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Here's the email list of the extra books from BJ.Boulder Junction Book Club--January 2007All the Numbers—Judy Merrill Larsen Sad and courageous family story; set in WIAloft—Chang-Rae Lee “This is why we read literature in the first place”Bookseller of Kabul—Asne Seierstad Non-fiction; life in AfghanistanBreakdown Lane—Jacqueline Mitchard Wife sick; husband leaves; WI authorConstant Princess—Phillipa Gregory Historical fiction; well-recognized authorGlass Castle—Jeannette Walls Non-fiction; author survives very dysfunctional familyInnocents Abroad—Mark Twain His funniest, about travel in EuropeJohn Adams—David McCullough Very readable telling of John’s and Abigail’s life and timesLove in the Time of Cholera—Gabriel Garcia Marquez Nobel Prize winnerOne Thousand White Women—Jim Fergus Women living in Indian tribe - page-turnerPerfect Day— Richard Paul Evans “So good!”Snow Flower and the Secret Fan—Lisa See Women’s life-long friendship in ChinaSuite Francaise—Irene Nemirovsky Amazon’s “Best Book of 2006”—author lived and wrote in occupied FranceSweetwater Creek—Ann Siddons “Her best”Three Cups of Tea—Greg Mortenson Non-fiction, but compelling; mountaineer building schools in PakistanWater Witch—Chris Bohjalian
Here's the email list of the extra books from BJ.
ReplyDeleteBoulder Junction Book Club--January 2007
All the Numbers—Judy Merrill Larsen
Sad and courageous family story; set in WI
Aloft—Chang-Rae Lee
“This is why we read literature in the first place”
Bookseller of Kabul—Asne Seierstad Non-fiction; life in Afghanistan
Breakdown Lane—Jacqueline Mitchard
Wife sick; husband leaves; WI author
Constant Princess—Phillipa Gregory Historical fiction; well-recognized author
Glass Castle—Jeannette Walls Non-fiction; author survives very dysfunctional family
Innocents Abroad—Mark Twain
His funniest, about travel in Europe
John Adams—David McCullough Very readable telling of John’s and Abigail’s life and times
Love in the Time of Cholera—Gabriel Garcia Marquez Nobel Prize winner
One Thousand White Women—Jim Fergus
Women living in Indian tribe - page-turner
Perfect Day— Richard Paul Evans “So good!”
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan—Lisa See
Women’s life-long friendship in China
Suite Francaise—Irene Nemirovsky Amazon’s “Best Book of 2006”—author lived and wrote in occupied France
Sweetwater Creek—Ann Siddons “Her best”
Three Cups of Tea—Greg Mortenson Non-fiction, but compelling; mountaineer building schools in Pakistan
Water Witch—Chris Bohjalian