Books read prior years

BOOKS READ IN 2007

January 29th-The Knife Man by Wendy Moore

February 26 - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

March 26th- An Inconvienent Truth by Al Gore

April 30 - I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away By Bill Bryson

May 29 - Left to Tell (Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust) by Immaculee Ilibagiza

June 24 -Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende

July 30 - Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Aug 27 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Sept 24 - Murder by Coffee by Glenn Ickler. Local author Glenn Ickler will join us to discuss his book Murder by Coffee. It is about a murder at a Unitarian Board meeting. Glenn is a resident of Hopedale and a long time Unitarian who is a member of the Framingham Church. All are welcome to come and chat with Glen about his book and writing career.

October 29th - The End of Faith by Sam Harris

November 26 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

BOOKS READ IN 2009

Jan. 31, 2009 - Nicholas and Alexandra - Robert K. Massie. For January the bookgroup will read Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie. On January 31st we will have a pot luck supper and watch the movie Nicholas and Alexandra. After the movie we will discuss both book and movie. We will start at 5 pm. Location to be determined. Please contact Alice Jacobson if interested,alicejacobson@comcast.net

Feb. 23, 2009 - Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

March 30 Replay Ken Grimwood

April 27 Lamb Christopher Moore

May 26 Kingdom Coming Michelle Goldberg

June 29 Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear

September 28 Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

October 24 Atonement by Ian McEwan - Book and Movie night.

November 30 Olive Kitteredge by Elizabeth Strout

December No meeting. Holidays

BOOKS READ IN 2008

January 28, 2008 - A Thousand Spendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

February 25, 2008 - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

March 31, 2008 - The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England by Diane Rapaport. by Diane Rapaport. by Diane Rapaport. We will meet in the Parish hall from 7 -9 pm. THE AUTHOR, DIANE RAPAPORT, WILL BE PRESENT to give an hour long presentation on both her books The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England and New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians. Followed by an hour of discussion and questions.

April 28, 2008 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

May 27, 2008 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. We will meet on Tuesday rather than Monday due to Memorial Day.

June 23, 2008 - Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. This is the Hopedale town book to read. We will have the Hopedale Librarian come to lead our group that night.

July 28, 2008 - Water Music by TC Boyle

August 25, 2008 - The Ambassador by Henry James

Sept 29, 2008 - Blasphemy by Douglas Preston

Oct. 27, 2008 - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

Dec. 1, 2008 - Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein