Book Club

‘You just never know what one book will change a person’s life, or thought pattern’. — Kimy Kennedy

BirminghamLiterarySociety.com and

HCPBookClub.com  

I’ve been in several book clubs over the years —  I love sharing books and our club meetings.  Below a list of our books in no particular order really —  click on the title to be re-directed to book club!

Also- if you know me, you know I adore Little Free Libraries and have helped in creating and placing about 15 or so in my area.  They are TRUE MAGIC.  For adults or children.

Historic College Park Book Club (below)

2015

1. Jan – The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
2. Feb – What Alice Forgot  by Liane Moriarty
3. March – Colorless TsukuruTazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage  by Haruki Murakami
4. April – The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
5. May – Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
6. June – The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
7. July – Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalf and Charlotte Hays
8. August – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
9. September – A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
10. October – Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
11. November – The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
12. December – The Christmas Pearl by Dorthea Benton Frank

2014

1. Jan – Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani
2. Feb – Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
3. March – Life is a Verb – 37 Ways to Wake Up, Be Mindful, Live Intentionally by Patti Digh
4. Aprl – The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
5. May – A Place at the Table by Susan Rebecca White
6. June – The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
7. July – The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
8. Aug –  The Orphan Masters Son by Adam Johnson
9. Sept – A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
10. Oct – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
11. Nov –  The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
12. Dec – Christmas Jars  by Jason Wright

2013

1. Jan – Ru – A Novel by Kim Thuy
2. Feb – Buddha by Deepok Chopra
3. March – The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
4. April – The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
5. May –  Nothing Daunted, The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
6. June – A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick
7. July – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
8. August – Fall of Giants – Ken Follett
9. September – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Schloot
10. October –The Forgotten Garden – Kate Morton
11. November – The Lost Saints of Tennessee: A Novel – by Amy Franklin-Willis
12. December – Letters from Father Christmas -by  J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

2012

1. Jan – Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
2. Feb – Fragile Beast by Tawni O’Dell
3. March – Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
4. April – Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. May – The House I Loved  by Tatiana de Rosnay
6. June – How Georgia Became O’Keeffe by Karen Karbo
7. July – The Middle Place  by Kelly Corrigan
8. August – The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
9. September – The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
10. October – The Dark Monk – A Hangman’s Daughter Tale by Oliver Potzsch
11. November – A Vintage Affair by Isabell Wolff
12. December – A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

2011

1. Jan –
2. Feb –
3. March – Daughter of Fortune – Isabel Allende
4. April – The Other Boleyn Girl – Phillipa Gregory
5. May –Franklin & Eleanor by Joseph Lash
6. June – Far From the Maddening Crowd– Thomas Hardy
7. July –The Paris Wife – Paula McLain
8. August – State of Wonder – Ann Pachett
9. Sept -Oct -I Still Dream About You – Fannie Flagg
10. Nov – (no book for this month)
11. Dec -Heaven is For Real – Todd Burpo

2010

1. Jan – Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
2. Feb – South of Broad – Pat Conroy
3. March – Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
4. April – London by Edward Rutherford
5. May – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
6. June – Girl in Translation – Jean Kwok
7. July –
8. August – House Rules by Jodi Piccoult
9. Sept – Lolita in Tehran – Azar Nafisi
10. Oct –
11. Nov –
12. Dec – A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

2009

1. Jan – The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
2. Feb – My Life in France – Julia Child
3. March – They Did It With Love – Kate Morganroth
4. April – Love By The Glass – Dorothy J. Gaiter & John Brecher
5. May – Whiteout – Ken Follett
6. June – Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza
7. July – The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
8. August – The Road – Cormac McCarthy
9. Sept – The Lost Quilter – Jennifer Chiaverini
10. Oct – Monster Party – James St James
11. Nov – Tara Road – Maeve Binchy
12. Dec – The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – by Steig Larrson

2008

1. Jan –Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie and Ina Rilke
2. Feb – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
3. March – The Lady and the Panda by Vicky Constantine Croke
4. April – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
5. May – Journey Toward Justice – Juliette Hampton Morgan
6. June – Waiting for Snow in Havana – Carlos Eire
7. July –  no meeting
8. August – The House Next Door – Anne River Siddons
9. Sept – Blind Your Ponies – Stanley G. West
10. Oct – Not Even My Name – Thea Halo
11. Nov – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
12. Dec – The Shack – William Young

2007

1. Aug-Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
2. Sept-The Ha Ha by Dave King