September 2017

Tuesday, September 12 @ 7:00

House: Trudy's
Dessert:  Trudy
Review:  Nancy

Book:  Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal by Roy Reed

August 2017

Tuesday,  August 8 at 7pm


House: Talya's
Dessert:  Talya
Review:  author visit

Book:  The Naming of Girl by Rhonda G. Williams

July 2017

Southern Themed Meal at Barbara's new digs      
Arkansas Cheese Dip Tasting
Black Eyed Peas, Corn Casserole, Some Sort of Fabulous Rice, Cornbread, Tomatoes with Feta, Pecan Pie
Book: Pecan Man by Cassie Selleck
Review: LeAnn

June 2017

Tuesday, June 13, Time TBD
     Potluck @ Nancy's Lake House

      As in previous years, we'll probably drive out late morning with lunch, review and water activities as desired to ensue after arrival!

Reviewer:  DeAnn

Book:  Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Those Arkansas Authors in Our Past

2016 - The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee -- Talya Tate Boerner
2014 - The Red Kimono - Jan Merrill
            With - Donald Harington
2013 - Elizabeth and Hazel - David Margolick
2008 - Girl in the Tangerine Scarf - Mona Kahf
2005 - When Money Grew on Trees - David Mac
1996 - Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock - Jack Butler
1993 - Douglas Jones’ reader’s choice
1992 - The Choiring of the Trees - David Harington
1988 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
1986 - The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks - Donald Harington
1985 - Victory over Japan - Ellen Gilchrist

May 2017

Tuesday, May 9th
     We'll be choosing books this month, so bring your favorites.

House:  Paula
Dessert:  Paula
Review:  Mim

Book:  The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap

April 2017

Tuesday, April 11th

House:  Connie
Dessert:  Nancy
Review:  Crystal

Book:  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

March 2017

Tuesday, March 14

House:  Judy
Dessert:  Judy
Review:  Judy

Book:  The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

February 2017

Tuesday, February 21st (Note the change in date!)

House:  Rita
Dessert:  Rita
Review:  DeAnn

Book:  Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman

January 2017

Tuesday, January 10

House:  Tayla
Dessert:  Lynnette
Review:  Carolyn

Book:  Reader's Choice by Louise Penny

December 2016

December

We had a delightful soup & salad potluck at Barbara's.  Gift books were traded, and we all were good little girls who remembered and followed Kathy's Rule Concerning the Christmas Book Exchange:  No Shitty Books!

The November 2016 Long List

The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman

Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson

LaRose  - Louise Erdrich

Commonwealth - Ann Paget

Atomic Weight of Love: A Novel  - Elizabeth J. Church

Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes

Before the Fall - Noah Hawley

Miller's Valley - Anna Quindlen

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - J.D. Vance

The Life We Buried - Allen Eskin

A Reliable Wife  - Robert Goolrick

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

Reader's Choice - Malcolm Gladwell