This Month’s Book

Book: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins When: May 27, 2011 @ 7pm Where: TBD From Publishers Weekly If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it’s odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we…

Book: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery When: April 29, 2011 @ 7pm Where: Ellie’s House Amazon.com Review When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, send for a boy orphan to help them out at the farm, they are in no way prepared for the…

Book: My Life in France by Julia Childs When: March 25, 2011 @ 7pm Where: Amanda’s House Amazon.com Review Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in…

Book: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach When: February 25, 2011 @ 7pm Where: Beth’s House Amazon.com Review With her wry humor and inextinguishable curiosity, Mary Roach has crafted her own quirky niche in the somewhat staid world of science writing, showing no fear (or shame) in the face of…

Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott When: January 28, 2011 @ 7pm Where:  Kelly Rink’s House Synopsis Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy…

Book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot When: November 19, 2010 @ 7pm Where: Rachel’s place (See Pingg invite for address) Synopsis: From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And…

Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich When: October 29, 2010 @ 7pm Where:  Jill’s House (See Pingg Invite for Address) Synopsis Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of…

Book: The Help by Kathryn Stockett When: September 24, 2010 @ 7pm Where:  Amanda’s House Synopsis Southern whites’ guilt for not expressing gratitude to the black maids who raised them threatens to become a familiar refrain. But don’t tell Kathryn Stockett because her first novel is a nuanced variation on…

Book: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah When: August 27, 2010 @ 7pm Where: Jenn’s House, see Pingg invite for details Synopsis In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eight grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl…

Book: The Host by Stephanie Meyer When: July 30, 2010 @ 7pm Where: Sarah’s House, see Pingg invite for details Synopsis In this tantalizing SF thriller, planet-hopping parasites are inserting their silvery centipede selves into human brains, curing cancer, eliminating war and turning Earth into paradise. But some people want…