2007
January 30
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss- Hosted by Mary
Rockwell
February 27
The Inheritance of Loss by Kirin Desai - Hosted by
Patty Cotsen
March 27
Suite Française by Iréne Nemeriovsky - Hosted
by Charlotte Vogelsang
May 22
How I Became a Nun by Cesar Aira - Hosted by Stacy Taylor
June 26
The Master by Colm Toibin - Hosted needed
July 24
Snow by Orhan Pamuk - Hosted by Amy Clifton,
August 21
A classic to be decided - Hosted by Mary Rockwell in Lorraine
September 18
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh - Hosted by Jocelyn
Gordon
2006
January 17
The Runaway by Alice Munroe - Hosted by Amy Clifton
February 21
Ordinary Wolves: A Novel by Seth Kantner - Hosted by
Gail Greenbergeer
March 22 WEDNESDAY
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst - Hosted
by Catherine Grace
April 25
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater
- Hosted by Mary Rockwell
May 23
Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Hosted by Mimi Dow
June 20
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
- Hosted
by Linda Pfeil-Lauren
July 18
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell North and
South - Hosted by Mary Rockwell (Lorraine)
August 22
Guns, Germs
and Steel by Jared Diamond - Hosted by Charlotte Vogelsang (Canada)
September 26
On Beauty by Zadie Smith - Hosted by Laura Mangan (Canada)
October
24
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett - Hosted by Jocelyn
Gordon
Wednesday, December
13
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell - Hosted by Jill
Buerke
2005
January 18
The Known World by Edward P.
Jones
- Hosted by Amy Clifton
February 22
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions
of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire - Hosted by Jocelyn
March 29
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh - Hosted
by Linda Pfeil-Lauren
April 19
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America - A Woman's
Journey by Leila Ahmad - Hosted by Mimi Dow
May 17
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten
Burroughs - Hosted by Patty Cotsen
June 21
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Hosted by Gail Greenberger
August 16
The News From Paraguay by
Lily Tuck- Hosted by Mary Rockwell in Lorraine
September 21
Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes - Hosted by
Connie Walsh
October 18 - postponed
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie - Hosted by Stacy Taylor
November 15
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie - Hosted by Charlotte
Vogelsan
December 14, 6:30 - Holiday Dinner
Confessions of a Teen Sleuth by Chelsea Cain -
Hosted by Jill Buerke
2004
February 24
East of Eden by John Steinbeck - Hosted by
Patty Cotsen
March 23
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : A Novel by
Dai Sijie - Hosted by Connie Walsh
April 20
Youth by J M Coetze - Hosted by Gail Greenberger
May 25
Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard - Hosted by
Stacy Gold Taylor
June 22
The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night-Time by
Mark Haddon - Hosted by Susan Lee
July 27 - Potluck dinner
The Bookseller of Kabul by
Åsne Seierstad - Hosted by Mary Rockwell in Lorraine
August 31
Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides - Hosted
by Lorna Lippes
September 28
Mortals by Norman Rush (read up to page 340) Hosted by
Charlotte Vogelsang
November 2
Mortals by Norman Rush (finish second half) - Hosted
by Stacy Gold Taylor
December 14 - Holiday
dinner
Ella, Minnow, Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
- Hosted by Jill Buerk
2003
January 21
The Mysteries of Pittburgh by Michael Chabon
- Hosted by Stacy Gold Taylor
February 18
Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam - Hosted
by Linda Pfeil-Lauren
March 18
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thaddeus
Carhart - Hosted by Connie Walsh
April 22
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie - Hosted by Lorna Lippes
May 20
Straight Man by Richard Russo - Hosted by Linda
Pfeil-Lauren
June 24
Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan - Hosted by
Mary Rockwell in Canada
July 22
American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That
Came Between Us by James Carroll - Hosted by Mimi Dow
August 19
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - Hosted
by Susan Lee
September 23
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod - Hosted
by Amy Clifton
October 21
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- Hosted by Linda Pfeil-Lauren
December 10
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller - Hosted by Jill Buerk
Suggestions
The Dying Animal by Philip Roth
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Mortals by Norman Rush
The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen
Prague by Arthur Phillips
The Right Hand of Sleep by John Wray
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel by
Brady Udall
2002
February 19
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox - Hosted
by Stacy Gold
March 20
The Romantics: A Novel by Pankaj Mishra - Hosted
by Linda Pfeil-Lauren
April 30
In My Own Country by Abraham Verghese - Hosted
by Mimi Dow
May 21
Traveling Mercies by Annie Lamont - Hosted
by Charlotte Vogelsang
June 18
A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
- Hosted by Laura Mangan in Canada
July 23
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul - Hosted
by Mary Rockwell in Canada
August 19 - Monday
The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble - Hosted
by Mary Rockwell in Canada
October 22
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - Hosted by Susan
Lee
November 19
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic
Women by Geraldine Brooks - Hosted by Charlotte Vogelsang
December 11 - Wednesday
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby - Hosted by Jill
Buerk
2001
July 17
Summer by Edith Wharton - Hosted by Gail Greenberger
in Buffalo
August 14
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by
Anne Fadiman Hosted by Mary Rockwell Summer Residence, Lorraine Bay
September 25
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland -
Hosted by Charlotte Vogelsang
October 23
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahuri -
Hosted by Patty Cotsen
December 4
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith - Hosted
by Connie Walsh Holiday Buffet
January 22
Plainsong by Kent Haruf - Hosted by Lorna Lippes