Watch as related to BOMB

Amy suggests this resource about an opera on the Bomb project and lots of documentation at this site. Fascinating! Of course, the bombsight is such a minor player in the book, but I find this to be a fascinating corellary on unintended consequences.

New Reads 2013 < 2014

August 12th at Rachel's
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
September 9th at Emily's: The End of your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
October 7th at Wende's: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
November 4th at Katrina's: Bomb: the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
December 2nd at Amy's: The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
January 6th 2014 at Liz's: Better: A Surgeons's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
February 3rd 2014 at April's: The Fault in our Stars by John Green

Suggestions for new books

It's that time again when we pick new books! Please think about some of your favorites and send me (Emily) a list of ideas. We will pick books for the second half of the year at our July meeting. As always, please only suggest books you are very confident about promoting AND do a quick survey of the library holdings to ascertain that it is one we can feasibly get a hold of for free. Thanks!

FICTION
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Fault in our Stars by John Green

The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Norman Tuttle on the last frontier: a novel in stories by Tom Bodett

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

NON-FICTION

Better: A Surgeons's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
Bomb: the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
The End of your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffery Canada
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

Why Do they act that way? A survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen by David Walsh

Less than a week until book club....

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!