APRIL 2017 BOOKSHARE

Hello All:

We had a wonderful but small group that meet last Thursday night for Bookshare at Maryann Stevens' home. Afterwards we were treated to Maryann's delicious strawberry rhubarb pie.  It was absolutely delicious!

Here are the books that were discussed:

SARA TRIVEDI:

VICTORIA: THE QUEEN: AN INTIMATE  BIOGRAPHY OF THE WOMAN WHO RULED AN EMPIRE by Julia Baird

THE SECRET WIFE by Gill Paul

Historical novel about Russian aristocracy when they were all murdered. A portrait of Romanoff life.

ALWAYS BY MY SIDE Edward Grinnan (Editor-in-Chief of Guideposts magazine). Story of the family dogs, their personalities and how they related to the family. Well written and believable.

AMERICA’S FIRST DAUGHTER by Stephanie Dray

WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham

BETH HEDENGREN:

THE BRONTE SISTERS on PBS. Gives the life stories of the three sisters who wrote Wuthering Heights and Jane eyre. (Emily, Charlotte and Anne).

THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Bronte. Story told in letters about a young widow arriving at Wildfell Hall and gentleman farmer who lives in the area and their relationship.

BLOOD ROSE REBELLION by Rosalind Eves. First book of a trilogy takes place in Victorian era in Hungary.

JO ANN ABEGGLEN:

COURTING CARRIE IN WONDERLAND by Carla Kelly

Historical novel that takes place in 1902 in Yellowstone Park (first called Wonderland) and gives the early history of the park and how it was developed.

THE BEGINNING OF BETTER DAYS – Divine Instruction to Women by Sherry Dew and Virginia Pearce

MARYANN STEVENS:

JOSEPH SMITH: ROUGH STONE ROLLING by Richard Lyman Bushman A Cultural biography of the Prophet Joseph and the story of his personal conversion. Gives background about revelations in Book of Mormon.

THE TEMPLE EXPERIENCE  by Wendy Ulcrich

HISTORY by National Geographic

GERI CHRSITENSEN

VOICES IN SUMMER by Rosamunde Pilcher

DADDY’S GONE A HUNTING  By Mary Higgins Clark

THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce

A wonderful story of love, regret, sacrifice and renewal. A very worthwhile book to read—sad in places, but rewarding as a whole.