Here’s a list of book titles, the titles that have a X are the books we read in the previous months.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee X
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger X
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma-Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein X
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code Series - Dan Brown X (we read The Lost Symbol).
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel X
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno – Dante
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dicken X
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
101 The Hiding Place - Corrie ten Boom.X
102 Peyton Place - Grace MetaliousX
103 The Importance Of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde X
104 Agent Bishop - Mike Peters X
105 Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Patterson X
106. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver X
107. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire X
108. Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lighting Thief - Rick Riodan X
109. The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux X
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief by Rick Riodan
September's Book Choice
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief by Rick Riodan
Choosen by Jamie Wilde West
Meeting held on (To Be Determined) at Jamie's House
Plan: I was thinking for those of you who still want to read Wicked, you are welcome too. We will still discuss Wicked along with The Lighting Thief and then watch The Lighting Thief DVD at the meeting for fun.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
September's Book Choice
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MaguireChoosen by Jamie Wilde West
Meeting held on (To Be Determined) at Jamie's House
Editor's Note - I'm sorry for the book change. I started reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and I found the language to be a little rough and graphic, I was afraid of another "Peyton Place" incident. But, for those of you who still would like to read the book this month instead of t...he Percy Jackson book you are more than welcome too and we can still discussing in this month's meeting. I'm still reading Wicked too. We all agreed to read The Lighting Thief at last week's Book Club Meeting.
Thanks for Understanding!!!!
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
August's Book Choice
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsoliver
Chosen by RonnaLee Hesford
Meeting held on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 7:00pm at RonnaLee Hesford's House
Agent Bishop by Mike Peters
July's Book Choice
Agent Bishop by Mike Mc Peters
Chosen by Lela Anderson
Meeting held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 12:00pm at Lela Anderson's House
****Facebook Discussion****
Jamie Wilde West This book was kind to a trial for me. I usually get the audiobook version....but in this case there wasn't an audiobook version available. With the audiobook I can listen to it while I drive in my long commute to Salt Lake City to work, while cleaning house or doing something. This, I had to sit and read..... it was quite a struggle.
Anyway, I loved the book.....the story how the main character juggled being a FBI Agent and a Mormon Bishop was great. I know of a couple of great men in my ward that work in the Criminal Justice Field and they serve neat callings in the Church. One is a Highway Patrol Man and the other is a Lawyer.......I couldn't help but think what kind of things these great men are exposed to in their field. Always witnessing someone broking the law or in the Lawyer's case defending the criminal's case. In Agent Bishop, the Author also talk about how his wife supported him in being a Bishop and a FBI Agent. With those men in my ward, they are married to some awesome women that I look up to who support their husbands in their career and their callings in the Church.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
June's Book Choice
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Chosen by Donna Fischer Wilde
Meeting held on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 2:00pm Jamie's House (due to illness' and conflict of schedules we had to combine two book club meetings for June).
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
May's Book Choice
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Chosen by Suzanne Edmunds Thompson
Meeting held on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 2:00pm Jamie's House (due to illness' and conflict of schedules we had to combine two book club meetings for June).
****Facebook Discussion****
Jamie Wilde West This was an awesome book to read...I loved it....It was a tear-jerker. It was about a family in Holland who hid Jews in their house during World War II.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseine
April's Book Choice
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniChosen by Mary Durtschi
Meeting held in April at Mary Durtschi's House.
****Facebook Discussion****
Jamie Wilde West When I downloaded it on Audible, they classified it as Children's book, Okaaay! But it was a good book, very character driven. You fill love for the two boys, one is rich and the other is poor. They go through life as friends before and during the Cold War in Afganistan. The rich boy is a coward growing up and is alway looking for acceptance from his Father. The poor boy is always protecting the other boy and cares for him. During the Cold War the rich boy and his father go to America, they are poor. During the Taliban, the rich boy get a call from one of his father's friends asking him to come home to find the poor boy.
I'm not going to finish, read it and find out what happens.
RonnaLee Thompson Hesford NOT .... NOT a book for kids! I almost stopped reading it when I got to a part that was very upsetting. I couldn't sleep that night.
I DID keep reading it (not yet finished) and I'm glad I continued. So it you're reading it and thinking of stopping ... keep reading!
Mary - I'm loving it! I'm just tender hearted and some parts are difficult to read. I can't wait to finish it!
Mary Browne Durtschi Jamie, it is hard to imagine that Audible would class this as a children's book. Someone must have been sleeping on the job. I know that children grow up fast now days, BUT, not that fast.
I hope everyone enjoys 'The Kite Runner'. I LOVED this book. I like many different kinds of books, but, this is my favorite type. I want my characters totally developed and life-like. See you in April.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
March's Book Choice
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Book Choosen by Don West Jr.
Meeting held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 2:00pm Don's House
Jamie Wilde West This book was very interesting. It kind of makes you look at the places around Washington DC a little differently. The Villian in the book is kinda of a dork, it's like he was bad out of boredom. He seemed like a tattooed version of Smidley Whiplash. The plot was interesting, but got a little too wikipediaey in some places. I read this book awhile back, but I plan on reading it again.
Oh, Yeah the part about the Giant Squid, Yuck!!! I still get grossed out by thinking about it.
Don West Jr I have to admit I am a fan of most of Dan Brown's books. This one was good, but not as good as the two that proceeded it in this series. I thought the plot was good but some of the story getting up to the climax was unnessecary. I thought the tie in with the villian and the other characters was too predictable. I really did enjoy The Lost Symbol.
RonnaLee Thompson Hesford Our discussion about The Lost Symbol today was very interesting. It was fun to share our views about the book. I wish we could go to DC to take a look at the things we read about. It seems like Dan Brown does a lot of research into what he writes about.
Being a relative of a 33rd Degree Mason, I wonder how much of what he wrote about their lodge ceremonies is just plain made up. It was written as if Mr. Brown respects the Freemasons and if he does, he would not disclose details about things they hold as sacred. If he were a Mason himself, he wouldn't write about it either.
In my opinion, there are so many similarities between the Masonic symbols and other symbols used in other religions, because they must all stem from the same truth way, way back when. I think these truths have been slightly changed by different groups as they separated from each other to form their own groups/religions. What do you all think?
I respect the Masons based on what I learned from my 33rd Degree relative and from what I read when researching about their basic beliefs. I also respect them based on how my relative lived his life with honor, morality and charity. It is true (as in the book) that many men who are Masons are prominent members of their communities, in business and politics. Would it upset "National Security" if someone were to reveal that many of our nation's leaders are Masons? Would people remember that George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and many other Founding Fathers were Masons? In my opinion, it wouldn't if their organization were looked at for what it really is. In the book's plot, the video of the Masonic rituals was edited in a way to make the ceremonies look evil and they were unexplained. In a case like that, I do believe that it would cause problems for America's leaders today. In general, people fear what they do not understand. This was a book to promote a lot of thought about the "what ifs".
I agree w/ Don that it was too predictable when it came to it's bad guy. I caught on right away to that twist. The squid, castration and tattoos was a bit much I thought - but that's just me.
All in all, I'd recommend this book to others, especially if they are someone who likes history.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Feburary's Book Choice
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Chosen by Jim Wilde
Meeting held on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 2:00pm at The Stockton Fire Station.
Event Details: We met at the Fire Station, discussed the book and watch the play on DVD that's was borrowed from Sheldon Talbot's video collection.
****Facebook Discussion****
RonnaLee Thompson Hesford Our book club met today to discuss The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Since this was written as a play, we watched it today on video. It was good to see it as a play after reading it. It was interesting to learn a little bit about Oscar Wilde himself.
When I first began to read the play, I found it slow and easily got distracted. As I got farther into the play, I found the odd characters like Aunt Augusta very quirky. There were many odd lines of dry humor sprinkled without the text.
I'm glad I read this classic and learned about it's author.
Jamie Wilde West I love this book. I remember back in High School my senior year we read this book. My English teacher announced to the class that we were reading this book. The entire class turned around to look at me and a guy that was sitting behind me asked, "Dude, are you related to him?" As we read the book in class I laughed at the english humorous content, because my Dad loves english humor and it rubbed on me. As I read it now, it was refreshing to read it again. I still love those same jokes that I laughed at while reading it back then.
RonnaLee Thompson Hesford I got more out of Mr. Wilde's play after watching two different movie versions of it. I caught many humorous lines that I had missed before. I've never been one to "get" English humor much, but some lines were just great.
Here's a taste of the version we watched at the meeting.
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