2013: Part 1

January 7th: Gifts from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh @ Suzy's
(Suggested corollary reading: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf)
February 4th: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein @ Alissa's
March 4th: Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda @ Wende's
April 8th: Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking By Susan Cain @ Katrina's
May 6th: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett @ Emily's
June 3rd: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick @ Joanna's
July 1st: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker @ April's

Suggested for 2013...

FICTION

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (KR)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein--lots of copies (EO)
Gifts from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (DP)
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (KR)
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett--plenty of copies in the library system(SJ)

NON-FICTION

The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar (KR)
 The Defining Decade by Meg Jay--only 5 copies(SJ)

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick--plenty of copies(SJ)
Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking By Susan Cain (KR)



2012:Part II

*August 12th: Still Alice by Lisa Genova @ Aprils
*September 10th: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown @ Amys
October 1st: Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons @ Emilys
November 5th: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs @ Deborahs
December 3rd: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes @ Aprils

*N/B: the dates of discussion vary from our normal first Mondays.  Just trying to keep you on your toes!

Potential Reads Part II

Fiction

The Awakening by Kate Chopin (9 copies at least)

[Bel Canto by Ann Patchett] (50+ copies)

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (20+ copies)

Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran (15 copies)

[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs] (30+ copies)

On the Beach by Nevil Shute (20 copies)

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson ( 20 copies)

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes(30 copies)

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (30+ copies)

Still Alice by Lisa Genova(20 copies)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley(25 copies)

[The Wierd Sisters By Eleanor Brown](25 copies)

Non-Fiction

[In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson]( 12 copies)

Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons (25 copies)

Key

[previously considered]

2012 Part 1

February 6th
Nurtureshock by Po Bronson @ Suzys

March 5th
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde @ Wendes

April 2nd
The Heretics Daughter by Kathleen Kent @ Deborahs

May 7th
No Biking in the House without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene @ Emilys with treats by Trista

June 4th
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern @ Suzy's

July 9th
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua @ Emily's