A lively reading/discussion group that meets at 7pm on the (yes) second Tuesday of each month in the small meeting room at the Kingstowne Library (6500 Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria, VA 703-339-4610). Everyone is welcome, we only ask that you've read at least half the book we are discussing ~ and that you not be shy about sharing your thoughts on the books!
Upcoming Books:
September 10, 2013: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
October 8, 2013: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin
November 12, 2013: "BYOB" (bring your own book): members will each select their own book to read and then come tell the group about their selection.
December 10, 2013: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse ~ and our annual holiday celebration ~ bring a treat to share & come join us!
Complete Reading List
Complete Reading List
Jan. 22nd: Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thorton Wilder
Feb. 26th: On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
March 25th: All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren
April 22nd: Mandella: A Critical Life, by Tom Lodge
May 27th: Born on a Blue Day, by Daniel Tammet
June 24th: Pontoon: a Lake Wobegon Novel, by Garrison Keillor
July 22nd: Le Divorce, Le Mariage or L’Affaire, by Diane Johnson
Aug. 26th: The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
Sept. 23rd: From Baghdad with Love, by Jay Kopelman
Oct. 28th: When Elephants Weep, by J. Masson Moussaieff
Nov. 25th: The Lady and the Panda, by Vicki Croke
Dec. 23rd: No Meeting
2009
Jan, 27th: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Feb. 17th: Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
Mar. 17th: Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Apr 21th: Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, by Barack Obama
May 19th: Franklin and Lucy, by Joseph E. Persico
Jun 16th: John Adams, by David G. McCullough
July 8th: Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
Aug. 12th: Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do and What It Says About Us, by Tom Vanderbilt
Sept. 2nd: I'm a Stranger Here Myself, by Bill Bryson
Oct. 7th: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah
Nov. 4th: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Dec. 2nd: In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, by Jean Shepherd
2010
Jan. 5th: Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by MaryAnn Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Feb. 2nd: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
March 9th: Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
April 13th: Say You're One of Them, by Uwem Akpan
May 11th: Animal Farm, by George Orwell
June 8th: The Lemon Tree: an Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan
July 13th: Making Toast, by Roger Rosenblatt
Aug. 10th: The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, by Caroline Alexander
Sept. 14th: Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy, by Jostein Gaarder
Oct. 12th: The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria
Nov. 9th: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Dec. 14th: A History of the World in Six Glasses, by Tom Standage
2011
Jan. 11th: The Smart Swarm, by Peter Miller
Feb. 8th: The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
Mar. 8th: Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortensen
Apr. 12th: The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
May 10th: Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin
Mar. 8th: Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortensen
Apr. 12th: The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
May 10th: Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin
June 14: The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomatox- Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers, By John C. Waugh
July 12: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation, by Sheila Weller
August 9: Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
September 13: At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson
October 11: The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss, by Edmnd De Waal
November 8: Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff
December 13: The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse
2012
January 10, 2012: Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
February 14, 2012: Cousin Bette, by Honore de Balzac
March 13, 2012: Those Who Save Us, by Jenna Blum
April 10, 2012: Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell
February 14, 2012: Cousin Bette, by Honore de Balzac
March 13, 2012: Those Who Save Us, by Jenna Blum
April 10, 2012: Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell
May 8, 2012: The Sherlockian, by Graham Moore
June 12, 2012: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
July 10, 2012: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
August 14, 2012: What is Left the Daughter, by Howard Norman
September 11, 2012: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker
October 9, 2012: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
November 13, 2012: Hard Times, by Charles Dickens
December 11, 2012: Very Good, Jeeves, by PG Wodehouse
2013:
January 8: Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
February 12: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
March 12: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemac Lemmon
April 9: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
May 14: Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichi
June 11: Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
July 9: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (optional: plus the continuation: Shadows on the Grass)
August 13: Beach Music by Pat Conroy
September 10: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
October 8: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin
November 12: "BYOB" (bring your own book): members will each select their own book to read and then come tell the group about their book.
December 10: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse