urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondaysSecond Mondays Book Groupsecond_mondayssecond_mondays2009-09-02T19:31:38Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:17216July reading material2009-09-02T19:18:15Z2009-09-02T19:31:38ZHere's what people mentioned reading at the July meeting (sorry to be so late in putting this up!): <br /><ul><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tinheritance+of+loss/tinheritance+of+loss/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tinheritance+of+loss&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-"><em>The inheritance of loss</em></a> - Kiran Desai</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+other+queen/tother+queen/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tother+queen&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The other queen</a></i> - Philippa Gregory</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+shack/tshack/1%2C50%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=tshack+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The shack</a></i> - William Paul Young</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+eye+in+the+door/teye+in+the+door/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=teye+in+the+door&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The eye in the door</a></i> - Pat Barker</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsense+and+sensibility/tsense+and+sensibility/1%2C11%2C100%2CB/frameset&FF=tsense+and+sensibility&12%2C%2C85/indexsort=-">Sense and sensibility</a></i> - Jane Austen</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tI+see+you+everywhere/ti+see+you+everywhere/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ti+see+you+everywhere&2%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">I see you everywhere</a></i> - Julia Glass</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+short+history+of+women/tshort+history+of+women/1%2C3%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tshort+history+of+women+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">A short history of women</a></i> and <i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgardens+of+kyoto/tgardens+of+kyoto/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tgardens+of+kyoto+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The g</a></i><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgardens+of+kyoto/tgardens+of+kyoto/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tgardens+of+kyoto+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">ardens of Kyoto</a></i> - Kate Walbert<i><br /></i></li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aLe+Guin,+Ursula+K.,+1929-/ale+guin+ursula+k+1929/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=ale+guin+ursula+k+1929&44%2C%2C226">The dispossessed</a> </i>- Ursula LeGuin</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+guilty+thing+surprised/tguilty+thing+surprised/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tguilty+thing+surprised+an+inspector+wexford+mystery&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">A guilty thing surprised</a></i> - Ruth Rendell</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/triver+of+doubt/triver+of+doubt/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=triver+of+doubt+theodore+roosevelts+darkest+journey&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">The river of doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's darkest journey</a></i> - Candice Millard</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+unconsoled/tunconsoled/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tunconsoled&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The unconsoled</a></i> - Kazuo Ishiguro</li><li><i><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+poisonwood+bible/tpoisonwood+bible/1%2C3%2C15%2CB/frameset&FF=tpoisonwood+bible+a+novel&6%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">The poisonwood bible</a></i> - Barbara Kingsolver</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:16903May reading material2009-06-12T20:43:15Z2009-06-12T20:43:15Z<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/thome+safe/thome+safe/1%2C15%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=thome+safe+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Home safe</a></em> - Elizabeth Berg</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ttea+time+for+the+traditionally+built/ttea+time+for+the+traditionally+built/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=ttea+time+for+the+traditionally+built&1%2C%2C4">Tea time for the traditionally built</a></em> - Alexander McCall Smith</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aprose%2C+francine/aprose+francine/1%2C2%2C50%2CB/frameset&FF=aprose+francine+1947&21%2C%2C49">Goldengrove</a></em> - Francine Prose</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/atoiben/atoiben/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=atoibin+colm+1955&12%2C%2C25/indexsort=-">The master</a></em> - Colm Toibin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tshutter+island/tshutter+island/1%2C1%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tshutter+island&9%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Shutter Island</a></em> - Dennis Lehane</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tpoisonwood+bible/tpoisonwood+bible/1%2C3%2C14%2CB/frameset&FF=tpoisonwood+bible+a+novel&6%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">The poisonwood bible</a></em> - Barbara Kingsolver</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+given+day/tgiven+day/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tgiven+day+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The given day</a></em> - Chinua Achebe</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+test+of+wills/ttest+of+wills/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=ttest+of+wills&1%2C%2C4">A test of wills</a></em> - Charles Todd</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+secret+knowledge+of+water&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+test+of+wills">The secret knowledge of water: Discovering the essence of the American desert</a></em> - Craig Childs</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=hungry+monkey&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tthe+secret+knowledge+of+water">Hungry monkey: A food-loving father's quest to raise an adventurous eater</a></em> - Matthew Amster-Burton</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tpossessing+the+secret+of+joy/tpossessing+the+secret+of+joy/1%2C1%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tpossessing+the+secret+of+joy&1%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Possessing the secret of joy</a></em> - Alice Walker</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+thousand+splendid+suns/tthousand+splendid+suns/1%2C1%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=tthousand+splendid+suns&8%2C%2C10/indexsort=-">A thousand splendid suns</a></em> - Khaled Hosseini</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tnever+let+me+go/tnever+let+me+go/1%2C1%2C14%2CB/frameset&FF=tnever+let+me+go&12%2C%2C14/indexsort=-">Never let me go</a></em> - Kazuo Ishiguro</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=some+measure+of+happiness&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tnever+let+me+go">Some measure of happiness</a></em> - Lee Wicks</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+emperor%27s+children&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsome+measure+of+happiness">The emperor's children</a></em> - Claire Messud</li></ul>...and books by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=a&searcharg=grafton%2C+sue&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=afleming%2C+spencer">Sue Grafton</a>.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:16721April reading material2009-06-12T20:42:13Z2009-06-12T20:42:13Z<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/awroblinski/awroblinski/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=awroblewski+david&3%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">The story of Edgar Sawtelle</a></em> - David Wroblewski</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tat+paradise+gate/tat+paradise+gate/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tat+paradise+gate+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">At paradise gate</a></em> - Jane Smiley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tone+for+the+money/tone+for+the+money/1%2C1%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tone+for+the+money&5%2C%2C13/indexsort=-">One for the money</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ttwo+for+the+dough/ttwo+for+the+dough/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=ttwo+for+the+dough&3%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Two for the dough</a></em> - Janet Evanovich</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aMeyer%2C+Stephenie%2C+1973-/ameyer+stephenie+1973/1%2C1%2C47%2CB/frameset&FF=ameyer+stephenie+1973&28%2C%2C47">Twilight</a></em> - Stephenie Meyer</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbrothers+karamazoc/tbrothers+karamazoc/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tbrothers+karamazov&11%2C%2C37">The brothers Karamazov</a></em> - Fyodor Dostoyevsky</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tcurious+incident+of+the+dog/tcurious+incident+of+the+dog/1%2C3%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tcurious+incident+of+the+dog+in+the+night+time&5%2C%2C11/indexsort=-">The curious incident of the dog in the night-time</a></em> - Mark Haddon</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:16391March reading material2009-06-12T20:41:19Z2009-06-12T20:41:19ZSorry to be so behind on posting this -- people were busy reading in March!<br /><br /><b>Fiction</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfirewall/tfirewall/1%2C8%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=tfirewall&6%2C%2C12">Firewall</a></em> - Henning Mankell</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/treservation+blues/treservation+blues/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=treservation+blues&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Reservation blues</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tten+little+indians/tten+little+indians/1%2C3%2C23%2CB/frameset&FF=tten+little+indians+stories&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Ten little indians</a></em> - Sherman Alexie</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/taunt+dimity+slays/taunt+dimity+slays/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=taunt+dimity+slays+the+dragon&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Aunt Dimity slays the dragon</a></em> - Nancy Atherton</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tregeneration/tregeneration/1%2C20%2C36%2CB/frameset&FF=tregeneration&10%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">Regeneration</a></em> - Pat Barker</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/anaslund/anaslund/1%2C2%2C18%2CB/frameset&FF=anaslund+sena+jeter&4%2C%2C16/indexsort=-">Abundance</a></em> - Sena Jeter Naslund</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+gathering/tgathering/1%2C116%2C193%2CB/frameset&FF=tgathering&13%2C%2C29/indexsort=-">The gathering</a></em> - Anne Enright</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+pickup/tpickup/1%2C14%2C26%2CB/frameset&FF=tpickup&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The pickup</a></em> - Nadine Gordimer</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tindignation/tindignation/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tindignation&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Indignation</a></em> - Philip Roth</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tpeople+of+the+book/tpeople+of+the+book/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tpeople+of+the+book+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">People of the book</a></em> - Geraldine Brooks</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tterrorist/tterrorist/1%2C41%2C70%2CB/frameset&FF=tterrorist&6%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Terrorist</a></em> - John Updike</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+most+wanted+man/tmost+wanted+man/1%2C4%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tmost+wanted+man+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">A most wanted man</a></em> - John Le Carre</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+given+day/tgiven+day/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/exact&FF=tgiven+day+a+novel&1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">The given day</a></em> - Dennis Lehane</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/twelcome+to+the+world%2C+baby+girl/twelcome+to+the+world+baby+girl/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=twelcome+to+the+world+baby+girl+a+novel&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Welcome to the world, baby girl!</a></em> - Fannie Flagg</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlife+sentences/tlife+sentences/1%2C5%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tlife+sentences&4%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Life sentences</a></em> - Laura Lippman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tharoun+and+the+sea+of+stories/tharoun+and+the+sea+of+stories/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tharoun+and+the+sea+of+stories&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Haroun and the sea of stories</a></em> - Salman Rushdie</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+scarlet+letter/tscarlet+letter/1%2C26%2C149%2CB/frameset&FF=tscarlet+letter&23%2C%2C106/indexsort=-">The scarlet letter</a></em> - Nathaniel Hawthorne</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgilead/tgilead/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=tgilead&2%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Gilead</a></em> - Marilynne Robinson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tstraight+man/tstraight+man/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tstraight+man&6%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Straight man</a></em> - Richard Russo</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsea+glass/tsea+glass/1%2C4%2C14%2CB/frameset&FF=tsea+glass+a+novel&4%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Sea glass</a></em> - Anita Shreve</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+black+path/tblack+path/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tblack+path&2%2C%2C2">The black path</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tblood+split/tblood+split/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tblood+spilt&2%2C%2C5">The blood spilt</a></em> - Asa Larson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdevil+on+the+cross/tdevil+on+the+cross/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tdevil+on+the+cross&3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Devil on the cross</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+grain+of+wheat/tgrain+of+wheat/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tgrain+of+wheat&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">A grain of wheat</a></em> - Ngugi wa Thiong'o</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tloving+frank/tloving+frank/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tloving+frank&3%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Loving Frank</a></em> - Nancy Horan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tto+the+north/tto+the+north/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tto+the+north&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">To the north</a></em> - Elizabeth Bowen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbirth+of+venus/tbirth+of+venus/1%2C1%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tbirth+of+venus+a+novel&7%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Birth of Venus</a></em> - Sarah Denant</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tshiksa+syndrome/tshiksa+syndrome/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tshiksa+syndrome&1%2C%2C2">Shiksa syndrome</a></em> - Laurie Graff</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/teye+contact/teye+contact/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=teye+contact+a+novel&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Eye contact</a></em> - Cammie McGovern</li></ul><b>Nonfiction</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tanimal%2C+vegetable%2C+miracle/tanimal+vegetable+miracle/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tanimal+vegetable+miracle+a+year+of+food+life&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Animal, vegetable, miracle: A year of food life</a></em> - Barbara Kingsolver</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmountains+beyond+mountains/tmountains+beyond+mountains/1%2C1%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tmountains+beyond+mountains&1%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Mountains beyond mountains</a></em> - Tracy Kidder</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tpathologies/tpathologies/1%2C8%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tpathologies+of+power+health+human+rights+and+the+new+war+on+the+poor&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Pathologies of power</a></em> - Paul Farmer</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tpilgrims/tpilgrims/1%2C127%2C239%2CB/frameset&FF=tpilgrims&9%2C%2C17/indexsort=-">Pilgrims</a></em> - Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsong+of+the+dodo/tsong+of+the+dodo/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tsong+of+the+dodo+island+biogeography+in+an+age+of+extinctions&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Song of the dodo: Island biogeography in an age of extinctions</a></em> - David Quammen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlast+fish+tale/tlast+fish+tale/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tlast+fish+tale+the+fate+of+the+atlantic+and+survival+in+gloucester+americas+oldest+fishing+po&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The last fish tale: The fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town</a></em> - Mark Kurlansky</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=seven+days+in+the+art+world&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=teye+contact">Seven days in the art world</a></em> - Sarah Thornton</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsacred+sea/tsacred+sea/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tsacred+sea+a+journey+to+lake+baikal&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Sacred sea: A journey to Lake Baikal</a></em> - Peter Thomson</li></ul>Also books by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/arankin%2C+ian/arankin+ian/1%2C2%2C127%2CB/exact&FF=arankin+ian&1%2C126%2C">Ian Rankin</a>, <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=a&searcharg=evanovich%2C+janet&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=arankin%2C+ian">Janet Evanovich</a>, <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/akoontz%2C+dean/akoontz+dean/1%2C4%2C395%2CB/exact&FF=akoontz+dean+r+dean+ray+1945&1%2C385%2C/indexsort=-">Dean Koontz</a>.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:16305February reading material2009-03-29T16:07:48Z2009-03-29T16:07:48ZMost people were pretty busy getting through <em>Midnight's Children</em> this month, but some had time for a few more:<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tafrican+queen/tafrican+queen/1%2C4%2C21%2CB/frameset&FF=tafrican+queen&1%2C%2C18">The African queen</a></em> - C.S. Forester</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdon%27t+let%27s+go+to+the+dogs+tonight/tdont+lets+go+to+the+dogs+tonight/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tdont+lets+go+to+the+dogs+tonight+an+african+childhood&1%2C%2C5">Don't let's go to the dogs tonight: An African childhood</a></em> - Alexandra Fuller</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tout+of+africa/tout+of+africa/1%2C9%2C39%2CB/frameset&FF=tout+of+africa&6%2C%2C26/indexsort=-">Out of Africa</a></em> - Isak Dinesen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tnightingale+gallery/tnightingale+gallery/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tnightingale+gallery+being+the+first+of+the+sorrowful+mysteries+of+brother+athelstan&2%2C%2C3">The nightingale gallery</a></em> - Paul Harding</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/X(revelation%20sansom)&searchscope=201&SORT=D/X(revelation%20sansom)&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(revelation%20sansom)/1%2C2%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=X(revelation%20sansom)&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">Revelation</a></em> - C.J. Sansom</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+month+in+the+country/tmonth+in+the+country/1%2C4%2C12%2CB/frameset&FF=tmonth+in+the+country&3%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">A month in the country</a></em> - J.L. Carr</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xwarden+trollope&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xwarden+trollope&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=warden%20trollope/1%2C28%2C28%2CE/frameset&FF=Xwarden+trollope&searchscope=201&SORT=D&5%2C5%2C">The warden</a></em> - Antholy Trollope</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:16084January reading material2009-02-26T01:10:15Z2009-02-26T01:10:15ZIt was a big month for nonfiction in the SMBG!<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xa+matter+of+justice&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xa+matter+of+justice&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=a%20matter%20of%20justice/1%2C41%2C41%2CE/frameset&FF=Xa+matter+of+justice&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">A matter of justice</a></em> - Charles Todd</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+scientist+in+the+crib/tscientist+in+the+crib/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tscientist+in+the+crib+what+early+learning+tells+us+about+the+mind&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The scientist in the crib: What early learning tells us about the mind</a></em> - Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia K. Kuhl</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tstone+quarry/tstone+quarry/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tstone+quarry&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Stone quarry</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/treflecting+the+sky/treflecting+the+sky/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=treflecting+the+sky&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Reflecting the sky</a></em> - S.J. Rozan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tholy+cow/tholy+cow/1%2C5%2C12%2CB/exact&FF=tholy+cow+an+indian+adventure&1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">Holy cow: An Indian adventure</a></em> - Sarah Macdonald</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tprince+of+tides/tprince+of+tides/1%2C2%2C15%2CB/frameset&FF=tprince+of+tides&4%2C%2C14/indexsort=-">The prince of tides</a></em> - Pat Conroy</li><li><em><a href="">The party's over: Oil, war, and the fate of industrial societies</a></em> - Richard Heinberg</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlast+car+to+elysium+fields/tlast+car+to+elysium+fields/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tlast+car+to+elysian+fields&7%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Last car to Elysian Fields</a></em> - James Lee Burke</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xhome+marilynne+robinson&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xhome+marilynne+robinson&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=home%20marilynne%20robinson/1%2C4%2C4%2CE/frameset&FF=Xhome+marilynne+robinson&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">Home</a></em> - Marilynne Robinson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/alipman%2C+elinor/alipman+elinor/1%2C1%2C43%2CB/frameset&FF=alipman+elinor&28%2C%2C43">My latest grievance</a></em> - Elinor Lipman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbridge+of+sighs/tbridge+of+sighs/1%2C2%2C12%2CB/frameset&FF=tbridge+of+sighs&4%2C%2C11/indexsort=-">Bridge of sighs</a></em> - Richard Russo</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbel+canto/tbel+canto/1%2C15%2C33%2CB/frameset&FF=tbel+canto+a+novel&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Bel canto</a></em> - Ann Patchett</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/X(berg%20elizabeth%20joy)&searchscope=201&SORT=D/X(berg%20elizabeth%20joy)&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(berg%20elizabeth%20joy)/1%2C8%2C8%2CE/frameset&FF=X(berg%20elizabeth%20joy)&searchscope=201&SORT=D&3%2C3%2C">Joy school</a></em> - Elizabeth Berg</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tshort+history+of+tractors+in+ukranian/tshort+history+of+tractors+in+ukranian/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tshort+history+of+tractors+in+ukrainian&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">A short history of tractors in Ukranian</a></em> - Marina Lewycka</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:15782December reading material2008-12-30T21:29:14Z2008-12-30T21:29:14Z<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/Xpoint+to+point+navigation&searchscope=4&SORT=D/Xpoint+to+point+navigation&searchscope=4&SORT=D&SUBKEY=point%20to%20point%20navigation/1%2C3%2C3%2CE/frameset&FF=Xpoint+to+point+navigation&searchscope=4&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">Point to point navigation</a></em> - Gore Vidal</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/tprayers+for+rain/tprayers+for+rain/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tprayers+for+rain+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-""">Prayers for rain</a></em> - Dennis Lehane</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlater+the+same+day/tlater+the+same+day/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tlater+the+same+day&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Later the same day</a></em> - Grace Paley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tright+ho+jeeves/tright+ho+jeeves/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tright+ho+jeeves+and+carry+on+jeeves&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Right ho, Jeeves</a></em> - P.G. Woodhouse</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tall+the+pretty+horses/tall+the+pretty+horses/1%2C7%2C30%2CB/frameset&FF=tall+the+pretty+horses&6%2C%2C24/indexsort=-">All the pretty horses</a></em> - Cormac McCarthy</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbonesetter%27s+daughter/tbonesetters+daughter/1%2C2%2C14%2CB/frameset&FF=tbonesetters+daughter&6%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">The bonesetter's daughter</a></em> - Amy Tan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aansay/aansay/1%2C1%2C18%2CB/frameset&FF=aansay+a+manette&12%2C%2C18/indexsort=-">Sister</a></em> - A. Minette Ansay</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tflesh+and+blood/tflesh+and+blood/1%2C12%2C59%2CB/frameset&FF=tflesh+and+blood&10%2C%2C41/indexsort=-">Flesh and blood</a></em> - Michael Cunningham</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/alamb%2C+wally/alamb+wally/1%2C1%2C28%2CB/frameset&FF=alamb+wally&6%2C%2C28">The hour I first believed</a></em> - Wally Lamb</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xsurvivor+palahniuk&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xsurvivor+palahniuk&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=survivor%20palahniuk/1%2C2%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=Xsurvivor+palahniuk&searchscope=201&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C">Survivor</a></em> - Chuck Palahniuk</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/adicamillo%2C+kate/adicamillo+kate/1%2C2%2C55%2CB/frameset&FF=adicamillo+kate&32%2C%2C54/indexsort=-">The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/adicamillo%2C+kate/adicamillo+kate/1%2C2%2C55%2CB/frameset&FF=adicamillo+kate&1%2C%2C54/indexsort=-">Because of Winn-Dixie</a></em> - Kate DiCamillo</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tladder+of+years/tladder+of+years/1%2C1%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tladder+of+years&4%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Ladder of years</a></em> - Anne Tyler</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/twalk+two+moons/twalk+two+moons/1%2C3%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=twalk+two+moons&2%2C%2C11/indexsort=-">Walk two moons</a></em> - Sharon Creech</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tnative+speaker/tnative+speaker/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tnative+speaker&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-""">Native speaker</a></em> - Chang-Rae Lee</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/airvine%2C+amy/airvine+amy/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=airvine+amy&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Trespass</a></em> - Amy Irvine</li></ul>...and some X-Men comic books!urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:15447November reading material2008-12-30T21:17:28Z2008-12-30T21:17:28Z<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xnight+wiesel&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xnight+wiesel&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=night%20wiesel/1%2C41%2C41%2CE/frameset&FF=Xnight+wiesel&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&7%2C7%2C">Night</a></em> - Elie Wiesel</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xexit+music+rankin&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xexit+music+rankin&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=exit%20music%20rankin/1%2C5%2C5%2CE/frameset&FF=Xexit+music+rankin&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&2%2C2%2C">Exit music</a></em> - Ian Rankin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=march%20doctorow/1%2C7%2C7%2CE/frameset&FF=Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">The march</a></em> - E.L. Doctorow</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xlove+medicine+erdrich&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xlove+medicine+erdrich&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=love%20medicine%20erdrich/1%2C14%2C14%2CE/frameset&FF=Xlove+medicine+erdrich&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&1%2C1%2C">Love medicine</a></em> - Louise Erdrich</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xunaccustomed+earth&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xunaccustomed+earth&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=unaccustomed%20earth/1%2C5%2C5%2CE/frameset&FF=Xunaccustomed+earth&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&3%2C3%2C">Unaccustomed earth</a></em> - Jhumpa Lahiri</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xat+risk+hoffman&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xat+risk+hoffman&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=at%20risk%20hoffman/1%2C8%2C8%2CE/frameset&FF=Xat+risk+hoffman&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&2%2C2%2C">At risk</a></em> - Alice Hoffman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfarewell+summer/tfarewell+summer/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tfarewell+summer&3%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Farewell summer</a></em> - Ray Bradbury</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xtrollope+thorne&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xtrollope+thorne&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=trollope%20thorne/1%2C12%2C12%2CE/frameset&FF=Xtrollope+thorne&searchscope=201&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C">Doctor Thorne</a></em> - Anthony Trollope</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/a?SEARCH=zappa%2C+m&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=201">America the beautiful</a></em> - Moon Unit Zappa</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tglass+castle/tglass+castle/1%2C4%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tglass+castle+a+memoir&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The glass castle</a></em> - Jeannette Walls</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aambrose%2C+s/aambrose+s/1%2C6%2C118%2CB/frameset&FF=aambrose+stephen+e&9%2C%2C111/indexsort=-">Band of brothers</a></em> - Steven Ambrose</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xgreat+divide+terkel&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xgreat+divide+terkel&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=great%20divide%20terkel/1%2C4%2C4%2CE/frameset&FF=Xgreat+divide+terkel&searchscope=201&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C">The great divide: Second thoughts on the American dream</a></em> - Studs Terkel</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/twhen+we+were+orphan/twhen+we+were+orphan/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=twhen+we+were+orphans&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">When we were orphans</a></em> - Kazuo Ishiguro</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aSmiley,+Jane./asmiley+jane/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=asmiley+jane&70%2C%2C87">Ten days in the hills</a></em> - Jane Smiley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ajen%2C+gish/ajen+gish/1%2C1%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=ajen+gish&8%2C%2C13">Mona in the promised land</a></em> - Gish Jen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tcottage+for+sale/tcottage+for+sale/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tcottage+for+sale+must+be+moved+a+woman+moves+a+house+to+make+a+home&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Cottage for sale -- must be moved</a></em> - Kate Whouley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ttell+no+one/ttell+no+one/1%2C4%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=ttell+no+one+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Tell no one</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aCoben,+Harlan,+1962-/acoben+harlan+1962/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=acoben+harlan+1962&111%2C%2C114">The woods</a></em> - Harlan Coben</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlost+in+a+good+book/tlost+in+a+good+book/1%2C3%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tlost+in+a+good+book&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Lost in a good book</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/teyre+affair/teyre+affair/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=teyre+affair+a+novel&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The Eyre affair</a></em> - Jasper Fforde</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/asaramago/asaramago/1%2C2%2C58%2CB/frameset&FF=asaramago+jose&17%2C%2C57/indexsort=-">The cave</a></em>, <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/asaramago/asaramago/1%2C2%2C58%2CB/frameset&FF=asaramago+jose&48%2C%2C57/indexsort=-">Seeing</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/asaramago/asaramago/1%2C2%2C58%2CB/frameset&FF=asaramago+jose&25%2C%2C57/indexsort=-">Death with interruptions</a></em> - Jose Saramago</li></ul>Also Genesis and Exodus, Shakespeare, and transcendentalists.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:15322October reading material2008-11-03T21:40:34Z2008-11-03T21:40:34Z<ul><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tescaping+into+the+open/tescaping+into+the+open/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tescaping+into+the+open+the+art+of+writing+true&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>Escaping into the open: The art of writing true</em></a>, <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tuntil+the+real+thing+comes+along/tuntil+the+real+thing+comes+along/1%2C3%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tuntil+the+real+thing+comes+along+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Until the real thing comes along</em></a>, and <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/twhat+we+keep/twhat+we+keep/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=twhat+we+keep+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>What we keep</em></a> - Elizabeth Berg</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/trosie/trosie/1%2C84%2C142%2CB/frameset&FF=trosie+a+novel&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Rosie</em></a> - Anne Lamott</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tguernsey+literary/tguernsey+literary/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tguernsey+literary+and+potato+peel+pie+society&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-"><em>The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society</em></a> - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbirth+house/tbirth+house/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tbirth+house+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>The birth house</em></a> - Ami McKay</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tseeing/tseeing/1%2C210%2C302%2CB/frameset&FF=tseeing&14%2C%2C17/indexsort=-"><em>Seeing</em></a> and <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbaltasar+and+blimunda/tbaltasar+and+blimunda/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tbaltasar+and+blimunda&3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>Baltasar and Blimunda</em></a> - Jose Saramago</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthree+junes/tthree+junes/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tthree+junes&5%2C%2C6/indexsort=-"><em>Three Junes</em></a> - Julia Glass</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdubliners/tdubliners/1%2C8%2C42%2CB/frameset&FF=tdubliners&5%2C%2C34/indexsort=-"><em>Dubliners</em></a> - James Joyce</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ta+separate+peace/tseparate+peace/1%2C7%2C35%2CB/frameset&FF=tseparate+peace+a+novel&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-"><em>A separate peace</em></a> - John Knowles</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/teat%2C+pray%2C+love/teat+pray+love/1%2C4%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=teat+pray+love+one+womans+search+for+everything+across+italy+india+and+indonesia&5%2C%2C7/indexsort=-"><em>Eat, pray, love</em></a> - Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsecret+life+of+bees/tsecret+life+of+bees/1%2C3%2C15%2CB/frameset&FF=tsecret+life+of+bees&4%2C%2C10/indexsort=-"><em>The secret life of bees</em></a> - Sue Monk Kidd</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tage+of+grief/tage+of+grief/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tage+of+grief+a+novella+and+stories&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-"><em>The age of grief</em></a> - Jane Smiley</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aspark%2C+muriel/aspark+muriel/1%2C1%2C103%2CB/frameset&FF=aspark+muriel&54%2C%2C103"><em>Momento mori</em></a> - Muriel Spark</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tvery+old+bones/tvery+old+bones/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tvery+old+bones&1%2C%2C2"><em>Very old bones</em></a> - William Kennedy</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+known+world/tknown+world/1%2C3%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=tknown+world&2%2C%2C8/indexsort=-"><em>The known world</em></a> - Edward P. Jones</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/apynchon/apynchon/1%2C5%2C31%2CB/frameset&FF=apynchon+thomas&21%2C%2C26/indexsort=-"><em>V.</em></a> - Thomas Pynchon</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsaving+fish+from+drowning/tsaving+fish+from+drowning/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tsaving+fish+from+drowning&7%2C%2C7/indexsort=-"><em>Saving fish from drowning</em></a> - Amy Tan</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfury/tfury/1%2C30%2C64%2CB/frameset&FF=tfury+a+novel&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Fury</em></a> - Salman Rushdie</li></ul>...and books by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=a&searcharg=gilman%2C+dorothy&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tfury">Dorothy Gilman</a> and <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=a&searcharg=kellerman%2C+faye&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=agilman%2C+dorothy">Faye Kellerman</a>, as well as lots of <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=a&searcharg=trevor%2C+william&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=akellerman%2C+faye">William Trevor</a>'s New Yorker short stories.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:14887September reading material2008-10-01T19:52:37Z2008-10-01T19:52:37Z<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/abinchy/abinchy/1%2C6%2C178%2CB/frameset&FF=abinchy+maeve&157%2C%2C158">Whitethorn woods</a></em> - Maeve Binchy</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/troad/troad/1%2C972%2C1501%2CB/frameset&FF=troad&14%2C%2C19/indexsort=-">The road</a></em> - Cormac McCarthy</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsoul+thief/tsoul+thief/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tsoul+thief&2%2C%2C5">The soul thief</a></em> - Charles Baxter</li><li>The <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/awilder%2C+laura+ingalls/awilder+laura+ingalls/1%2C2%2C286%2CB/exact&FF=awilder+laura+ingalls+1867+1957&1%2C285%2C/indexsort=-">Little house on the prairie</a></em> series - Laura Ingalls Wilder</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsense+and+sensibility/tsense+and+sensibility/1%2C11%2C94%2CB/frameset&FF=tsense+and+sensibility&11%2C%2C79/indexsort=-">Sense and sensibility</a></em> - Jane Austen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlight+in+august/tlight+in+august/1%2C9%2C28%2CB/frameset&FF=tlight+in+august&2%2C%2C16/indexsort=-">Light in August</a></em> - William Faulkner</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/trun/trun/1%2C822%2C1447%2CB/frameset&FF=trun&32%2C%2C42/indexsort=-">Run</a></em> - Ann Patchett</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ttowelhead/ttowelhead/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=ttowelhead+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Towelhead</a></em> - Alicia Erian</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+man+in+the+white+sharkskin+suit&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tghost+soldiers">The man in the white sharkskin suit: My family's exodus from Old Cairo to the New World</a></em> - Lucette Legnado</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/tghost+soldiers/tghost+soldiers/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tghost+soldiers+the+forgotten+epic+story+of+world+war+iis+most+dramatic+mission&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Ghost soldiers: The forgotten epic story of World War II's most heroic mission</a></em> - Hampton Sides</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/tborn+standing+up/tborn+standing+up/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tborn+standing+up+a+comics+life&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Born standing up: A comic's life</a></em> - Steve Martin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/tinterpreter+of+maladies/tinterpreter+of+maladies/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tinterpreter+of+maladies+stories&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The interpreter of maladies</a></em> - Jhumpa Lahiri</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/tdreams+from+my+father/tdreams+from+my+father/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tdreams+from+my+father+a+story+of+race+and+inheritance&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Dreams from my father</a></em> - Barack Obama</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4/?searchtype=t&searcharg=on+ugliness&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tstory+of+my+life">On ugliness</a></em> - Umberto Eco</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4/?searchtype=t&searcharg=aunt+dimity+vampire+hunter&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=aberg%2C+elizabeth">Aunt Dimity: Vampire hunter</a></em> - Nancy Atherton</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&2%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">The art of mending</a></em>, <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&15%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">Never change</a></em>, <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&19%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">Open house</a></em>, <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&23%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">The pull of the moon</a></em>, <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&24%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">Range of motion</a></em>, and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S4?/aberg%2C+elizabeth/aberg+elizabeth/1%2C2%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=aberg+elizabeth&31%2C%2C47/indexsort=-">Talk before sleep</a></em> - Elizabeth Berg</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:14668August reading material2008-08-31T15:48:34Z2008-08-31T15:48:34ZPeople did a lot of reading during July and August!<br /><br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdouble+bind/tdouble+bind/1%2C3%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tdouble+bind+a+novel&4%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">The double bind</a></em> - Chris Bohjalian</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgreat+gatsby/tgreat+gatsby/1%2C13%2C72%2CB/frameset&FF=tgreat+gatsby&19%2C%2C57/indexsort=-">The great Gatsby</a></em> - F. Scott Fitzgerald</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmoll+flanders/tmoll+flanders/13%2C43%2C43%2CB/frameset&FF=tmoll+flanders&17%2C17%2C/indexsort=m">Moll Flanders</a></em> - Daniel Defoe</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgood+earth/tgood+earth/13%2C55%2C55%2CB/frameset&FF=tgood+earth&21%2C21%2C/indexsort=m">The good earth</a></em> - Pearl S. Buck</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tnever+let+me+go/tnever+let+me+go/1%2C1%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tnever+let+me+go&1%2C%2C13/indexsort=m">Never let me go</a></em> - Kazuo Ishiguro</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbombay+time/tbombay+time/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tbombay+time&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=m">Bombay time</a></em> - Thrity Umrigar</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xthem+oates&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xthem+oates&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=them%20oates/1%2C21%2C21%2CE/frameset&FF=Xthem+oates&searchscope=201&SORT=D&3%2C3%2C">Them</a></em> - Joyce Carol Oates</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/towls+do+cry/towls+do+cry/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=towls+do+cry+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Owls do cry</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aFrame,+Janet./aframe+janet/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aframe+janet&5%2C%2C26">An angel at my table</a></em> - Janet Frame</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmeaning+of+life/tmeaning+of+life/1%2C4%2C16%2CB/frameset&FF=tmeaning+of+life&8%2C%2C13/indexsort=-">The meaning of life</a></em> - Terry Eagleton</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsecret+life+of+bees/tsecret+life+of+bees/1%2C3%2C14%2CB/frameset&FF=tsecret+life+of+bees&4%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">The secret life of bees</a></em> - Sue Monk Kidd</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tsometimes+a+great+notion/tsometimes+a+great+notion/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tsometimes+a+great+notion+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Sometimes a great notion</a></em> - Ken Kesey</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthe+year+of+pleasures/tyear+of+pleasures/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tyear+of+pleasures+a+novel&5%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The year of pleasures</a></em> - Elizabeth Berg</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdiary+of+a+bad+year/tdiary+of+a+bad+year/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdiary+of+a+bad+year&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Diary of a bad year</a></em> - J.M. Coetzee</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfuture+of+love/tfuture+of+love/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tfuture+of+love+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The future of love</a></em> - Shirley Abbott</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ton+chesil+beach/ton+chesil+beach/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ton+chesil+beach&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">On Chesil Beach</a></em> - Ian McEwan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aamis+martin%7C/aamis+martin|/1%2C1%2C42%2CB/frameset&FF=aamis+martin&3%2C%2C42/indexsort=r">The second plane: September 11 -- Terror and boredom</a></em> - Martin Amis</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/thound+of+the+baskervilles/thound+of+the+baskervilles/1%2C70%2C70%2CB/frameset&FF=thound+of+the+baskervilles&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=m">The hound of the Baskervilles</a></em> - Arthur Conan Doyle</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthis+land+is+their+land/tthis+land+is+their+land/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tthis+land+is+their+land+reports+from+a+divided+nation&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=m">This land is their land: Reports from a divided nation</a></em> - Barbara Ehrenreich</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tcharming+billy/tcharming+billy/1%2C8%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tcharming+billy&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=m">Charming Billy</a></em> - Alice McDermott</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tantony+and+cleopatra/tantony+and+cleopatra/1%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=tantony+and+cleopatra&2%2C2%2C/indexsort=m">Antony and Cleopatra</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/trichard+III/trichard+iii/1%2C47%2C47%2CB/frameset&FF=trichard+iii&6%2C6%2C/indexsort=m">Richard III</a></em> - William Shakespeare</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=emerson%3A+the+mind+on+fire&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=m&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=trichard+III">Emerson: The mind on fire</a></em> - Robert D. Richardson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=cairo+modern&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=m&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=temerson%3A+the+mind+on+fire">Cairo modern</a></em> - Naguib Mahfouz</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tblack+flies/tblack+flies/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tblack+flies&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=m">Black flies</a></em> - Shannon Burke</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xspa+weldon&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xspa+weldon&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=spa%20weldon/1%2C2%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=Xspa+weldon&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">The spa</a></em> - Faye Weldon</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=X&searcharg=case+of+exploding+mangoes&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=Xspa+weldon%26SORT%3DD">A case of exploding mangoes</a></em> - Mohammed Hanif</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=indian+clerk&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tthousand+acres">The Indian clerk</a></em> - David Leavitt</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tgentlemen+of+the+road/tgentlemen+of+the+road/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tgentlemen+of+the+road&1%2C%2C4">Gentlemen of the road</a></em> - Michael Chabon</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:14354Book suggestions for next year2008-08-31T15:25:28Z2008-08-31T15:25:28ZHere's the list of books people nominated for the group to read starting in November. The committee (Carmen, Carol, Dorothy, Kathryn, Linda, and Meera) is planning to meet and select about 12 from this list on Sept. 15. If you have any comments about any of these, you can leave them here, send them to any of us on the committee, or bring them to the group meeting on Sept. 8. Thanks for all the great suggestions!<br /><br />Chinua Achebe: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthings+fall+apart/tthings+fall+apart/1%2C8%2C23%2CB/frameset&FF=tthings+fall+apart&9%2C%2C16/indexsort=-">Things Fall Apart</a> (1958)<br />Margaret Atwood: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tblind+assassin/tblind+assassin/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tblind+assassin&4%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The Blind Assassin</a> (2001)<br />Pat Barker: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tghost+road/tghost+road/1%2C3%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=tghost+road&2%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">The Ghost Road</a> (1996)<br />Anne Tyler: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdigging+to+america/tdigging+to+america/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tdigging+to+america+a+novel&7%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Digging to America</a> (2006)<br />Julian Barnes: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tarthur+and+george/tarthur+and+george/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tarthur+and+george&6%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Arthur and George</a> (2005)<br />Charles Baxter: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfirst+light/tfirst+light/1%2C10%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=tfirst+light&4%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">First Light</a> (1987)<br />Don De Lillo: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmao+II/tmao+ii/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tmao+ii&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Mao II</a> (1991)<br />Evelyn Waugh: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tbrideshead+revisited/tbrideshead+revisited/1%2C7%2C29%2CB/frameset&FF=tbrideshead+revisited&7%2C%2C15/indexsort=-">Brideshead Revisited</a> (1945)<br />Giuseppe Di Lampedusa: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tleopard/tleopard/1%2C53%2C95%2CB/frameset&FF=tleopard&5%2C%2C14/indexsort=-">The Leopard</a> (1960)<br />Umberto Eco: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tfoucault%27s+pendulum/tfoucaults+pendulum/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tfoucaults+pendulum&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Foucault's Pendulum</a> (1989)<br />Anne Enright: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/aenright%2C+anne/aenright+anne/1%2C2%2C12%2CB/frameset&FF=aenright+anne+1962&1%2C%2C11/indexsort=-">The Gathering</a> (2007)<br />Sue Monk Kidd: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tdance+of+the+dissident+daughter/tdance+of+the+dissident+daughter/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdance+of+the+dissident+daughter+a+womans+journey+from+christian+tradition+to+the+sacred+femini&1%2C%2C2">The Dance of the Dissident Daughter</a> (1996)<br />Nadine Gordimer: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/Xgordimer+conservationist&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xgordimer+conservationist&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=gordimer%20conservationist/1%2C4%2C4%2CE/frameset&FF=Xgordimer+conservationist&searchscope=201&SORT=D&4%2C4%2C">The Conservationist</a> (1974)<br />Mohammed Hanif: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=case+of+exploding+mangoes&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=Xgordimer+conservationist%26SORT%3DD">A Case of Exploding Mangoes</a> (2008)<br />David Leavitt: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201/?searchtype=t&searcharg=indian+clerk&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tcase+of+exploding+mangoes">The Indian Clerk</a> (2007)<br />Jonathan Lethem: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmotherless+brooklyn/tmotherless+brooklyn/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tmotherless+brooklyn&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Motherless Brooklyn</a> (2000)<br />Ian McEwan: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/ton+chesil+beach/ton+chesil+beach/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ton+chesil+beach&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">On Chesil Beach</a> (2007) (2 recommendations)<br />Per Petterson: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tout+stealing+horses/tout+stealing+horses/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tout+stealing+horses&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Out Stealing Horses</a> (2005)<br />Salman Rushdie: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tmidnight%27s+children/tmidnights+children/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tmidnights+children+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Midnight's Children</a> (1980)<br />Anita Shreve: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tlast+time+they+met/tlast+time+they+met/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tlast+time+they+met+a+novel&4%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The Last Time They Met</a> (2001)<br />Jane Smiley: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S201?/tthousand+acres/tthousand+acres/1%2C1%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tthousand+acres&11%2C%2C11/indexsort=-">A Thousand Acres</a> (1991)urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:14190July reading material2008-08-04T12:07:45Z2008-08-04T12:07:45ZIn last month's meeting, Carol suggested looking through these lists of what people have read (over the last two years!) for things that might be interesting to read as a group. Remember to bring a suggestion or two (or three, or more!) to this month's meeting; these will be passed along to our 'selections committee' to research and propose a schedule for the next year or so.<br /><br />Here's what people reported reading at the July meeting:<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/twhat+is+the+what/twhat+is+the+what/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=twhat+is+the+what+the+autobiography+of+valentino+achak+deng+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">What is the what: The autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng</a></em> - Dave Eggers</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tpossible+side+effects/tpossible+side+effects/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tpossible+side+effects&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Possible side effects</a></em> - Augusten Burroughs</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+time+of+our+singing/ttime+of+our+singing/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=ttime+of+our+singing&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The time of our singing</a></em> - Michael Powers</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/thome+at+the+end+of+the+world/thome+at+the+end+of+the+world/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=thome+at+the+end+of+the+world&1%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">A home at the end of the world</a></em> - Michael Cunningham</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tdevil+and+miss+pym/tdevil+and+miss+pym/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tdevil+and+miss+prym+a+novel+of+temptation&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The devil and Miss Prym: A novel of temptation</a></em> - Paulo Coehlo</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tenglish+patient/tenglish+patient/1%2C4%2C17%2CB/frameset&FF=tenglish+patient+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The English patient</a></em> - Michael Ondaatje</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tjonathan+strange+and/tjonathan+strange+and/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tjonathan+strange+and+mr+norrell&4%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell</a></em> - Susanna Clarke</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tdirty+work/tdirty+work/1%2C3%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=tdirty+work+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Dirty work</a></em> - Larry Brown</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ton+chesil+beach/ton+chesil+beach/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ton+chesil+beach&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">On Chesil Beach</a></em> - Ian MacEwan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/awu+chengen+ca+1500+ca+1582/awu+chengen+ca+1500+ca+1582%3BT=Xi+you+ji.+English.+Selections/1%2C3%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=awu+chengen+ca+1500+ca+1582%3BT=Xi+you+ji.+English.+Selections&2%2C3%2C">Monkey</a></em> - Wu Ch'eng-en</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsoul+their/tsoul+their/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tsoul+thief&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The soul thief</a></em> - Charles Baxter</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aMarshall%2C+James%2C+1942-1992./amarshall+james+1942+1992/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=amarshall+james+1942+1992&68%2C%2C191">George and Martha: The complete stories about two best friends</a></em> - James Marshall</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/thow+elizabeth+barrett+browning+saved+my+life/thow+elizabeth+barrett+browning+saved+my+life/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=thow+elizabeth+barrett+browning+saved+my+life&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">How Elizabeth Barrett Browning saved my life</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/thost+family/thost+family/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=thost+family&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Host family</a></em> - Mameve Medwed</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/amones+nicole/amones+nicole/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=amones+nicole&1%2C%2C4">A cup of light</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aMones%2C+Nicole./amones+nicole/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=amones+nicole&2%2C%2C4">The last Chinese chef</a></em> - Nicole Mones</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=guterson%2C+mary&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=twe%27re+all+fine+here">We are all fine here</a></em> - Mary Guterson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tnickel+and+dimed/tnickel+and+dimed/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tnickel+and+dimed+on+not+getting+by+in+america&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America</a></em> - Barbara Ehrenreich</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tilluminated+life/tilluminated+life/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tilluminated+life+belle+da+costa+greenes+journey+from+prejudice+to+privilege&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">An illuminated life: Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege</a></em> - Heidi Ardizzone</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/asedaris/asedaris/1%2C2%2C50%2CB/frameset&FF=asedaris+david&28%2C%2C30/indexsort=-">When you are engulfed in flames</a></em> - David Sedaris</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=great+derangement&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=asedaris">The great derangement: A terrifying true story of war, politics, and religion at the twilight of the American empire</a></em> - Matt Taibbi</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:13833June reading material2008-08-04T12:03:03Z2008-08-04T12:03:03ZSorry for the delay, folks -- better late than never, right?<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=march%20doctorow/1%2C7%2C7%2CE/frameset&FF=Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&1%2C1%2C">The march</a></em> - E.L. Doctorow</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=joys+of+love&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=Xmarch+doctorow%26SORT%3DDZ">The joys of love</a></em> - Madeleine L'Engle</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsenator%27s+wife/tsenators+wife/1%2C2%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tsenators+wife&6%2C%2C10/indexsort=-">The senator's wife</a></em> - Sue Miller</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tout+stealing+horses/tout+stealing+horses/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tout+stealing+horses&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Out stealing horses</a></em> - Piers Petterson</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tlove+wife/tlove+wife/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tlove+wife&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The love wife</a></em> - Gish Jen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tall+over+creation/tall+over+creation/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tall+over+creation&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">All over creation</a></em> - Ruth Ozeki</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tborn+standing+up/tborn+standing+up/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tborn+standing+up+a+comics+life&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Born standing up: A comic's life</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tshopgirl/tshopgirl/1%2C3%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tshopgirl+a+novella&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Shopgirl</a></em> - Steve Martin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tkabul+beauty+school/tkabul+beauty+school/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tkabul+beauty+school+an+american+woman+goes+behind+the+veil&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Kabul beauty school: An American woman goes behind the veil</a></em> - Deborah Rodriguez</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/t?SEARCH=sundays+in+america&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=41">Sundays in America: A yearlong road trip in search of Christian faith</a></em> - Suzanne Strempek Shea</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xhenry+ward+beecher+applegate&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ/Xhenry+ward+beecher+applegate&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBKEY=henry%20ward%20beecher%20applegate/1%2C2%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=Xhenry+ward+beecher+applegate&searchscope=201&SORT=DZ&1%2C1%2C">The most famous man in America: The biography of Henry Ward Beecher</a></em> - Debby Applegate</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:13787May reading material2008-06-08T18:37:40Z2008-06-08T18:37:40Z<b>Fiction:</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xmiracle+at+speedy+motors&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xmiracle+at+speedy+motors&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=miracle%20at%20speedy%20motors/1%2C6%2C6%2CE/frameset&FF=Xmiracle+at+speedy+motors&searchscope=201&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C">The Miracle at Speedy Motors</a></em> - Alexander McCall Smith</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmemory+keeper%27s+daughter/tmemory+keepers+daughter/1%2C2%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tmemory+keepers+daughter&4%2C%2C8/indexsort=-""">The Memory Keeper's Daughter</a></em> - Kim Edwards</li><li>Harry Bosch books - <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aconnelly%2C+michael/aconnelly+michael/1%2C3%2C155%2CB/exact&FF=aconnelly+michael+1956&1%2C152%2C/indexsort=-">Michael Connelly</a></li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aalten%2C+steve/aalten+steve/1%2C2%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=aalten+steve&18%2C%2C21/indexsort=-">The Shell Game</a></em> - Steve Alten</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tcrackpots/tcrackpots/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tcrackpots&1%2C%2C2">Crackpots</a></em> - Sara Pritchard</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/taffliction/taffliction/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=taffliction&2%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Affliction</a></em> - Russell Banks</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmao+II/tmao+ii/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tmao+ii&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Mao II</a></em> - Don DeLillo</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tfifth+child/tfifth+child/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfifth+child&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Fifth Child</a></em> - Doris Lessing</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tfourth+bear/tfourth+bear/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfourth+bear+a+nursery+crime&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The Fourth Bear</a></em> - Jasper Fforde</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tbitter+fruit/tbitter+fruit/1%2C7%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tbitter+fruit&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Bitter Fruit</a></em> - Achmat Dangor</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ayoshimoto%2C+banana/ayoshimoto+banana/1%2C1%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=ayoshimoto+banana+1964&13%2C%2C22/indexsort=-">Kitchen</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ayoshimoto%2C+banana/ayoshimoto+banana/1%2C1%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=ayoshimoto+banana+1964&2%2C%2C22/indexsort=-">Amrita</a></em> - Banana Yoshimoto</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tstar+called+henry/tstar+called+henry/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tstar+called+henry&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">A Star Called Henry</a></em> - Roddy Doyle</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tbrick+lane/tbrick+lane/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tbrick+lane+a+novel&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Brick Lane</a></em> - Monica Ali</li></ul><b>Nonfiction:</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmaiden+voyage/tmaiden+voyage/1%2C7%2C23%2CB/frameset&FF=tmaiden+voyage&8%2C%2C15/indexsort=-">Maiden Voyage</a></em> - Tania Aebi</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=conundrums+for+the+long+week-end&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tbrick+lane">Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey</a></em> - Robert Kuhn McGregor with Ethan Lewis</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmost+famous+man+in+america/tmost+famous+man+in+america/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tmost+famous+man+in+america+the+biography+of+henry+ward+beecher&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher</a></em> - Debby Applegate </li><li>Books on chess</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:13538April reading material2008-05-05T18:06:50Z2008-05-05T18:06:50Z<ul><li><em><a href="">Run</a></em> - Ann Patchett</li><li><em><a href="">Truth and beauty</a></em> - Ann Patchett</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tback+when+we+were+grownups/tback+when+we+were+grownups/1%2C3%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tback+when+we+were+grownups+a+novel&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Back when we were grownups</a></em> - Ann Tyler</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tdigging+to+america/tdigging+to+america/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tdigging+to+america+a+novel&6%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Digging to America</a></em> - Ann Tyler</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/abohjalian/abohjalian/1%2C3%2C48%2CB/frameset&FF=abohjalian+christopher+a&13%2C%2C45">The double bind</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmidwives/tmidwives/1%2C6%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tmidwives&2%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Midwives</a></em> - Chris Bohjalian</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+road/troad/1%2C955%2C1474%2CB/frameset&FF=troad&14%2C%2C19/indexsort=-">The road</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tno+country+for+old+men/tno+country+for+old+men/1%2C1%2C10%2CB/frameset&FF=tno+country+for+old+men&6%2C%2C10/indexsort=-">No country for old men</a></em> - Cormac McCarthy</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+lost+painting/tlost+painting/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tlost+painting&3%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The lost painting</a></em> - Jonathan Harr</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tblack+echo/tblack+echo/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tblack+echo&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">The black echo</a></em> - Michael Connelly</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsilence+in+the+garden/tsilence+in+the+garden/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tsilence+in+the+garden&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The silence in the garden</a></em> - William Trevor</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/traj+quartet/traj+quartet/1%2C3%2C20%2CB/frameset&FF=traj+quartet&13%2C%2C16/indexsort=-">The Raj quartet</a></em> - Paul Scott</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/abanville%2C+john/abanville+john/1%2C2%2C28%2CB/frameset&FF=abanville+john&15%2C%2C27/indexsort=-">Mefisto</a></em> - John Banville</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+skylight+confessions/tskylight+confessions/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tskylight+confessions+a+novel&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The skylight confessions</a></em> - Alice Hoffman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tspectator+bird/tspectator+bird/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tspectator+bird&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The spectator bird</a></em> - Wallace Stegner</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+rule+of+four/trule+of+four/1%2C4%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=trule+of+four&4%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">The rule of four</a></em> - Ian Colwell</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ta+free+life/tfree+life/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tfree+life&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">A free life</a></em> - Ha Jin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xearley+boy&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xearley+boy&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=earley%20boy/1%2C5%2C5%2CE/frameset&FF=Xearley+boy&searchscope=201&SORT=D&3%2C3%2C">Jim the boy</a></em> - Tony Earley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+beak+of+the+finch/tbeak+of+the+finch/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tbeak+of+the+finch+a+story+of+evolution+in+our+time&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The beak of the finch: A story of evolution in our time</a></em> - Jonathan Weiner</li><li><em><a href="">Three cups of tea: One man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations - one school at a time</a></em> - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/agallencamp/agallencamp/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=agallenkamp+charles&1%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">The dragon hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic expeditions</a></em> - Charles Gallenkamp</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:13094March reading material2008-03-24T18:27:29Z2008-03-24T18:27:29Z<b>Fiction:</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tspeed+of+dark/tspeed+of+dark/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tspeed+of+dark&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The speed of dark</a></em> - Elizabeth Moon</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tharry+potter/tharry+potter/13%2C98%2C257%2CB/exact&FF=tharry+potter+and+the+deathly+hallows&1%2C5%2C/indexsort=-">Harry Potter and the deathly hallows</a></em> - J.K. Rowling</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/abohjalian/abohjalian/1%2C3%2C48%2CB/frameset&FF=abohjalian+christopher+a&13%2C%2C45">The double bind</a></em> - Chris Bohjalian</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/afranzen%2C+j/afranzen+j/1%2C1%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=afranzen+jonathan&9%2C%2C19/indexsort=-">The corrections</a></em> - Jonathan Franzen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ascott%2C+paul/ascott+paul/1%2C4%2C53%2CB/frameset&FF=ascott+paul+1920&12%2C%2C48">The jewel in the crown</a></em> - Paul Scott</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tpale+horse/tpale+horse/1%2C7%2C32%2CB/frameset&FF=tpale+horse&10%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">A pale horse</a></em> - Charles Todd</li><li>The <em>His dark materials</em> trilogy - <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/apullman%2C+philip/apullman+philip/1%2C2%2C163%2CB/exact&FF=apullman+philip+1946&1%2C162%2C/indexsort=-">Philip Pullman</a></li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aatkinson%2C+kate/aatkinson+kate/1%2C1%2C24%2CB/frameset&FF=aatkinson+kate&2%2C%2C24">Behind the scenes at the museum</a></em> - Kate Atkinson</li></ul><b>Nonfiction</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ta+new+earth/tnew+earth/1%2C14%2C16%2CB/frameset&FF=tnew+earth+awakening+to+your+lifes+purpose&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">A new earth: Awakening to your life's purpose</a></em> - Eckhart Tolle</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthree+cups+of+tea/tthree+cups+of+tea/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tthree+cups+of+tea+one+mans+mission+to+fight+terrorism+and+build+nations+one+school+at+a+time&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Three cups of tea: One man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations - one school at a time</a></em> - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tconscience+of+a+liberal/tconscience+of+a+liberal/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tconscience+of+a+liberal&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The conscience of a liberal</a></em> - Paul Krugman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tgod+is+not+great/tgod+is+not+great/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tgod+is+not+great+how+religion+poisons+everything&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">God is not great: How religion poisons everything</a></em> - Christopher Hitchens</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+center+cannot+hold/tcenter+cannot+hold/1%2C3%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tcenter+cannot+hold+my+journey+through+madness&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The center cannot hold: My journey through madness</a></em> - Elyn Saks</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:12973February reading material2008-02-16T21:04:27Z2008-02-16T21:04:27ZSince the January meeting was snowed out, we met to discuss <em>Four Souls</em> (Louise Erdrich) in February instead. Here's what we'd been reading in the meantime:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tportrait+of+an+unknown+woman/tportrait+of+an+unknown+woman/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tportrait+of+an+unknown+woman+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-"><em>Portrait of an unknown woman</em></a> - Vanora Bennett</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tarthur+and+george/tarthur+and+george/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tarthur+and+george&2%2C%2C6/indexsort=-"><em>Arthur and George</em></a> - J. Barnes</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tplaces+in+between/tplaces+in+between/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tplaces+in+between&5%2C%2C5/indexsort=-"><em>The places in between</em></a> - Rory Stewart</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ton+chesil+beach/ton+chesil+beach/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=ton+chesil+beach&5%2C%2C6/indexsort=-"><em>On Chesil Beach</em></a> - Ian McEwan</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=kepler%27s+witch&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ton+chesil+beach"><em>Kepler's witch: An astronomer's discovery of cosmic order amid religious war, political intrigue, and the heresy trial of his mother</em></a> - James A. Connor</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tbook+of+air+and+shadows/tbook+of+air+and+shadows/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tbook+of+air+and+shadows&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-"><em>The book of air and shadows</em></a> - Michael Gruber</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsilas+marner/tsilas+marner/1%2C9%2C69%2CB/frameset&FF=tsilas+marner&10%2C%2C47/indexsort=-"><em>Silas Marner</em></a> - George Eliot</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tI+know+this+much+is+true/ti+know+this+much+is+true/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=ti+know+this+much+is+true&1%2C%2C7/indexsort=-"><em>I know this much is true</em></a> - Wally Lamb</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tletter+to+a+christian+nation/tletter+to+a+christian+nation/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tletter+to+a+christian+nation&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Letter to a Christian nation</em></a> - Sam Harris</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+almost+moon/talmost+moon/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=talmost+moon+a+novel&5%2C%2C5/indexsort=-"><em>The almost moon</em></a> - Alice Sebold</li><li><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/t1776/t++++1776/1%2C23%2C44%2CB/frameset&FF=t++++1776&15%2C%2C20/indexsort=-"><em>1776</em></a> - David McCullough</li></ul><br />...and poetry by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=stevens%2C+wallace&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=aehrenreich">Wallace Stevens</a>.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:12693December reading material2008-02-16T20:52:00Z2008-02-16T20:52:00ZI've been extremely delinquent in posting this; thanks to Carol and Caroline for keeping track of the books people mentioned when I missed the December meeting!<br /><br /><b>Fiction:</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmy+name+is+red/tmy+name+is+red/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tmy+name+is+red&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">My name is Red</a></em> - Orhan Pamuk</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsons+and+lovers/tsons+and+lovers/1%2C5%2C35%2CB/frameset&FF=tsons+and+lovers&4%2C%2C30/indexsort=-">Sons and lovers</a></em> - D.H. Lawrence</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tatonement/tatonement/1%2C8%2C20%2CB/frameset&FF=tatonement+a+novel&4%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Atonement</a></em> - Ian McEwan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsula/tsula/1%2C9%2C30%2CB/frameset&FF=tsula&5%2C%2C21/indexsort=-">Sula</a></em> - Toni Morrison</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/atyler%2C+anne/atyler+anne/1%2C1%2C150%2CB/frameset&FF=atyler+anne&68%2C%2C150">Digging to America</a></em> - Anne Tyler</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmystery+of+edwin+drood/tmystery+of+edwin+drood/1%2C8%2C36%2CB/frameset&FF=tmystery+of+edwin+drood&6%2C%2C27/indexsort=-">The mystery of Edwin Drood</a></em> - Charles Dickens</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=march%20doctorow/1%2C7%2C7%2CE/frameset&FF=Xmarch+doctorow&searchscope=201&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C">The march</a></em> - E.L. Doctorow</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aHosseini%2C+Khaled./ahosseini+khaled/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=ahosseini+khaled&23%2C%2C23">A thousand splendid suns</a></em> - Khaled Hosseini</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ta+year+in+the+world/tyear+in+the+world/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tyear+in+the+world+journeys+of+a+passionate+traveller&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">A year in the world: Journeys of a passionate traveller</a></em> - Frances Mayes</li></ul><br /><b>Nonfiction:</b><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/akidd%2C+sue+monk/akidd+sue+monk/1%2C1%2C35%2CB/frameset&FF=akidd+sue+monk&1%2C%2C35">The dance of the dissident daughter: A woman's journey from Christian tradition to the sacred femininer</a></em> - Sue Monk Kidd</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+brave+men/tbrave+men/1%2C5%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tbrave+men+in+desperate+times+the+lives+of+civil+war+soldiers&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Brave men in desperate times: The lives of Civil War soldiers</a></em> - John McKay</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aSandburg%2C+Carl%2C+1878-1967./asandburg+carl+1878+1967/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=asandburg+carl+1878+1967&4%2C%2C127">Abraham Lincoln</a></em> - Carl Sandburg</li><li><em><a href="">Mayflower: A story of courage, community, and war</a></em> - Nathaniel Philbrick</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xendurance+alexander&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xendurance+alexander&searchscope=201&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBKEY=endurance%20alexander/1%2C11%2C11%2CE/frameset&FF=Xendurance+alexander&searchscope=201&SORT=D&7%2C7%2C">The endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic exploration</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aAlexander%2C+Caroline%2C+1956-/aalexander+caroline+1956/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aalexander+caroline+1956&6%2C%2C20">The Bounty: The true story of mutiny on the Bounty</a></em> - Caroline Alexander</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/Xgood+dog.+stay.&searchscope=201&SORT=D/Xgood+dog.+stay.&searchscope=201&SORT=D&SUBKEY=good%20dog.%20stay./1%2C14%2C14%2CE/frameset&FF=Xgood+dog.+stay.&searchscope=201&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C">Good dog. Stay.</a></em> - Anna Quindlen</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=at+large+and+at+small&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=DZ&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=Xgood+dog.+stay.%26SORT%3DD">At large and at small: Familiar essays</a></em> - Anne Fadiman</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tmy+life+in+france/tmy+life+in+france/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tmy+life+in+france&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">My life in France</a></em> - Julia Child</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tStory+of+science./tstory+of+science/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tstory+of+science&1%2C%2C15">Aristotle leads the way</a></em> (from the Story of Science series) - Joy Hakim</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tinto+the+wild/tinto+the+wild/1%2C9%2C27%2CB/frameset&FF=tinto+the+wild&1%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">Into the wild</a></em> - Jon Krakauer</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aehrenreich/aehrenreich/1%2C3%2C42%2CB/frameset&FF=aehrenreich+barbara&22%2C%2C36/indexsort=-">Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America</a></em> - Barbara Ehrenreich</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:12331November reading material2007-11-17T19:47:42Z2007-11-17T19:47:42ZSome of the things we read this month:<br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+thousand+splendid+suns&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tchocolat">A thousand splendid suns</a></em> - Khaled Hosseini</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tchocolat/tchocolat/1%2C32%2C42%2CB/exact&FF=tchocolat+a+novel&1%2C3%2C/indexsort=-">Chocolat</a></em> - Joanne Harris</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/trun/trun/1%2C191%2C260%2CB/frameset&FF=trun&8%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Run</a></em> - Ann Patchett</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tbody+surfing/tbody+surfing/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tbody+surfing+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Body surfing</a></em> - Anita Shreve</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tglass+castle/tglass+castle/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/exact&FF=tglass+castle+a+memoir&1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">The glass castle</a></em> - Jeannette Walls</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tfahrenheit+451/tfahrenheit++451/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/exact&FF=tfahrenheit++451&1%2C5%2C/indexsort=-">Fahrenheit 451</a></em> - Ray Bradbury</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=divisadero&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tbridge+of+san+luis+rey">Divisadero</a></em> - Michael Ondaatje</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=bridge+of+san+luis+rey&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tnamesake">The bridge of San Luis Rey</a></em> - Thornton Wilder</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tnamesake/tnamesake/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tnamesake&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The namesake</a></em> - Jhumpa Lahiri</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/azaroulis/azaroulis/1%2C3%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=azaroulis+n+l&5%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Massachusetts</a></em> - Nancy Zaroulis</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tinterpreter+of+maladies/tinterpreter+of+maladies/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tinterpreter+of+maladies&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The interpreter of maladies</a></em> - Jhumpa Lahiri</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/thullabaloo/thullabaloo/1%2C4%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=thullabaloo+in+the+guava+orchard&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Hullabaloo in the guava orchard</a></em> - Kiran Desai</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ahochschild/ahochschild/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=ahochschild+adam&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">Half the way home</a></em> - Adam Hochschild</li></ul><br />Also, lots of short stories by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ahemingway/ahemingway/1%2C14%2C67%2CB/frameset&FF=ahemingway+ernest+1899+1961&4%2C%2C52/indexsort=-">Hemingway</a>, a biography of Jesse James, and books about the Civil War.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:12038October reading material2007-10-29T16:30:51Z2007-10-29T16:30:51ZSorry to post this so late! Finally, here's the list of things that people mentioned reading at the last meeting:<br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/adillard%2C+annie/adillard+annie/1%2C1%2C48%2CB/frameset&FF=adillard+annie&25%2C%2C48">The maytrees</a></em> - Annie Dillard</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tprodigal+summer/tprodigal+summer/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/exact&FF=tprodigal+summer+a+novel&1%2C4%2C/indexsort=-">Prodigal summer</a></em> - Barbara Kingsolver</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tpassage+to+india/tpassage+to+india/1%2C5%2C30%2CB/exact&FF=tpassage+to+india&1%2C26%2C/indexsort=-">A passage to India</a></em> - E. M. Forster</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tpiano+tuner/tpiano+tuner/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/exact&FF=tpiano+tuner&1%2C7%2C/indexsort=-">The piano tuner</a></em> - Daniel Mason</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=unlikely+spy&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tpiano+tuner">The unlikely spy</a></em> - Daniel Silva</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsoul+catcher/tsoul+catcher/1%2C2%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tsoul+catcher&7%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Soul catcher</a></em> - Michael C. White</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tEveryman/teveryman/1%2C721%2C1392%2CB/frameset&FF=teveryman&4%2C%2C25">Everyman</a></em> - Philip Roth</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=you+don%27t+love+me+yet&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tEveryman">You don't love me yet</a></em> - Jonathan Lethem</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=omnivore%27s+dilemma&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tcase+history">The omnivore's dilemma</a></em> - Michael Pollan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tcod/tcod/1%2C412%2C583%2CB/exact&FF=tcod+a+biography+of+the+fish+that+changed+the+world&1%2C4%2C/indexsort=-">Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world</a></em> - Mark Kurlansky</li></ul><br />...and a few that are on our list for the next year: <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/apamuk/apamuk/1%2C2%2C25%2CB/frameset&FF=apamuk+orhan+1952&18%2C%2C24/indexsort=-">Snow</a> (Orhan Pamuk) (reportedly worth sticking with!), <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ttransit+of+venus/ttransit+of+venus/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/exact&FF=ttransit+of+venus&1%2C3%2C/indexsort=-">The transit of Venus</a> (Shirley Hazzard), and <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tflower+children/tflower+children/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tflower+children&3%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Flower children</a> (Maxine Swann). <br /><br />Also, people were reading lots of things by <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=mcewan%2C+ian&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=amartin%2C+v">Ian McEwan</a>, <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aMankell%2C+Henning%2C+1948-/amankell+henning+1948/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=amankell+henning+1948&1%2C48%2C">Henning Mankell</a>, and <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/amartin%2C+v/amartin+v/1%2C5%2C14%2CB/exact&FF=amartin+valerie&1%2C7%2C/indexsort=-">Valerie Martin</a>.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:11847September reading material2007-09-17T20:19:09Z2007-09-17T20:19:09ZThis month people were reading lots and lots and lots of things, so I will forgo the usual links to the library catalog. But (most of) the books are reportedly good, and you should look them up and read them anyway!<br /><br /><b>Fiction</b><ul><li><em>Amsterdam</em> - Ian McEwan</li><li><em>On Chesil Beach</em> - Ian McEwan</li><li><em>Malinche</em> - Laura Esquivel</li><li><em>Burning bright</em> - Tracy Chevalier</li><li><em>Divisadero</em> - Michael Ondaatje</li><li><em>Nineteen minutes</em> - Jodi Picoult</li><li><em>Luncheon of the boating party</em> - Susan Vreeland</li><li><em>The whole world over</em> - Julia Glass</li><li><em>For one more day</em> - Mitch Albom</li><li><em>A great deliverance</em> - Elizabeth George</li><li><em>The entitled</em> - Frank Deford</li><li><em>And then you die</em> - Michael Dibden</li><li><em>Outer dark</em> - Cormac McCarthy</li><li><em>The alchemist</em> - Paulo Coehlo</li><li><em>The ghost writer</em> - Philip Roth</li><li><em>The law of similars</em> - Chris Bohjalian</li><li><em>What the dead know</em> - Laura Lippman</li><li><em>Quicksand passing</em> - Nell Larson</li></ul><br /><b>Nonfiction</b><ul><li><em>American Bloomsbury</em> - Susan Cheever</li><li><em>The bookseller of Kabul</em> - Asne Seierstad</li><li><em>Harvest for hope</em> - Jane Goodall</li><li><em>Three cups of tea</em> - Greg Mortenson</li><li><em>The life and times of the thunderbolt kid</em> - Bill Bryson</li><li><em>This mighty scourge</em> - James McPherson</li><li><em>The triumph of the thriller</em> - Patrick Anderson</li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:11729August reading material2007-08-15T22:13:19Z2007-08-15T22:15:03ZFiction:<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tharry+potter+and+the+deathly+hallows/tharry+potter+and+the+deathly+hallows/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tharry+potter+and+the+deathly+hallows&1%2C%2C5">Harry Potter and the deathly hallows</a></em> - J.K. Rowling</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tharry+potter+and+the+half-blood+prince/tharry+potter+and+the+half+blood+prince/1%2C4%2C12%2CB/frameset&FF=tharry+potter+and+the+half+blood+prince&1%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Harry Potter and the half-blood prince</a></em> - J.K. Rowling</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tlittle+children/tlittle+children/1%2C5%2C16%2CB/frameset&FF=tlittle+children&3%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">Little children</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/aperrotta/aperrotta/1%2C5%2C27%2CB/frameset&FF=aperrotta+tom+1961&6%2C%2C20/indexsort=-">Election</a></em> - Tom Perrotta</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tclan+of+the+cave+bear/tclan+of+the+cave+bear/1%2C4%2C23%2CB/exact&FF=tclan+of+the+cave+bear+a+novel&1%2C10%2C/indexsort=-">Clan of the cave bear</a></em> (et seq.) - Jean Auel</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tsuffer+the+little+children/tsuffer+the+little+children/1%2C3%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tsuffer+the+little+children&3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Suffer the little children</a></em> - Donna Leon</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tdragon+bones/tdragon+bones/1%2C3%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tdragon+bones+a+novel&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Dragon bones</a></em> - Lisa See</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tluncheon+of+the+boating+party/tluncheon+of+the+boating+party/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tluncheon+of+the+boating+party&2%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Luncheon of the boating party</a></em> - Susan Vreeland</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tred+river/tred+river/1%2C30%2C64%2CB/frameset&FF=tred+river&7%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">Red river</a></em> - Lalita Tademy</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tlast+orders/tlast+orders/1%2C2%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tlast+orders&2%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Last orders</a></em> - Graham Swift</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/ton+chesil+beach/ton+chesil+beach/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ton+chesil+beach&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">On Chesil Beach</a></em> - Ian McEwan</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+whole+world+over/twhole+world+over/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=twhole+world+over&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The whole world over</a></em> - Julia Glass</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+book+of+hard+things&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tthe+whole+world+over">The book of hard things</a></em> - Sue Halpern</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+last+of+the+mohicans/tlast+of+the+mohicans/1%2C10%2C104%2CB/frameset&FF=tlast+of+the+mohicans&5%2C%2C77/indexsort=-">The last of the Mohicans</a></em> - James Fenimore Cooper</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+pleasure+of+my+company/tpleasure+of+my+company/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tpleasure+of+my+company+a+novel&2%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The pleasure of my company</a></em> - Steve Martin</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tgold+bug+variations/tgold+bug+variations/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tgold+bug+variations&1%2C%2C2">The gold bug variations</a></em> - Richard Powers</li></ul><br /><br />Nonfiction:<ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tdon%27t+lets+go+to+the+dogs+tonight/tdont+lets+go+to+the+dogs+tonight/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tdont+lets+go+to+the+dogs+tonight+an+african+childhood&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">Don't let's go to the dogs tonight: An African childhood</a></em> - Alexandra Fuller</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tplague/tplague/1%2C77%2C122%2CB/frameset&FF=tplague+a+story+of+science+rivalry+and+the+scourge+that+wont+go+away&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Plague: A story of science, rivalry, and the scourge that won't go away</a></em> - Edward Marriott</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthirteen+ways+of+looking+at+a+novel/tthirteen+ways+of+looking+at+a+novel/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tthirteen+ways+of+looking+at+the+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Thirteen ways of looking at the novel</a></em> - Jane Smiley</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tbig+oyster/tbig+oyster/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tbig+oyster+history+on+the+half+shell&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The big oyster: History on the half shell</a></em> - Kurlansky</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search?/tthe+year+of+magical+thinking/tyear+of+magical+thinking/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tyear+of+magical+thinking&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">The year of magical thinking</a></em> - Joan Didion</li><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+clarks+of+cooperstown&searchscope=201&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tthe+year+of+magical+thinking">The Clarks of Cooperstown</a></em> - Nicholas Fox Weber</li></ul><br /><br />Also, our books are turning into movies! <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0800027/">The feast of love</a> will be released on September 28, and <a href="">Atonement</a> will come out in December.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:11320July reading material2007-08-03T20:21:00Z2007-08-03T20:21:00ZI missed the July meeting, alas! Here's what I've heard about what people were reading:<br /><br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/t?SEARCH=king+leopold%27s+ghost&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=4">King Leopold's Ghost</a></em> - Adam Hoshchild </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=on+chesil+beach&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tking+leopold%27s+ghost">On Chesil Beach</a></em> - Ian McEwan </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tghosts/tghosts/1%2C50%2C60%2CB/frameset&FF=tghosts&9%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Ghosts</a></em> - John Banville </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tinfidel/tinfidel/1%2C6%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tinfidel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Infidel</a></em> - Ayaan Hirsi Ali </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=double+bind&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tinfidel">The Double Bind</a></em> - Chris Bohjalian </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=memory+keeper%27s+daughter&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tdouble+bind">The Memory Keeper's Daughter</a></em> - Kim Edwards </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tnorth+river/tnorth+river/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tnorth+river+a+novel&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">North River</a></em> - Pete Hamill </li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=traveling+mercies&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tnorth+river">Traveling Mercies: Some thoughts on faith</a></em> - Anne Lamott </li></ul>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:second_mondays:11169June reading material2007-06-17T16:11:21Z2007-06-17T16:23:11Z<b>Fiction</b><br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/aproulx%2C+annie/aproulx+annie/1%2C1%2C27%2CB/frameset&FF=aproulx+annie&7%2C%2C27">Bad dirt</a></em> - Annie Proulx</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=motion+to+suppress&searchscope=4&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=aproulx%2C+annie">Motion to suppress</a></em> - Perri O'Shaughnessy</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tmambo+kings+play+songs+of+love/tmambo+kings+play+songs+of+love/1%2C3%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tmambo+kings+play+songs+of+love&6%2C%2C9">The mambo kings play songs of love</a></em> - Oscar Hijuelos</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tother+boleyn+girl/tother+boleyn+girl/1%2C2%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tother+boleyn+girl+a+novel&1%2C%2C4">The other Boleyn girl</a></em> - Philippa Gregory</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/thouse+made+of+dawn/thouse+made+of+dawn/1%2C1%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=thouse+made+of+dawn&1%2C%2C9">House made of dawn</a></em> - N. Scott Momaday</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tcurious+incident+of+the+dog/tcurious+incident+of+the+dog/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tcurious+incident+of+the+dog+in+the+night+time&1%2C%2C7">The curious incident of the dog in the night-time</a></em> - Mark Haddon</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tbig+girls/tbig+girls/1%2C6%2C22%2CB/frameset&FF=tbig+girls&2%2C%2C2">The big girls</a></em> and <em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/aMoore%2C+Susanna./amoore+susanna/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=amoore+susanna&4%2C%2C18">In the cut</a></em> - Susanna Moore</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tlife+as+we+knew+it/tlife+as+we+knew+it/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tlife+as+we+knew+it&1%2C%2C2">Life as we knew it</a></em> - Susan Beth Pfeffer</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tharry+potter+and+the+half-blood+prince/tharry+potter+and+the+half+blood+prince/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tharry+potter+and+the+half+blood+prince&1%2C%2C4">Harry Potter and the half-blood prince</a></em> - J.K. Rowling</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tlost+and+found/tlost+and+found/1%2C10%2C33%2CB/frameset&FF=tlost+and+found&18%2C%2C20">Lost and found</a></em> - Jacqueline Sheehan</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tdating+big+bird/tdating+big+bird/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdating+big+bird&1%2C1%2C">Dating Big Bird</a></em> - </li></ul><br /><b>Nonfiction</b><br /><ul><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/ttender+at+the+bone/ttender+at+the+bone/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=ttender+at+the+bone+growing+up+at+the+table&1%2C%2C2">Tender at the bone</a></em> - Ruth Reichl</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/tbookseller+of+kabul/tbookseller+of+kabul/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tbookseller+of+kabul&1%2C%2C3">The bookseller of Kabul</a></em> - Asne Seirstad</li><br /><li><em><a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=monique+and+the+mango+rains&searchscope=4&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tdating+big+bird">Monique and the mango rains</a></em> - Kris Holloway</li></ul><br /><br />Also, plenty of <a href="http://wmars.cwmars.org/search/asparks/asparks/1%2C15%2C63%2CB/exact&FF=asparks+nicholas&1%2C41%2C">Nicholas Sparks</a> books, books for the mystery book group, and books on condors, whales, the history of Big Sur, and pelvic floor therapy!