Sunday, June 20, 2010

ASHLEE 2010

BOOK GROUP READS
1. In the Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
3. Liar by Justine Larbalestier
4. The Heist Society by Ally Carter
5. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
6. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
7. The Explosionist by Jennifer Davidson
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BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES
1. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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CAUSE I FELT LIKE IT
1. Whirligigs by Paul Fleischman
2. Fragments by Jeffry Johnston
3. Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
4. Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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LIFE STORIES
1. An Ordinary Man by Paul
Rusesabagina
2. My Life in France by Julia Childs
3. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
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MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME STARTS WITH A
1. American Wife (ALICE) by Curtis Sittenfeld
2. Adaline Falling Star (ADALINE) by Mary Pope Osborne
3. Persuasion (ANNE) by Jane Austen
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ON MY SHELF
1. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
2. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
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ONCE UPON A TIME
1. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
2. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
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READ IT FORWARD
1. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
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SOUNDS TASTY
1. The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2. Orange, Mint, and Honey by Carleen Brice
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Apple Turnover Mystery by Joanne Fluke

5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
6. Saving Cinnamon by Christine Sullivan
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WHO DUNNIT?
1. The Cat Who Robbed the Bank by Lillian Jackson Braun
2. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lillian Jackson Braun
3. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lillian Jackson Braun
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EXTRA! EXTRA!
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

SONJA 2010

** A star means I recommend the book


1. "Charly" by Jack Weyland **
2. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins**
3. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins **
4. "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler **
5. "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare**
6. "City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare**
7. "City of Glass" by Cassandra Clare**
8. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare
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1. "Evernight" by Claudia Gray
2. "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon (both had castles)
3. "Bran Hambric and the Farfield Curse" by Kaleb Nation(both involved magical travel)
4. "Impossible" by Nancy Werline (both involved a curse)
5. "A Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce (another curse)
6. "Straw into Gold" by Gary Schmidt (both were Rumplestiltskin rewrites)
7. "Evermore" by Alyson Noel (both main characters were raised by someone other than their parents)
8. "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray (both could be described as "gothic romance")
9. "Shiver" by Maggie Steifvater (both involve people trying to control what they are {vampires/werewolves})
10. "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore ( both have wolves)


1. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
2. "Go Ask Alice" by anonymous
3. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
4. "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque **
5. "The Adventures of Huck Finn" by Mark Twain
6. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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1. "The Lightening Thief" by Rick Riordan
2. "The Black Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman
3. "Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle
5. "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor
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1. "The Girl Who Could Fly" by Victoria Forester (read with E2)
2. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (read with E2, E3)
3. "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
4. "The Battle of the Labryinth" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
5. "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
6. "Fire" by Kristin Cashore (E1)
7. "Journey of the Trail" by E. Stewart and R. Clark (E2)
8. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (E1)
9. "Finally" by Wendy Mass (read with E2)
10. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (read with E1 & E2)


1. "Living Oprah" by Robyn Okrant (recommended by Ker-Bear)
2. "Meely LaBauve" by Ken Wells (recommended by Linda)
3. "My Sister's Keeper) by Jodi Picoult (recommended by Ker-Bear)
4. "Waiting for Normal" by Leslie Conner (recommended by Robin)
5. "The Lost Conspiracy" by Frances Hardinge (recommended by Robin)
6. "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
7. "Son of the Shadows" by Juliet Marillier ( recommended by Diane)
8. "Child of the Prophecy" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
9. "I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to Kill You" by Ally Carter (recommended by Joleen also read with E1)
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Jodi Solt and Tosha and several others. This is our October book group selection).



1. "The Winter of Our Discontent" by John Steinbeck
2. "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
4. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller (also read with Emily)
5. "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling **
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1. "How to Ditch your Fairy" by Justine Larbalestier (Ashlee)
2. "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation" by M.T.Anderson (Ashlee)
3. "The Eleventh Man" by Ivan Doig ( Ashlee)
4. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flag (Roxey)
5. "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley (Ashlee)
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1. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
2. "A Clearing in the Wild" by Jane Kirkpatrick
3. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
4. "Maps for Lost Lovers" by Nadeem Aslam
5. "Th1rteen R3asons Why" by Jay Asher
6. "The Last Queen" by CW Gortner
7. "How to Steal A Dog" by Barbara O'Conner
8. "The Iron King" by Julie Kagawa
9. "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
10. "When You Reach Me" Rebecca Stead (2010 Newbery Winner)


1. "Boy in the striped pajamas" by John Boyne
2. "La's Orchestra Saves the World" by Alexander McCall Smith
3. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
4. "Fly Boys" by James Bradley
5. "The English Patient" by Micahel Ondaatje
6. "Saints and Soldiers" by Jeffrey Scott
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1. "The Perfect Day" by Richard Paul Evans
2. "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy
3. "Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon
5. "The short second life of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer
6. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon
7. "Downsiders" by Neil Shusterman
8. "The Schwa was Here" by Neil Shusterman **
9. "Insatiable" by Meg Cabot
10. "Salt" by Maurice Gee
11. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare **
12. "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
13. "Beautiful Darkness" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
14. "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan
15. "The Dead tossed waves" by Carrie Ryan