endrich
Charming Billy Alice McDermott
A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor
Midwives Chris Bohjalian
Blindness Jose Saramago
The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
That Distant Land Wendell Berry
A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute
Snow Flower & The Secret Fan Lisa See
Beloved Toni Morrison
The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger
A Passage to India E.M. Forster
The Myth of You and Me Leah Stewart
The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng,
Benjamin Ajak
The World is Flat Thomas Friedman
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion
The Fig Eater Jody Shields
The Curious Instance of the Dog in the Night Mark Haddon
The Lobotomist Jack El-Hai
The Master Butcher’s Singing Club Louise Erdrich
Tales of A Female Nomad Rita Golden Gelman
Hannah Coulter Wendell Berry
Jaybar Crow Wendell Berry
Watch With Me Wendell Berry
Seabiscuit Laura Hillerbrand
Rising Tide John M. Barry
Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman Richard Feynman
The Remains of The Day Kazuo Ishiguro
The Last Girls Lee Smith
Fair and Tender Ladies Lee Smith
My Losing Season Pat Conroy
Caravans James Michener
The Lives of a Cell Lewis Thomas
The Day Laid on the Altar ?????? Adria Bernardi
Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier
Girl With The Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Wolf
Poisionwood Bible Barbara Kingslover
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingslover
Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Ladies of the Club Helen Santmeyer
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
The Ponder Heart Eudora Welty
My Antonia Willa Cather
Angela’s Ashes Frank McCort
The Age of Innocense Edith Warton
Chasing Cezanne Peter Mayle
Carmelo Sandra Cisernos
The Ya Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells
Small Island Andrea Levy
Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrum Leonard Marchs
No Ordinary Time Doris Kearns Goodwin
Galileo’s Daughter Dava Sobel
Skywriting, A Life Out of the Blue Jane Pauley
Victory Over Japan Ellen Gilchrist
Foreign Correspondence Geraldine Brooks
Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neal Huston
Sense and Sensibility (9/3/96 1st book) Jane Austin
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J. K. Rawling
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt
Kabul Beauty School Deborah Rodriquez
The Foreign Correspondent Allen Furst
The Ladies Auxiliary Tova Mirvis
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List compiled by A Jan 07
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STURDY SHOES BOOK CLUB
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That Distant Land
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Wendell Berry
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**not sure what order these should be in
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A Town Like Alice
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Nevil Shute
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Snow Flower &The Secret Fan
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Lisa See
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Feb, 2007
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Beloved
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Tony Morrison
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Jan, 2007
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger
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Nov, 2006
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A Passage To India
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E.M. Forster
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Oct, 2006
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The Myth Of You And Me
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Leah Stewart
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Sept, 2006
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The Mermaid Chair
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Sue Monk Kidd
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June, 2006
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They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky
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Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak
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May, 2006
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The World Is Flat
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Thomas Friedman
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March, 2006
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The Year Of Magical Thinking
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Joan Didion
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Feb, 2006
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The Namesake
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Jhumpa Lumpiri
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Jan, 2006
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The Fig Eater
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Jody Shields
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Nov, 2005?
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The Curious Instance Of The Dog In The Night
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Mark Haddon
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The Lobotomist
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Jack El-Hai
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The Master Butcher's Singing Club
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Louise Erdrich
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Tales Of A Female Nomad
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Rita Golden Gelman
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Hannah Coulter
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Wendell Berry
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Seabiscuit
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Laura Hillenbrand
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Rising Tide
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John M. Barry
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Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman
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Richard Feynman
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The Remains Of The Day
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Last Girls
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Lee Smith
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My Losing Season
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Pat Conroy
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Caravans
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James Michener
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Clear Springs
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Bobbie Ann Mason (I think this is a book club book, but not entirely sure)
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The Lives Of A Cell
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Lewis Thomas
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Interpreter Of Maladies
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Jhumpa Lahiri
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Life Among The Savages
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Shirley Jackson
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The Day Laid On The Altar
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Adria Bernardi
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Falling Angels
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Tracy Chevalier
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Girl With The Pearl Earring
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Tracy Chevalier
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Mrs. Dalloway
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Virginia Woolf
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Blindness
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Poisionwood Bible
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Barbara Kingslover
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Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd
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Ladies of the Club
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Helen Santmeyer
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
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The Ponder Heart
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Eudora Welty
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My Antonia
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Willa Cather
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Prodigal Summer
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Barbara Kingslover
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Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCort
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The Age of Innocense
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Edith Warton
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Watch With Me
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Wendell Berry
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Chasing Cezanne
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Peter Mayle
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The House on Mango Street
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Sandra Cisernos
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The Ya Ya Siterhood
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Sisterhood
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Rebecca Wells
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Small Island
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Andrea Levy
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Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrum
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Leonard Marchs
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No Ordinary Time
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Galileo's Daughter
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Dava Sobel
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Seabiscuit
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Laura Hillenbrand
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Skywriting, A Life Out of the Blue
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Jane Pauley
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Victory Over Japan
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Ellen Gilchrist
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Foreign Correspondence
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Geraldine Brooks
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Da Vinci Code
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Dan Brown
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Zora Neal Huston
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Sense & Sensibility
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Jane Austin
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1st Book
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9/3/1996
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Jaybar Crow
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Wendell Berry
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The Midwife
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The Pilot's Wife
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Ann Schreve
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Harry Potter and The Sorcer's Stone
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J K Rowling
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Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil
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John Berendt
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Fair and Tender Ladies
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Lee Smith
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Brazil
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John Updike
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