Sunday, 27 December 2015
2016 possibilities...
2016 possibilities
How does Scandanavian noir sound?
I just read a review about a new book by Jakob Melander called The Scream of the Butterfly
another possibility I read about in my mother's Loyalist Trails New Letter
Independence Lost by Kathleen Duvall (400+ pages!)
focusing on lives on the edge of the American Revolution
How does Scandanavian noir sound?
I just read a review about a new book by Jakob Melander called The Scream of the Butterfly
another possibility I read about in my mother's Loyalist Trails New Letter
Independence Lost by Kathleen Duvall (400+ pages!)
focusing on lives on the edge of the American Revolution
2015 Titles
2015 In Review
and we kept on reading...
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Guernsay Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
The Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Tracy Chevalier
We wrapped at the year at the Wilson home celebrating fellowship with an awesome pot luck dinner. Thanks for hosting Betty and thank you members for a great year.
and we kept on reading...
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Guernsay Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
The Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Tracy Chevalier
We wrapped at the year at the Wilson home celebrating fellowship with an awesome pot luck dinner. Thanks for hosting Betty and thank you members for a great year.
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Suggestion Box for Bookclub Reads
Go for it! Cut and paste titles/authors/summaries of books that catch your eye.
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
September 2 2015
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George seemed fitting for a bookclub to share. Hope Corey can make it to the meeting!
Hi Corey- we missed you. Take care!
Hi Corey- we missed you. Take care!
Saturday, 27 June 2015
June 2015
June 27
2015 has continued to provide us with an interesting line up including:
The Guernsay Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Wonder what will be the summer beach book?
2015 has continued to provide us with an interesting line up including:
The Guernsay Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Wonder what will be the summer beach book?
Sunday, 11 January 2015
2015 Possibilities - Continued
Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Another title for 2015
This sounds like it is right up Joan's alley. Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova recommended by a friend. Elena Gorokhova grows up in 1960's Leningrad where she discovers that beauty and passion can be found in unexpected places in Soviet Russia.
A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the complexity of the English language - but in the Soviet Union of the 1960s, such a passion verges on the subversive. Elena's home is no longer the majestic Russia of literature or the tsars. Instead, it is a nation humiliated by its first faltering steps after World War II, putting up appearances for the sake of its regime and fighting to retain its pride. In this deeply affecting memoir, Elena re-creates the world that both oppressed and inspired her. She recounts stories passed down to her about the horrors of the Bolshevik Revolution and probes the daily deprivations and small joys of her family's bunkerlike existence. Through Elena's captivating voice, we learn not only the personal story of Russia in the second half of the twentieth century, but also the story of one rebellious citizen whose love of a foreign language finally transports her to a new world. 'This moving memoir made me cry' The New York Times (less)
Another title for 2015
This sounds like it is right up Joan's alley. Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova recommended by a friend. Elena Gorokhova grows up in 1960's Leningrad where she discovers that beauty and passion can be found in unexpected places in Soviet Russia.
A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the complexity of the English language - but in the Soviet Union of the 1960s, such a passion verges on the subversive. Elena's home is no longer the majestic Russia of literature or the tsars. Instead, it is a nation humiliated by its first faltering steps after World War II, putting up appearances for the sake of its regime and fighting to retain its pride. In this deeply affecting memoir, Elena re-creates the world that both oppressed and inspired her. She recounts stories passed down to her about the horrors of the Bolshevik Revolution and probes the daily deprivations and small joys of her family's bunkerlike existence. Through Elena's captivating voice, we learn not only the personal story of Russia in the second half of the twentieth century, but also the story of one rebellious citizen whose love of a foreign language finally transports her to a new world. 'This moving memoir made me cry' The New York Times (less)
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