2009 Book List

 

Burlington Book Club
2009 to 2010 Season
MEMBER BOOK AUTHOR MEETING DATE
Erin A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 5/21/2009
Josee The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 6/18/2009
Karen Don’t Let’s go to the DogsTonight Alexandra Fuller 9/17/2009
Moira The Outlander Gil Adamson 10/22/2009
Jane Blindness Jose Saramago 11/26/2009
Laura Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson 1/7/2010
Jill The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill 2/18/2010
Bev The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Burbury 4/1/2010
Jeanne TBD
Erin TBD

PROPOSED BOOKS NOT CHOSEN
MEMBER BOOK AUTHOR
Josee Love of Good Woman Alice Munro
Love in Time of Cholera Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
Karen Georgina Duchess of Devonshire Amanda Foreman
The Last American Man Elizabeth Gilbert
Moira Run Ann Patchett
The Sunne in Splendour Sharon Kay Penman
Jane Watchmen Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Shadows of our Skin Jennifer Johnstone
Laura The Wilderness Samantha Harvey
Loving Frank Hancy Horan
Jill Landing Emma Donahue
What the Dead Know Laura Lippman
Bev The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows
The Foreign Correspondent Alan Furst

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2008 Book List

The final booklist for our next year is:
Moira:         The Law of Dreams by Peter Bohrens
Jane:            The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Laura:          On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Josee:         The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Jeanne:         Fifteen Days by Christie Blatchford
Jill:               Divisidero by Michael Ondaatjie
Karen:         The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Bev:            An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly (showing at Shaw Festival 2008)
Erin:            Will bring suggestions to our next meeting

The complete list of suggestions:
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
What the Dead Know by Laura Lipman
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Memoir of Friendship by Blanche Howard
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire
Fifteen Days by Christie Blatchford
A Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Divisidero by Michael Ondaatjie
What is the What by Dave Eggers
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Poetry by Edna St Vincent Millay
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
The Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestly
Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan
The Charcoal Burners by Susan Musgrave
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
A Year to Live by Stephen Levine

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2006 Book list


Here is the revised list:

Karen – “Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim” by David Sedaris – January 12, 2006
Jane – “Maltese Falcon” by Dashiel Hammett – February 23,  2006
Josee – “Piano Teacher” by Elfriede Jelinek – March 23, 2006
Laura – “Astonishing Splashes of Colour” by Claire Morral – April 20, 2006
Bev – “Small Island” by Andrea Levy  – June 1, 2006
Jill – “Rabbit Proof Fence” by Doris Pilkington  – September 21, 2006
Jeanne –  “Soul of Money” by Lynne Twist – October 26, 2006
Moira – “Tiger Claw” by Shauna Singh Baldwin- November 30, 2006
Erin – “Bitter Fruit” by Achmat Dangor – Jan 25, 2007

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Welcome to our Burlington book club blog

This is the inaugural post and I am just figuring out what to do so hopefully this will be shinier and prettier soon. For now I will be just happy to get the book lists posted. Stay tuned.

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2002 – 2003 Book Club List

TitleAuthorHost
The African Safari PapersRobert SedlackJill
Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyMoira
Famous Last WordsTimothy FindlayBev
My Dream of YouNuala O’faolainKaren
SiddharthaHerman HesseJosee
Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas AdamsJane
Clara CallanRichard WrightJeanne

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2001 – 2002 Book Club List

TitleAuthorHost
Presumed InnocentScott TurowJosee
Mercy Among The ChildrenDavid Adams RichardsMoira
A Year in ProvincePeter MayleBev
No Great MischiefAlister McleodJill
The Last SamuraiHelen DeWittJane
Too Close to the FallsCatherine GildinerJeanne
A Widow for a YearJohn IrvingErin
The HauntingShirley JacksonKaren

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2000 – 2001 Book Club List

TitleAuthorHost
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara KingsolverKaren
The Divine Sequence of the Ya Ya Sister hoodRebecca WellsBev
Midnight in the Garden of good and EvilJohn BerendtJosee
A Student of WeatherElizabeth HayMoira
The Lagoon and Other StoriesJanet FrameJeanne
Summer GoneDavid McFarlaneJill
The Philosopher StoneJ.K. RawlingsJane
Stones from the RiverUrsula HegiErin

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1999 – 2000 Book Club List

TitleAuthorHost
Angela’s AshesFrank McCourtLisa
The Volcano LoverSusan SantageBev
Black and BlueAnna QuindlanMoira
A Fine BalanceRohinton MistryJeanne
Memory BoardJane RuleJosee
A Place Where the Sea RemembersSandra BenitezJill
Hanna’s DaughterMarianne FredrikssonJosee
A Good HouseBonnie BurnardErin
PilgrimTimothy FindlayBev
The Music LessonAnne WheelerKaren
Elizabeth and AfterMatt CohenMoira
DisgraceJ.M. CoetzeeJill

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