Read's Book Shop Book Club 2008-2009

Meet the 2^nd Thursday of each month at 7 pm

25% Book Club choices to book club members

October 9           The Observations by Jane Harris

(discuss your favourite horror film or book)

November 13     The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

(bring a book to trade!)

December 11      The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho

(favourite goddess show and tell)

January 14          Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

(virgin pina coladas!)

February12        Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

(bring peanut based baked goodies)

March 12          The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

(exchange journaling entries or stories)

April 9                The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

(Indian desserts and Italian sodas)

May 14               Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

                            (bring info on the real people in the book such as Hornby,

                              Christian and Judge Berger)

June 11               The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steve Galloway

(wine and cheese, recommend a summer book!)

Other Books Discussed

1) Children of the Day by Sandra Birdsell

2) Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani

3) Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

4) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

5) Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

6) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

7) Sunshine by Robin Mckinley

8) The Shack by William P. Young

9) “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” by Charlaine Harris

10) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

11) Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer

12) The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

13) This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin

14) Ishmael, The Story of B and My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

15) Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson

16) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

17) The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall

18) Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West and Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto