December 2008

Dinner Out & Book Exchange
6:30 on Wednesday, December 3 at Common Grounds
Bring a wrapped new or used paperback.

November 2008

November 4, 2008 (Yes, Election Night)
House: Lynn B. - Note that Lynn has moved since she hosted last.
Dessert: Sarah
Review: Judy
Book: Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Washington Public Library System (Farmington, Springdale, Lincoln)
Fayetteville Public Library

October 2008

October 7, 2008
House: Michelle

Dessert: Michelle

Reviewer: Margot

Book: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Fayetteville Public Library

Fayetteville High School Library

Washington County Library System (Springdale, Elkins)

September 2008

September 2, 2008
Remember to carpool, as parking is limited at Margot's!
House: Margot
Dessert: Nancy
Reviewer: Kathy L.
Book: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Fayetteville Public Library
Fayetteville High School Library
Washington County Library System
Amazon.com

August 2008

August 5, 2008
We will choose books - bring your suggestions.

Place: Kathy L's house
Dessert: Kathy L.
Review: Kathy L.
Book: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Fayetteville Public Library

Washington County Library System

Fayetteville High School Library

Amazon.com

Update: In attendance: Kathy L., Margot, Rita, & Sarah. We sampled 4 kinds of tea, including Chinese chrysanthemum and mint. Books were chosen through February (see individual posts for those), but we need volunteers for reviewing, hosting, and cooking.

Archives completed!

Thanks to Kathy, the archives are now completed. To visit any year in Literatae's history, click on the post for that year in the left margin. --Sarah

July 2008

Meeting: July 8 at 11:30ish
House: Barbara L's
Bring money to help pay for the meal!
Book: The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
Fayetteville Public Library
Amazon.com

1 copy to loan - contact Sarah

Meeting report: Lunch was fabulous, as always. Thank you, Barbara! In attendance: Barbara, Kathy L, Sarah, Crystal, Judy, Carolyn, Michelle, Nancy, & Susan.

Archival Info Needed

OK, all you folks with bulging folders of information about book club. I've entered all the information I have about past books, but there are lots of gaps. Send me (or bring to our next meeting) any information you have about the following dates:

January 2008
all of 2003-2007
May-December 2002
October 2001

Kathy & Margot, as our archivists, will you look through and check for mistakes? Thanks.

And thanks to those of you who have complimented me on the blog. It's been fun putting it together. I just have one question: you really read TWO Louis L'Amour books the same year?

Sarah

2008 January - June

6.2008: My Jim by Nancy Rawles
5.2008: Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
4.2008: Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Moja Kahf. Visit by the author.
3.2008: Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
2.2008: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
1.2008: Echo Maker by Richard Powers

2007

12.2007: Book exchange and dinner
11.2007: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
10.2007: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
9.2007: Beethoven’s Hair by Russell Martin. We started meeting at 7pm because we are all getting so old (except Sarah & Margot!)
8.2007: The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Louis Alberto Urrea
7.2008: Reader's Choice: Carl Hiaasen. Brunch at Barbara's.
6.2007: The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
5.2007: The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton
4.2007: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Even all the English teachers in the group wondered how we could have read this book in high school.
3.2007: March by Geraldine Brooks
2.2007: The World is Flat by Thomas L. Triedman
1.2007: The Historian by Elizabeth Koskova. Kathy presented a powerpoint about her trip to Vlad's castle.

2006

12.2006: Book Exchange & dinner.
11.2006: Empress Orchid by Anchu Min
10.2006: Zorro by Isabel Allende
9.2006: Eventide by Kent Haruf
8.2006: Avenger by Frederich Forsythe
7.2006: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
6.2006: That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proix
5.2006: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
4.2006: The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
3.2006: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lehiri
2.2006: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Everyone read the book!
1.2006: Reader's choice: James Mitchner. No one finished their book.

2005

12.2005: Dinner and book exchange
11.2005: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
10.2005: Donor Boy by Brendan Halpin
9.2005: Reading Lotita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
8:2005: Caramba by Nina Marie Martinez
7.2005: The Red Hat Club by Haywood Smith
6.2005: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
5.2005: Spies by Michael Frayn
4.2005: When Money Grew on Trees by David Mac
3.2005: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
2.2005: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffennegger
1.2005: Vanity Fair by Thackeray