Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Book Recommendations

Here are the books that were recommended at our January 2011 Book Club:
Thelma:

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Brady

Jill:

books by Kristin Hannah

Ann:

The Far Pavilions, Shadow of the Moon
Death in the Andamans, and  Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye
Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump by Emily Brightwell (Mrs. Jeffries series)

JoLyn:

The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Louise:

I’m Down by Mishna Wolff
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Helen:

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

Suzanne:

The Angels of Morgan Hill by Donna Van Liere
Books by Victoria Holt

Marissa:

Big Sur by Jack Karouac 

Becky:

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (read this book if you want to go on a field trip to Seattle to the Panama Hotel!!!)

Michelle:

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Janalee:

The List by Richard Paul Evans
The Christmas Train David Baldacci
The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans
books by Josi Kilpack:  Devil’s Food Cake, Lemon Torte, Key Lime Pie
Leaning into the Curves by Nancy Anderson and Carrol Hofeling Morris

Stephanie:

Inkheart, Inkspell, Reckless, Inkdeath,  and Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The White Ibis (not sure of the author)
An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley by Ann Rinaldi
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
The Girl of the Limberlost and  Freckles by Jean Porter Stratton