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March 23, 2006
Book Club Spring Summer 2006
Here is our new Book Club Schedule:
April 19 – The Cape Ann (Sullivan) at Anne’s
May 17 – Roosevelt (theme) at Anne’s
June 21 – The Seville Communion (Perez-Reverte) at Susan’s
July -- A Country Doctor's Casebook by Roger A. MacDonald (Rosemary's pick) at Meggin's
August -- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon -- at Ruth's
September -- The White by Deborah Larsen. at Sarah's
October 18 – The Painted Drum (Erdrich) at Roberta’s
The rest can be filled in as we go…(see below)
…see you next month…
--Anne
Book Picks / Suggestions
March 22, 2006
Rosemary
A Country Doctor’s Casebook: Tales from the North Woods / Roger A MacDonald
Eggs in the Coffee, Sheep in the Corn / Marjorie Meyers Douglas
Minnesota Goes to War: The Home Front During WWII / Dave Kenney
Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson / William Swanson
John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul 1920-1936 / Paul Maccabee
Roberta
River of Doubt / Candice Millard
Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce / Kent Nerburn
The Painted Drum / Louise Erdrich
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene / Jean-Yves Leloup
The Professor and the Madman / Simon Winchester
Susan
The Red Tent or Good Harbor / Anita Diamant
Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver
The Cape Ann / Faith Sullivan
Dreams From My Father/ Barack Obama
The Seville Communion / Arturo Perez-Reverte
Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden
Anne
Assassination Vacation / Sarah Vowell
Shantaram / Gregory David Roberts
The World is Flat / Thomas Friedman
Themes: Lincoln / Civil War / Roosevelt (Eleanor, FDR, Teddy)
Posted by s-gang at 01:37 PM | Comments (2)
March 14, 2006
Sor Juana's Second Dream
Author info for book club:
Author Biography: Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Author's page at César E. Chávez Center for Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA.
Posted by s-gang at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)
March 13, 2006
Sortation Facility
I recently ordered something for my living room and just checked online to see how the shipping was moving along. I love it that one can even do such a thing. I was amused to learn that it has been shipped and is now at the "sortation facility"! I just wonder, what ever happened to the word "sorting"? It was a perfectly functional word. Maybe they report to George.
Posted by s-gang at 04:46 PM | Comments (0)
A Whole Host of Problems
For those of you who recall the earlier news stories of the church denying communion to the girl allergic to wheat, here's the latest case.
Church denies Communion to autistic boy because he can't swallow the host.
It's very sad to read these stories, and I trust this represents a tiny minority within that church. As an adult one can simply find a parish, one that embraces believers and acknowledges that none of us is perfect, but what do you tell a kid who already has enough trouble, that he can't be fed?
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