05.21.08
what my book group is reading this year
This evening my book group planned out it’s reading for the next 12 months. This past year I didn’t take the list too seriously. There was a fair number that I was just not interested in and it wasn’t high on my list of importance. I also only made about half of their get togethers between other commitments and busyness.
Well, this year they’ve changed a little. There used to be two book groups with some overlap of members; both groups have shrunk, so they are combining. The deal is that the “other” group met during the day (10 AM in the morning which is across from Girl’s martial arts class). So the new plan is that the combined group will alternate mornings and evenings from month to month.
I suspect that other than the summer, I’ll be missing most of the morning months. But we’ll see!
Anyway, here’s the list for the year:
June - Marley and Me by John Grogan
July - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
August - The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
September - The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
October - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
November - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
December - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
January - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
February - If Beale Street Could Talk (or anything) by James Baldwin
March - The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
April - The 6th Lamentation
May - The Innocent Man by John Grisham
May 21, 2008 at 10:35 am
I loved The Book Thief and Twilight. That looks like a pretty diverse list - lots of good reading there.
Meg said,
May 21, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Yeah,
Girl’s been after me to read Twilight for months. We are actually going to invite any kids who want to join us to come to that one, so it ought to be fun.
Kim said,
May 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Wonderful list. I would love to hear your input of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and if it changes the way you look at food and the food choices you make.
See? I’m still reading your blog.