Friday, June 30, 2017

JUNE 2017 BOOKSHARE MEETING

Hello Book Lovers!

We met last night on the back patio of Geri Christensen's home and shared some wonderful books with each other.  Here is a list of the books that were discussed:


MARYANN STEVENS:

“PRAGUE WINTER” by Madeline Albright

“THE LAST WOMAN STANDING: A NOVEL”  by Thelma Adams (Story of Wyatt Earp’s wife)

“THE SANDCASTLE GIRLS” by Chris Bohjalian (who also wrote “SKELETONS AT THE FEAST”)

“EVERYTHING WE LEFT BEHIND” by Kerry Lonsdale

SARA TRIVEDI:

“THE UNCOMMON APPEAL OF CLOUDS” by Alexander McCall Smith (Isabel Dalhousie book)

“THE ORPHAN’S TALE”  by Pam Jenoff

“A LINEAGE OF GRACE” by Francine Rivers

“WORTH THE WRESTLE” by Sherry Dew

LANI PACKARD 
      
“WINTER’S TALE” by Mark Helprin

“AFTER YOU” by sequel to “ME BEFORE YOU” by Jojo Moyes

"TARZAN OF THE APES" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

JO ANN ABEGGLEN:

“WINDS OF CHANGE” by Jean Holbrook Matthews

“MY ITALIAN BULLDOZER” by Alexander McCall Smith

SUE DE MARTINI:

"A MAN CALLED OVE",

"MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S  SORRY" &

"BRITT MARIE WAS HERE"  all by Fredrik Backman

BETH HEDENGREN:

"ROCKY ROAD" by Josi S. Killpack

"MARCH" by Geraldine Brooks

"READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN" by Azar Afisi

"FATHER BROWN" by G. K. Chesterton

"BETWEEN THE WOODS AND THE WATER: On Foot To Constantinople From the Middle Danube To The Iron Gates" by Patrick Leigh Furmor

"NORTH AND SOUTH" by Elizabeth Gaskell

LIZ ORTON:

"WOMEN AND THE PRIESTHOOD" by Sherry Dew

"THE HAJ" by Leon Uris

GERI CHRISTENSEN:

“HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE” by J.K. Rowling

"THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: A War Story” BY Diane Ackerman

“THE WOMAN WHO WALKED IN SUNSHINE” & "PRECIOUS AND GRACE” both by Alexander McCall Smith

KATHARINE PONCZOCH:

Katharine is studying the Mayan culture and will be presenting her book next month and discussing the interesting things she has learned.

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