Our current selection for December is
We are pleased to recommend
The Book Club Cook Book
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (2004), particularly pages 445 & 296.
If you would like to see some of our recent dessert selections (and a few of the recipes),
click on the asterisk following the host's name.
See the bottom of this page for jumble of book and reading resources.
Date |
|
Title |
Author |
Host |
1-Jul-82 |
:-) |
Book of Lights |
Potok, Chaim |
Vanderbilt |
14-Aug-82 |
Innocents Abroad |
Twain, Mark |
Vander Sluis | |
17-Sep-82 |
The World According to Garp |
Irving, John |
Hoeksema | |
8-Oct-82 |
:-) |
East of Eden |
Steinbeck, John |
Hoeksema |
13-Nov-82 |
I, Claudius |
Graves, Robert |
Vanderbilt | |
12-Dec-82 |
Canticle for Leibowitz |
Miller, Walter M. |
Vander Sluis | |
12-Feb-83 |
The Brothers Karamazov |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor |
Hoeksema |
|
11-Mar-83 |
A Passage to India |
Forster, E.M. |
Cok & Sterk |
|
15-Apr-83 |
:-) |
A Confederacy of Dunces |
Toole, John Kennedy |
|
13-May-83 |
Native Son |
Wright, Richard |
Hoeksema |
|
12-Jun-83 |
Arms and the Man |
Shaw, George Bernard |
Vanderbilt |
|
15-Jul-83 |
All Hallow's Eve |
Williams, Charles |
- |
|
6-Aug-83 |
Waiting for the Barbarians |
Coetzee |
McNeely |
|
24-Sep-83 |
All the King's Men |
Warren, Robert Penn |
VanderSuis |
|
22-Oct-83 |
:-( |
Harvard Report on Nuclear War |
Carnesdale, et.al. |
Noice |
12-Nov-83 |
Summer Before the Dark |
Lessing, Doris |
Vanderbilt |
|
10-Dec-83 |
Till We Have Faces |
Lewis, C.S. |
- |
|
28-Jan-84 |
1984 and Brave New World |
Orwell, George and Huxley, Aldous |
Cok & Sterk |
|
25-Feb-84 |
The Right Stuff |
Wolfe, Tom |
Vanderbilt |
|
31-Mar-84 |
The Name of the Rose |
Eco, Umberto |
Vander Sluis |
|
28-Apr-84 |
Love in the Ruins |
Percy, Walker |
Noice |
|
19-May-84 |
Megatrends |
Naisbitt, John |
Hoeksema |
|
23-Jun-84 |
Mists of Avalon |
Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
- |
|
14-Jul-84 |
Skin of our Teeth |
Wilder, Thornton |
Vanderbilt |
|
25-Aug-84 |
Slouching towards Kalamazoo |
DeVries, Peter |
- |
|
13-Oct-84 |
Bostonians |
James, Henry |
Vander Sluis |
|
17-Nov-84 |
Rebel Angels |
Davies, Robertson |
Stegink |
|
14-Dec-84 |
A Tale of Two Cities |
Dickens, Charles |
Hoeksema |
|
26-Jan-85 |
Dune |
Herbert, Frank |
Vanderbilt |
|
23-Feb-85 |
Plague Dogs |
Adams, Richard |
- |
|
29-Mar-85 |
Irrational Man |
Barratt, William |
- |
|
4-May-85 |
Parallel Lives |
Rose, Phyllis |
Schoppers |
|
16-Jun-85 |
Suetonius |
Suetonius |
McNeely |
|
10-Aug-85 |
Man & Superman |
Shaw, George Bernard |
Noice |
|
15-Sep-85 |
Lillith |
MacDonald, George |
Cok |
|
12-Oct-85 |
Don't Look Now |
DuMaurier, Daphne |
Sterk |
|
16-Nov-85 |
One Thousand and One Nights |
Arabian Nights |
Hoeksema |
|
21-Dec-85 |
Excellent Women |
Pym, Barbara |
Hoeksema |
|
18-Jan-86 |
Declaration of a Heretic |
Rifkin, Jeremy |
Hoeksema |
|
28-Feb-86 |
Dad |
Wharton, William |
Noice |
|
21-Mar-86 |
Son of the Revolution |
Heng, Liang & Shapiro |
Sterk |
|
18-Apr-86 |
Canterbury Tales |
Chaucer, Geoffrey |
Cok |
|
17-May-86 |
The Stand |
King, Stephen |
Hoeksema |
|
22-Jun-86 |
Women in Love |
Lawrence, D.H. |
Vander Sluis |
|
12-Jul-86 |
Accidental Tourist |
Tyler, Anne |
Sterk | |
16-Aug-86 |
:-) |
Angle of Repose |
Stegner, Wallace |
Noice |
4-Oct-86 |
The Nine Tailors |
Sayers, Dorothy |
Cok | |
1-Nov-86 |
Rabbit is Rich |
Updike, John |
Hoeksema | |
13-Dec-86 |
House |
Kidder, Tracy |
Vander Sluis | |
17-Jan-87 |
Vampire LeStat | Rice, Anne |
Sterk | |
21-Feb-87 |
A Bright Room called Day |
Kushner, Tony |
Noice | |
21-Mar-87 |
Taipan |
Clavell, James |
Cok | |
25-Apr-87 |
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman |
Feynman, Richard P. |
Hoeksema | |
6-Jun-87 |
Growing Up |
Baker, Russell |
Noice | |
5-Jul-87 |
5! |
Decision in Philadelphia |
Collier, Christopher |
Sterk |
15-Aug-87 |
:-) |
Philippian Fragment |
Miller, Calvin |
Cok |
19-Sep-87 |
A Study in Scarlet |
Doyle, Arthur C. |
- | |
10-Oct-87 |
The Fourth Day |
Van Til, Howard J. |
Noice | |
21-Nov-87 |
Only Yesterday |
Allen, Frederick Lewis |
Vander Sluis | |
23-Jan-88 |
Housekeeping |
Robinson, Marilynne |
- | |
20-Feb-88 |
Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful |
Paton, Alan |
Long | |
12-Mar-88 |
The Handmaid's Tale |
Atwood, Margaret |
Cok | |
30-Apr-88 |
Habits of the Heart |
Bellah, Robert |
Hoeksema | |
4-Jun-88 |
Trent's Last Case |
Bentley, E.C. |
Snoeyink | |
9-Jul-88 |
Northanger Abbey |
Austen, Jane |
Seerveld | |
14-Aug-88 |
Ghosts |
Ibsen, Hendrik |
Noice | |
17-Sep-88 |
World's End |
Boyle, T. Coraghessan |
Cok | |
29-Oct-88 |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
LeGuin, Ursula K. |
Long | |
26-Nov-88 |
What's Bred in the Bone |
Davies, Robertson |
Hoeksema | |
28-Jan-89 |
Road Less Travelled |
Peck, Scott |
Snoeyink | |
11-Mar-89 |
Kingdoms In Conflict |
Colson, Charles |
Seerveld | |
15-Apr-89 |
The Masters |
Snow, C.P. |
Cok | |
19-May-89 |
Brendan |
Buechner, Frederick |
Hoeksema | |
24-Jun-89 |
The Moving Toyshop |
Crispin, Edmund |
Long | |
29-Jul-89 |
Time and Again |
Finney, Jack |
Seerveld | |
25-Aug-89 |
The World As I Found It |
Duffy, Bruce |
Cok | |
7-Oct-89 |
Cold, Sassy Tree |
Burns, Olive Ann |
Hoeksema | |
18-Nov-89 |
Birds Fall Down |
West, Rebecca |
Sterk | |
15-Dec-89 |
Two-Part Invention |
L'Engle, Madeleine |
Seerveld | |
26-Jan-90 |
Bonfire of the Vanities |
Wolfe, Tom |
Snoeyink | |
3-Mar-90 |
Bitter Fruit |
Schlesinger & Kinzer |
Cok | |
14-Apr-90 |
Henry V |
Shakespeare, William |
Hoeksema | |
11-May-90 |
Henry V |
Shakespeare, William |
Seerveld | |
9-Jun-90 |
Sure of You |
Maupin, Armistead |
Cok | |
13-Jul-90 |
:-) |
A Prayer for Owen Meaney |
Irving, John |
Sterk |
18-Aug-90 |
The Joy Luck Club |
Tan, Amy |
Hoeksema | |
22-Sep-90 |
A Morbid Taste for Bones |
Peters, Ellis |
Seerveld | |
3-Nov-90 |
Babylon Revisited |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott |
Cok | |
15-Dec-90 |
Ideas and Information |
Penzias, Arno |
Sterk | |
19-Jan-91 |
Justine |
Durrel, Lawrence |
Hoeksema | |
9-Mar-91 |
:-) |
Crossing To Safety |
Stegner, Wallace |
Seerveld |
13-Apr-91 |
Riding the Iron Rooster |
Theroux, Paul |
Cok | |
19-May-91 |
The Other Side of the Sun |
L'Engle, Madeleine |
Sterk | |
22-Jun-91 |
Octopus |
Norris, Frank |
Hoeksema | |
27-Jul-91 |
The Worthing Saga |
Card, Orson Scott |
Seerveld | |
17-Aug-91 |
Rebecca |
DuMaurier, Daphne |
Cok | |
28-Sep-91 |
Herzog |
Bellow, Saul |
Hoeksema | |
20-Oct-91 |
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water |
Dorris, Michael |
Sterk | |
30-Nov-91 |
The Anubis Gates |
Powers, Tim |
Seerveld | |
18-Jan-92 |
100 |
The Spiritual Life of Children |
Coles, Robert |
Cok |
22-Feb-92 |
My Antonia |
Cather, Willa |
Hoeksema | |
4-Apr-92 |
Possession |
Byatt, A.S. |
Sterk | |
2-May-92 |
The Road from Coorain |
Conway, Jill Ker |
Seerveld | |
20-Jun-92 |
:-( |
The Difference Engine |
Gibson, W & Sterling, B |
Cok |
11-Jul-92 |
10! |
Fried Green Tomatoes |
Flagg, Fannie |
Hoeksema |
22-Aug-92 |
The Great Santini |
Conroy, Pat |
Seerveld | |
26-Sep-92 |
Howard's End |
Forster, E.M. |
Sterk | |
24-Oct-92 |
The Power and the Glory |
Greene, Graham |
Fiske | |
5-Dec-92 |
Kate Vaiden |
Price, Reynolds. |
Cok | |
13-Feb-93 |
The Sunne in Splendour |
Penman, Sharon Kay |
Seerveld | |
19-Mar-93 |
The Remains of the Day |
Ishiguro, Kazuo |
Sterk | |
24-Apr-93 |
Goldbug Variations |
Powers, Richard |
Seerveld | |
22-May-93 |
Jurassic Park |
Creighton, Michael |
Cok | |
19-Jun-93 |
The Full Catastrophe |
Carkeet, David |
Fiske | |
17-Jul-93 |
How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent |
Alvarez, Julia |
Griffioen | |
21-Aug-93 |
The Knocker on Death's Door |
Peters, Ellis |
Hoeksema | |
18-Sep-93 |
Beloved |
Morrison, Toni |
Sterk | |
23-Oct-93 |
The Volcano Lover |
Sontag, Susan |
Seerveld | |
3-Dec-93 |
The Secret History |
Tart, Donna |
Hoeksema | |
15-Jan-94 |
The Bean Trees |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
Cok | |
19-Feb-94 |
Ethan Fromme |
Wharton, Edith |
Fiske | |
12-Mar-94 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Lee, Harper |
Sterk | |
29-Apr-94 |
First Do No Harm |
Belkin, Lisa |
Seerveld | |
21-May-94 |
Rest You Merry |
Macleod, Charlotte |
Hoeksema | |
9-Jul-94 |
Moon Tiger |
Lively, Penelope |
Cok | |
6-Aug-94 |
A Lesson Before Dying |
Gaines, Ernest J. |
Fiske | |
24-Sep-94 |
:-) |
Shipping News |
Proulx, Anne |
Sterk |
29-Oct-94 |
Before and After |
Brown, Rosellen |
Seerveld | |
2-Dec-94 |
Henry and Clara |
Mallon, Thomas |
Cok | |
21-Jan-95 |
The River Why |
Duncan, David James |
Fiske | |
25-Feb-95 |
Smilla's Sense of Snow |
Heg, Peter |
Hoeksema | |
1-Apr-95 |
Culture of Disbelief |
Carter, Stephen L. |
Sterk | |
29-Apr-95 |
Holy the Firm |
Dillard, Annie |
Seerveld | |
3-Jun-95 |
Wild Swans |
Chang, June |
Cok | |
15-Jul-95 |
Stone Diaries |
Shields, Carol |
Fiske | |
26-Aug-95 |
Coyote Waits |
Hillerman, Tony |
Moon | |
23-Sep-95 |
The Scarlet Letter |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
Hoeksema | |
4-Nov-95 |
The Soloist |
Salzman, Mark |
Seerveld | |
2-Dec-95 |
Precious Bane |
Webb, Mary |
Sterk | |
20-Jan-96 |
Persuasion |
Austen, Jane |
Cok | |
17-Feb-96 |
Snow Falling on Cedars |
Guterson, David |
Fiske | |
15-Mar-96 |
:-( |
Still Life |
Byatt, A. S. |
Hoeksema |
20-Apr-96 |
:-) |
Atticus |
Hansen, Ron |
Moon |
18-May-96 |
An American Childhood |
Dillard, Annie |
Seerveld | |
15-Jun-96 |
A Map of the World |
Hamilton, Jane |
Sterk | |
20-Jul-96 |
The Wedding |
West, Dorothy |
Cok | |
17-Aug-96 |
River Sutra |
Mehta, Gita |
Fiske | |
21-Sep-96 |
Moving Violations |
Hockenberry, John |
Hoeksema | |
2-Nov-96 |
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography |
Norris, Kathleen |
Moon | |
7-Dec-96 |
The Invisible Circus |
Egan, Jennifer |
Seerveld | |
25-Jan-97 |
Jane Eyre |
Bronte, Charlotte |
Sterk | |
8-Mar-97 |
Saving Grace |
Smith, Lee |
Cok | |
19-Apr-97 |
Sophie's World |
Gaarder, Jostein |
Fiske | |
23-May-97 |
Then She Found Me |
Lippman, Elinor |
Hoeksema | |
12-Jul-97 |
15! |
At Home in Mitford |
Karon, Jan |
Moon |
23-Aug-97 |
The Rapture of Canaan |
Reynolds, Sheri |
Seerveld | |
27-Sep-97 |
Contact |
Sagan, Carl |
Fiske | |
8-Nov-97 |
With Malice Toward None |
Oates, Steven B. |
Sterk | |
6-Dec-97 |
Last Orders |
Swift, Graham |
Wilson | |
10-Jan-98 |
Emily Dickinson is Dead |
Langton, Jane |
Cok | |
21-Feb-98 |
Stones From the River |
Hegi, Ursula |
Hoeksema | |
28-Mar-98 |
Cold Mountain |
Frazier, Charles |
Moon | |
9-May-98 |
Imagined Worlds |
Dyson, Freeman |
Seerveld | |
4-Jul-98 |
The Time Machine |
Wells, H.G. |
Sterk | |
8-Aug-98 |
Mrs. Dalloway |
Woolf, Virginia |
Griffioen(!) | |
19-Sep-98 |
Nouwen, Henri |
Wilson | ||
17-Oct-98 |
Mayle, Peter |
Fiske | ||
19-Dec-98 |
Spark, Muriel |
Cok | ||
6-Feb-98 |
Hoeksema | |||
13-Mar-99 |
Griffioen | |||
24-Apr-99 |
Moon | |||
22-May-99 |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
Seerveld | ||
3-Jul-99 |
Sterk | |||
13-Aug-99 |
Wilson | |||
11-Sep-99 |
Fiske | |||
16-Oct-99 |
Hoeksema | |||
13-Nov-99 |
Moon | |||
8-Jan-2000 |
The Way West |
Seerveld | ||
26-Feb-2000 |
Sterk | |||
25-Mar-2000 |
Sobel, Dava |
Wilson | ||
6-May-2000 |
Fiske | |||
10-June-2000 |
Hoeksema | |||
8-Jul-2000 |
The Age of Spiritual Machines: |
Moon | ||
12-Aug-2000 |
Seerveld/Griffioen | |||
23-Sep-2000 |
Sterk | |||
18-Nov-2000 |
Duncan, David James |
Seerveld | ||
6-Jan-2001 |
Fiske | |||
10-Feb-2001 |
Jayber Crow Review [1] [2] [3] |
Moon | ||
10-Mar-2001 |
Seerveld | |||
21-Apr-2001 |
:-( |
The House of Sand and Fog |
Dubus, Andre III |
Sterk |
26-May-2001 |
The Tailor of Panama [1] [2] [The Movie] |
LeCarre, John |
Wilson | |
23-June-2001 |
Horse Heaven |
Wynbeek | ||
4-Aug-2001 |
Nobody's Fool |
Russo, Richard |
Wynbeek | |
29-Sep-2001 |
Lischer, Richard |
Moon | ||
27-Oct-2001 |
The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
Seerveld | ||
8-Dec-2001 |
:-( |
The Plum Plum Pickers |
Barrio, Raymond |
Sterk |
26-Jan-2002 |
Wynbeek | |||
16-Mar-2002 |
The Lord of the Rings |
Tolkein, J.R.R. |
Fisk | |
11-May-2002 |
Moon | |||
15-June-2002 |
200 |
Steinbeck Museum | ||
13-Jul-2002 |
20! |
Seerveld | ||
3-Aug-2002 |
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition |
Alexander, Caroline |
Wynbeek | |
14-Sep-2002 |
Sterk | |||
2-Nov-2002 |
;-) |
Dive from Clausen's Pier |
Seerveld | |
7-Dec-2002 |
Corrections |
Franzen, Jonathan |
Fiske | |
25-Jan-2003 |
Moon/Olsen | |||
1-Mar-2003 |
Sterk | |||
12-Apr-2003 |
Hillenbrand, Laura |
Wynbeek | ||
10-May-2003 |
;-) |
Fiske | ||
14-Jun-2003 |
Moon | |||
19-Jul-2003 |
The Da Vinci Code |
Brown, Dan |
Seerveld |
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23-Aug-2003 |
Sterk |
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27-Sep-2003 |
The Devil That Danced on the Water |
Forna, Aminatta |
Mellema |
|
8-Nov-2003 |
Motherless Brooklyn [ Review ] [Chat with the Editor] |
Wynbeek |
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3-Jan-2004 |
True Grit |
Portis, Charles |
Fiske |
|
21-Feb-2004 |
Moon |
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27-Mar-2004 |
Haddon, Mark |
Seerveld |
||
8-May-2004 |
McCall Smith, Alexander |
Sterk |
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5-Jun-2004 |
Reason for Hope |
Goodall, Jane |
Wynbeek |
|
17-Jul-2004 |
So Big |
Ferber, Edna |
Fiske | |
28-Aug-2004 |
Bel Canto |
Patchett, Anne |
Mellema @ | |
25-Sep-2004 |
How to be Good [1] |
Hoeksema * | ||
30-Oct-2004 |
Colfer, Eoin [1] |
Moon * | ||
4-Dec-2004 |
Nafisi, Azar [1] |
Seerveld * | ||
8-Jan-2005 |
Sailing Alone Around the Room [1] |
Sterk * | ||
5-Feb-2005 |
Gilead |
Robinson, Marilynne [1]
|
Wynbeek * | |
5-Mar-2005 |
Hosseini, Khaled [1] |
Fiske * | ||
9-Apr-2005 |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott |
Hoeksema * | ||
28-May-2005 |
Hamill, Pete interview |
Moon * | ||
2-Jul-2005 |
The Screwtape Letters [Guide] |
Seerveld * | ||
27-Aug-2005 |
Fforde, Jasper Interview |
Sterk * | ||
1-Oct-2005 |
The Egg and I |
Wynbeek * | ||
12-Nov-2005 |
Mellema * | |||
29-Dec-2005 |
Fiske * | |||
11-Feb-2006 |
Moon * | |||
18-Mar-2006 |
Seerveld * | |||
15-Apr-2006 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles [Text] [Serialized] |
Sterk * | ||
27-May-2006 |
Albom, Mitch |
Hoeksema * | ||
17-June-2006 |
The Year of Magical Thinking |
Didion, Joan |
Fiske * | |
29-Jul-2006 |
Seerveld * | |||
2-Sep-2006 |
James, P.D. |
Moon * | ||
21-Oct-2006 |
Sterk * | |||
2-Dec-2006 |
Wynbeek * | |||
6-Jan-2007 |
Fiske * | |||
10-Feb-2007 |
Hoeksema * | |||
17-Mar-2007 |
Strout, Elizabeth Biography |
Seerveld * | ||
21-Apr-2007 |
Lahiri, Jhumpa |
Moon * | ||
26-May-2007 |
Sterk * | |||
30-Jun-2007 |
Pessl, Marisha |
Wynbeek * | ||
21-Jul-2007 |
Hoeksema * | |||
1-Sep-2007 |
Water for Elephants [Review] [Discussion] |
Fiske * | ||
29-Sep-2007 |
The Whistling Season [Review] [Reading Guide] |
Hoeksema * | ||
3-Nov-2007 |
Setterfield, Diane |
Moon * | ||
1-Dec-2007 |
Seerveld * | |||
5-Jan-2008 |
Sterk * | |||
8-Mar-2008 |
The Distant Land of My Father [ 1 ] |
Caldwell, Bo [ 1 ] |
Wynbeek* | |
19-Apr-2008 |
Kurlansky, Mark [ 1 ] |
Fiske* | ||
31-May-2008 |
Krauss, Nicole [ Interview ] |
Hoeksema* | ||
21-Jun-2008 |
The Torilla Curtain [ Guide ] [ Summary & Analysis ] |
Boyle, T. Coraghessan [ 1 ] |
Moon* | |
2-Aug-2008 |
Seerveld* | |||
1-Sep-2008 |
Philosophy Made Simple [ Review ] |
Hellenga, Robert |
Wynbeek* | |
4-Oct-2008 |
Blood and Thunder [ Book ] |
Sides, Hampton |
Sterk* | |
15-Nov-2008 |
Running in the Family |
Ondaatje, Michael |
Fiske* | |
27-Dec-2008 |
The Monsters of Templeton [ Review ] |
Hoeksema* | ||
24-Jan-2009 |
Seerveld* |
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14-Mar-2009 |
Midnight's Children [ 1 ] |
Moon* |
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09-May-2009 |
Wynbeek* |
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06-Jun-2009 |
Disobedience |
Hamilton, Jane |
Sterk* |
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15-Aug-2009 |
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle |
Wroblewski, David |
Fiske* |
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19-Sep-2009 |
Dragon Bones |
See, Lisa |
Seerveld* |
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07-Nov-2009 |
Olive Kittridge |
Strout, Elizabeth |
Moon* |
|
05-Dec-2009 |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [1] |
Shaffer, Mary Ann & Barrows, Annie |
Hoeksema* |
|
02-Jan-2010 |
The Elegance of the Hedgehog [1] |
Barbery, Muriel; Anderson, Alison, trans. |
Wynbeek* |
|
06-Feb-2010 |
The Help |
Stockett, Kathryn |
Sterk* |
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13-Mar-2010 |
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County |
Baker, Tiffany |
Fiske* |
|
15-May-2010 |
In Defense of Food |
Pollan, Michael |
Hoeksema* |
|
12-Jun-2010 |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
Larsson, Stieg |
Moon* |
|
31-Jul-2010 |
The Outlander |
Adamson, Gil |
Seerveld* |
|
25-Sep-2010 |
Cutting for Stone |
Verghese, Abraham |
Sterk* |
|
30-Oct-2010 |
Wolf Hall |
Mantel, Hilary |
Wynbeek* |
|
11-Dec-2010 |
The Cookbook Collector [ 1 ] |
Goodman, Allegra |
Fiske* |
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22-Jan-2011 |
Anansi Boys |
Gaiman, Neil |
Hoeksema* |
|
05-Mar-2011 |
Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism |
Davis, Belva and Vicki Haddock |
Sterk* |
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02-Apr-2011 |
The Postmistress |
Blake, Sarah |
Moon* |
|
28-May-2011 |
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet |
Mitchell, David |
Seerveld* |
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25-June-2011 |
The Quiet American |
Greene, Graham |
Wynbeek* |
|
06-Aug-2011 |
The Devil in the White City |
Larson, Erik |
Fiske* |
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17-Sep-2011 |
Still Life |
Penny, Louise |
Hoeksema* |
|
22-Oct-2011 |
Unbroken |
Hillenbrand, Laura |
Moon* |
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03-Dec-2011 |
Steve Jobs |
Isaacson, Walter |
Seerveld* |
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14-Jan-2012 |
The Pilgrim |
Nissenson, Hugh |
Wynbeek* |
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25-Feb-2012 |
The Muslim Next Door |
Ali-Karamali, Sumbul |
Fiske* |
|
24-Mar-2012 |
The Man Who was Thursday, A Nightmare |
Chesterton, G.K. |
Hoeksema* |
|
5-May-2012 |
Death Comes to Pemberley |
James, P.D. |
Seerveld* |
|
16-Jun-2012 |
The Tragedy of Arthur |
Phillips, Arthur |
Wynbeek* |
|
4-Aug-2012 |
30! |
The Tiger's Wife |
Obrecht, Téa |
Moon* |
29-Sep-2012 |
The Cat's Table |
Ondaatje, Michael |
Sterk* |
|
3-Nov-2012 |
How It All Began |
Lively, Penelope |
Fiske* |
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1-Dec-2012 |
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry |
Joyce, Rachel |
Hoeksema* |
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19-Jan-2013 |
300 |
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again |
Tolkein, J.R.R. |
Seerveld* |
16-Feb-2013 |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
Skloot, Rebecca |
Moon* |
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16-Mar-2013 |
Half Broke Horses |
Walls, Jeannette |
Sterk* |
|
27-Apr-2013 |
Things Fall Apart |
Achebe, Chinua |
Wynbeek* |
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1-Jun-2013 |
The Wisdom of Father Brown |
Chesterton, G.K. |
Fiske* | |
6-Jul-2013 |
California Apricots, The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley |
Chapman, Robin |
Hoeksema* | |
10-Aug-2013 |
Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet |
Ford, Jamie |
Seerveld* | |
14-Sep-2013 |
;-) |
God's Hotel |
Sweet, Victoria |
Moon* |
12-Oct-2013 |
Old Filth |
Gardham, Jane |
Sterk* | |
16-Nov-2013 |
Breakfast with Buddha |
Merullo, Roland |
Wynbeek* | |
04-Jan-2014 |
Take the Risk |
Carson, Ben |
Fiske* | |
15-Feb-2014 |
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child |
Spitz, Bob |
Hoeksema* | |
15-Mar-2014 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Hammett, Dashiell |
Moon* | |
03-May-2014 |
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore |
Sloan, Robin |
Seerveld* | |
14-Jun-2014 |
The Grapes of Wrath [1] |
Steinbeck, John |
Sterk* | |
12-Jul-2014 |
The Martian |
Weir, Andy |
Wynbeek* | |
16-Aug-2014 |
The Goldfinch |
Tartt, Donna |
Fiske* | |
11-Oct-2014 |
All the Light We Cannot See |
Doerr, Anthony |
Hoeksema* | |
1-Nov-2014 |
The Professor and the Madman |
Winchester, Simon |
Seerveld* | |
20-Dec-2014 |
The Magicians |
Grossman, Lev |
Sterk* | |
24-Jan-2015 |
Far From the Madding Crowd |
Hardy, Thomas |
Moon* | |
21-Feb-2015 |
The Snow Child |
Ivey, Eowyn |
Wynbeek* | |
21-Mar-2015 |
Stealing Buddha's Dinner |
Nguyen, Bich Minh |
Fiske* | |
2-May-2015 |
The Rosie Project |
Simsion, Graeme |
Hoeksema* | |
6-Jun-2015 |
The Bartender's Tale |
Doig, Ivan |
Sterk* | |
4-Jul-2015 |
Re-Jane |
Park, Patricia |
Wynbeek* | |
8-Aug-2015 |
H is for Hawk |
Macdonald, Helen |
Moon* | |
12-Sep-2015 |
Station Eleven |
St. John Mandel, Emily |
Seerveld* | |
17-Oct-2015 |
:-( |
Musicophilia |
Sacks, Oliver |
Fiske* |
21-Nov-2015 |
A Man Named Ove |
Backman, Fredrick |
Hoeksema* | |
2-Jan-2016 |
Butcher's Crossing |
Williams, John |
Seerveld* | |
6-Feb-2016 |
Brooklyn |
Toibin, Colm |
Sterk* | |
12-Mar-2016 |
Tenth of December |
Saunders, George |
Hull* | |
30-Apr-2016 |
Lorna Doone |
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge |
Fiske* | |
21-May-2016 |
Starting from Scratch: A Novel |
Gilbert-Collins, Susan |
Hoeksema* | |
2-Jul-2016 |
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States |
Vowell, Sarah |
Wynbeek* | |
6-Aug-2016 |
Ordinary Grace |
Krueger, William Kent |
Seerveld* | |
17-Sep-2016 |
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking |
Cain, Susan |
Sterk* | |
22-Oct-2016 |
Brideshead Revisited |
Waugh, Evelyn |
Wynbeek* | |
19-Nov-2016 |
The Round House |
Erdrich, Louise |
Fiske* | |
14-Jan-2017 |
Hillbilly Elegy |
Vance, J.D. |
Hoeksema* |
|
11-Feb-2017 |
Lucky Jim |
Amis, Kingsley |
Hull* |
|
18-Mar-2017 |
News of the World |
Jiles, Paulette |
Seerveld* |
|
6-May-2017 |
The Last Days of Night |
Moore, Graham |
Wynbeek* |
|
11-Jun-2017 |
The Golem and the Jinni |
Wecker, Helene |
Fiske* |
|
8-Jul-2017 |
35! |
Small Great Things |
Picoult, Jodi |
Sterk* |
26-Aug-2017 |
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy |
Metaxas, Eric |
Hoeksema* |
|
23-Sep-2017 |
Bellman & Black |
Setterfield, Diane |
Moon* |
|
4-Nov-2017 |
The Pure Gold Baby |
Drabble, Margaret |
Sterk* |
|
6-Jan-2018 |
Lincoln in the Bardo |
Saunders, George |
Hull* |
|
3-Feb-2018 |
:-) |
The Cave |
Saramago, José |
Seerveld* |
3-Mar-2018 |
In the Midst of Winter |
Allende, Isabel |
Wynbeek* |
|
21-Apr-2018 |
A Wrinkle in Time |
L'Engle, Madeleine |
Fiske* |
|
2-Jun-2018 |
Mrs. Bridge |
Connell, Evan S. |
Hoeksema* |
|
14-Jul-2018 |
The Color of Water |
McBride, James |
Moon* |
|
18-Aug-2018 |
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared |
Jonasson, Jonas |
Seerveld* |
|
29-Sep-2018 |
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine |
Honeyman, Gail |
Hull* |
|
28-Oct-2018 |
Brother, I'm Dying |
Danticat, Edwidge |
Sterk* |
|
1-Dec-2018 |
Soul Survivor |
Yancey, Philip |
Wynbeek* |
|
5-Jan-2019 |
Master & Commander |
O'Brian, Patrick |
Hoeksema* | |
9-Feb-2019 |
Bad Blood |
Carreyrou, John |
Moon* | |
30-Mar-2019 |
City of Tranquil Light |
Caldwell, Bo |
Hull* | |
11-May-2019 |
M.C. Higgins, the Great |
Hamilton, Virginia |
Seerveld* | |
22-Jun-2019 |
The Strangler Vine |
Carter, M.J. |
Sterk* | |
20-Jul-2019 |
:-) | A Gentleman in Moscow |
Towles, Amor |
Wynbeek* |
31-Aug-2019 |
The Citadel |
Cronin, A.J. |
Hoeksema* | |
15-Sep-2019 |
The Goblin Emperor |
Addison, Katherine |
Hull* | |
2-Nov-2019 |
The Last Painting of Sara De Vos |
Smith, Dominic |
Wynbeek* | |
7-Dec-2019 |
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek |
Richardson, Kim Michele |
Seerveld* | |
11-Jan-2020 |
Milkman |
Burns,Anna |
Sterk* | |
8-Feb-2020 |
Growth of the Soil |
Hamsun, Knut; S. Lyngstad, translator |
Moon* | |
14-Mar-2020 |
:-) | Once Upon a River |
Setterfield, Diane |
Hoeksema + Zoom* |
18-Apr-2020 |
The Last Day |
Murray, Andrew Hunter |
Zoom* | |
16-May-2020 |
Imperfect Union |
Inskeep, Steve |
Zoom* | |
13-Jun-2020 |
The Cowboy and the Cossack |
Huffaker, Clair |
Zoom* | |
11-Jul-2020 |
Ireland |
Delaney, Frank |
Zoom* | |
8-Aug-2020 |
The Humans |
Haig, Matt |
Zoom* | |
5-Sep-2020 |
This Tender Land |
Krueger, William Kent |
Zoom* | |
3-Oct-2020 |
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates |
Moore, Wes |
Zoom* | |
7-Nov-2020 |
The Murmur of Bees |
Segovia, Sofia |
Zoom* | |
5-Dec-2020 |
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell |
Dugoni, Robert |
Zoom* | |
2-Jan-2021 |
Hamnet |
O'Farrell, Maggie |
Zoom* | |
30-Jan-2021 |
Dear Committee Members |
Schumacher, Julie |
Zoom* | |
27-Feb-2021 |
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evengelicals |
Du Mez, Kristin Kobes |
Zoom* | |
27-Mar-2021 |
The Vanishing Half |
Bennett, Brit |
Zoom* | |
1-May-2021 |
Escape from Pretoria |
Jenkin, Tim |
Zoom* | |
29-May-2021 |
The Fifth Season |
Jemisin, N.K. |
Sterk, outdoors!!!* | |
17-Jul-2021 |
Dominion |
Holland, Tom |
Moon* | |
28-Aug-2021 |
Perestroika in Paris |
Smiley, Jane |
Wynbeek* | |
25-Sep-2021 |
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue |
Schwab, V.E. |
Hull* | |
23-Oct-2021 |
The Exiles |
Kline, Christina Baker |
Fiske!* | |
5-Dec-2021 |
The Color of Law |
Rothstein, Richard |
Seerveld* | |
08-Jan-2022 |
The Lincoln Highway |
Towles, Amor |
Hoeksema* | |
12-Feb-2022 |
The Three-Body Problem |
Liu, Cixin; Liu, Ken, trans. |
Hull* | |
19-Mar-2022 |
Apeirogon |
McCann, Colum |
Moon* | |
30-Apr-2022 |
The Emigrants |
Moberg, Vilhelm |
Sterk* | |
30-May-2022 |
Klara and the Sun |
Ishiguro, Kazuo |
Hoeksema* | |
2-Jul-2022 |
Greenwood |
Christie, Michael |
Seerveld* | |
30-Jul-2022 |
40! | Thin Blue Smoke |
Worgul, Doug |
Wynbeek* |
27-Aug-2022 |
400 |
All the Lonely People |
Gayle, Mike |
Hoeksema* |
8-Oct-2022 |
:o | On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous |
Vuong, Ocean |
Fiske* |
12-Nov-2022 |
Cloud Cuckoo Land |
Doerr, Anthony |
Sterk* | |
7-Jan-2023 |
Lessons in Chemistry |
Garmus, Bonnie |
Hull* | |
11-Feb-2023 |
The Personal Librarian |
Benedict, Marie and Victoria Christopher Murray |
Moon* | |
25-Mar-2023 |
The End of Drum-Time |
Pylväinen, Hanna |
Seerveld* | |
6-May-2023 |
Riders of the Purple Sage |
Grey, Zane |
Wynbeek* | |
17-Jun-2023 |
Horse |
Brooks, Geraldine |
Fiske* | |
22-Jul-2023 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures |
Van Pelt, Shelby |
Hull* | |
26-Aug-2023 |
Sorrow and Bliss |
Mason, Meg |
Sterk* | |
23-Sep-2023 |
Odyssey |
Petersen, Lisa |
Marin Theater Co.* | |
21-Oct-2023 |
Still Life |
Winman, Sarah |
Seerveld* | |
2-Dec-2023 |
Matrix |
Groff, Lauren |
Moon* | |
27-Jan-2024 |
The Labors of Hercules Beal |
Schmidt, Gary D. |
Wynbeek* | |
02-Mar-2024 |
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store |
McBride, James |
Hull* | |
27-Apr-2024 |
Demon Copperhead |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
Moon* | |
08-Jun-2024 |
The Alto Wore Tweed |
Schweizer, Mark |
Wynbeek* | |
13-Jul-2024 |
The Door |
Szabo, Magda; tr. L. Rix |
Seerveld* | |
31-Aug-2024 |
My Brilliant Friend |
Ferrante, Elena; trans. A. Goldstein |
Sterk* | |
12-Oct-2024 |
The Ride of Her Life |
Letts, Elizabeth |
Fiske* | |
07-Dec-2024 |
The Covenant of Water |
Verghese, Abraham |
Hull* |
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