Book-On-The-Go

Year of Wonders - June

Nefertiti - May

The Birth House

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

February  2012

March 2012

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children

April 2012

The Cup of Light

May 2012 

The Dovekeepers

June 2012

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

October 2012

November 2012

January 2013

February 2013

March 2013

April 2013

Next Meeting and Presenter/Host Schedule

Upcoming Schedule

September

Host - Lindsay

Presenter -Jerry
October
Host - Jan
Presenter - Colleen

November

Host - Jerry
Presenter - Susan

December
Book Share

January
Host Colleen
Presenter - Norma

February
Host-Susan
Presenter - Kari

March
Host- Norma
Presenter - Lorraine

April
Host - Kari
Presenter - Tracy

May
Host - Lorraine
Presenter - Sarah

June
Host - Tracy
Presenter - Krista

September 
Host - Sarah 
Presenter - 

October
Host - Krista
Presenter - Jerry

Book Reviews

Harvesting the Heart 7.6/10

The Girls by Lori Lansens 6.4/10

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill 9.4/10

Castaway Kid 5.6/10

The Jade Peony 5.6/10

The Thirteenth Tale 8.98/10

The Next Thing on My List 7.9/10

The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-dargatz 6.8/10

Still Alice by Lisa Genova 7.8/10 ( High 8.8 Low 7.0)

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah 8.3/10 (High 9.0 Low 6)

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike 3.6/10 (High 5 Low 2)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 8.27/10 (High 9.2 Low 7.75)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Barrows 8.2/10 (high 9.2, low 7.0)

Push by Sapphire 8.3/10 (high 9, low 7)

Fool by Christopher Moore 6.5/10 (high 7, low 5)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 7.0 (high 9, low 6)

Things I Want my Daughters to Know by Eliabeth Noble 6.8 (high 7.75, low5.5)

No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay 7.4 (high 8.25, low 7)

The Disappeared by Kim Echlin 7.8 (high 8.5, low 6.5)

Little Bee by Chris Cleave 7.88 (high 8.5, low 6.0)

The Cellist of Sarajev0 by Steven Galloway 7.47 (high 8.74. low 6.0)

Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothyn Koomson 6.9(high 8.0, low 5.5)

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 6.9 (high 8, low 5.5)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett 8.75 (high 9, low 8.5)

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda 8.1 (high 9, low 6.5)

The Lesser Blessed 6.7 (high 8.9, low 5.8)

Nefertiti 8.1 (high 9, low 7)

Year of Wonders 8 (high 9.5, low 6.5)

The Birth House 8 (high 8.8, low 7)

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 6.7 (high 8, low 5)

As For Me and My House 4.1 (high 5.5, low 2)

The Descendants 6.3 (high 8.0, low 6.3)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 7.2 (high 9.0, low 3.0)

A Cup of Light 5.7 19 (high 8, low 3)

The Dovekeepers 8.2 (high 9.0, low 7.5)

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 4.9 (high 6, low 2)

I Capture the Castle - 7.4 (high 8.7, low 5.0)

The Game of Thrones - 7.0 (high 7.5, low 6)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Light Between Oceans -

The Emperor of Paris -

The Last Runaway -

Presented Books

March 2008

+indicates book chosen to read.
* indicates book has been read by one or more club members.

Presented by Heather:

The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult+

Presented by Sandy:

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant*
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvic
Girls by Lori Lansens+

May 2008

Presented by Linda

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill+
World Without End by Ken Follet
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman

Presented by Corrine

Welcome to the Great Mysteries by Lorna Landvic
Castaway Kid by Rob Mitchell+
My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson

June 2008

Presented by Susan

Jade Peony by Wayson Choy+
Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
Peony in Love by Lisa See

September 2008


Presented by Norma

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor by Sally Armstrong

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield+



Presented by Sara

Thank You For All Things by Sandra Kring +

Swim To Me by Betsy Carter

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd*


Presented by Tara 

The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinski +

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

The Sparrow: A Novel by MAry Doria Russell


Presented by Karen

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen *

Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-dargatz+

Setting Free the Bears by John Irving




Presented by Shannon January 2009

Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson

Still Alice by Lisa Genova+

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards*

Matrimony by Joshua Henkin

gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson


Presented by Cindy

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult *

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom *

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah +


Presented by Sara

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus and J. Will Dodd

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike +


Presented by Norma

The Book Thief by Amrkus Zusak +

The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davis

Any Known Blood by Lawrence Hill

Transgression by James W. Nichol

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold *


Presented by Sandy

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annier Barrows +


Presented by Heather

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

Things I Want My Daughter to Know by Elizabeth Noble

Push by Sapphire +


Presented by Susan

Fool by Christopher Moore +

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway


Presented by Tara

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte+

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Road by Cormac Mccarthy*


Corrine

After a group discussion the book picked for the next month is:

Things I Want My Daughter to Know by Elizabeth Noble


Cindy

No Time For Good-bye by Barclay Linwood +

In the Eyes of Anahita by Hugo Bonjean

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult


Heather

The Disappeared by Kim Echlin


Tara

Little Bee by Chris Cleave +

Shutter Island by D. Lehane

The Reliable Wife by by Robert Goolrick


Sandy

Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson+
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Hadden*
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski


Norma

The Cellist of Sarajevo +


Susan

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton +

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See*


Heather and Corrine

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho +

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Gowda

Room by Emma Donoghue +

The Help by Kathryn Stockett


Tara

City Wolves by Dorris Heffron

The Help by Kathryn Stockett +
The Red Tent by Anita Diamoant *


Susan


Secret Daughter Shelipi Gowda +
Drowning byRuth Christina Scharz

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton


Norma

The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp +

The Holy Thief by William Ryan

Unless by Carol Shields

Heather

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran +

The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli

The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard

Lindsay

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks +

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Sula by Toni Morrison

Jan


Jerri
Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie +
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins *
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See *
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein


Colleen 
Under this Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson *
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross +
Cool Water by Dianne Warren


Tara
The Salt Road by Jane Johnson (Author of the Tenth Gift)
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs +

Cindy
The Birth House by Ami McKay*
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese+
The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich


Susan
A Cup of Light by Nicole Mones +
The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich *
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

Norma
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman*
Before I Go To Sleep by S. Watson
All Fall Down by Meghan Hart

Jerri
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie*
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Art of Racing in the Rain by |Garth Stein
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins+
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See+
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Jan
In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith *
Half of a Yellow Sun by C. N. Adichie
Cleopatra - A Life by Stacy Schiff

Jerri
The Unlikely Pilgrimage by Harold Fry
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J.Watson
The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffanbaugh
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Sempla *

Colleen
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt +
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Steadman *

Susan

Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind *
Defending Jacob by William Landay
The Night circus by Erin Morgenstern

Norma

The Emperor of Paris by C.S. Richardson *
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
The Salt Road by Jane Johnson

Kari
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier *

Novel Women Discussion Questions

Novel Women
Discussion Guide

Here is a list of things that may be discussed. Some ideas may be relevant to every book, some may not. There will not be time to discuss every aspect of every book.

-character development - who did you like/dislike? why?

-characters' actions - free choice or destiny? would you do what they did?

-social implications - how does the world the characters inhabit affect characters' concepts of morality? moral responsibility? human's place in the world?

-symbolism - specific political, religious, cultural references

-author's purpose - the meaning behind the story? the author's vision? why did the author write it/ what question/s is the author asking?

-credibility - could this happen? what reasons does the author have to stretch credibility?

-reader's emotional response - how did the character feel when (something) happened? How did the reader feel?

-resolution - is the reader satisfied? should they be? what happens next?

-- personal reference - how are our real-life experiences connected to this book?

-literary merit - what constitutes good literature? what makes a well-written book? was it worthy of your time?

-similarity to other readings - compare with other work by the same author or similar work by a different author

-narrative - you, the story, the storyteller-who is telling the story? how would it be different if someone else told it?

-theme - what is the book about? what is the driving force?

-point of view - author's and the characters'

-style - language - (base, middle, grand), diction (glib, flippant, street, haughty, sarcastic, ironic,...) sentence structure, syntax. try reading it out loud

-setting - authenticity, selectivity of detail. how does it affect the story?

-time and memory - effect of presence of time, the passage of time and the limitations of time.

-self - is there an essential self? how does economic, religious, regional, political and gender factors affect self? what effect do scars, dates, and events have on personality? astronomy genetics, legacies, names? what constitutes self?

-cause and effect - if one character had acted differently, how would it have affected others?

-design - balance in the speed of action, the introduction of characters, tension and release, the interweaving of themes, images and symbols

First Meeting

The Dear(drop everything and read) Ladies Club, met at O'Shea's to start a new book club in Brooks, Alberta. The group of women was varied in ages, interests and reading experiences. What a wonderful way to get to know a new group of people.

Heather presented three books and the club voted to read Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult.

The DLC (Dear Ladies Club) decided on some basic rules from which to operate.

1. Books should be under 400 pages, except the summer book which can be longer.
2. Meetings will be held on a Monday that doesn't conflict with the Brooks Film Festival.
3. No member will have previously read a chosen book.
4. Everyone should try to read the chosen book in its entirety, whether you like the book or not.