August gathering

Once again, we met in August to discuss what everyone's been reading over the summer!  Many thanks to everyone who came and shared.  It was a fun time.

Here are the results, by reader and genre:

Deb:

The Doll's House and other Short Stories, Katherine Mansfield

War Brides, Helen Bryan

Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers

Henrietta's War, Joyce Dennys

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

YA:  Savvy, Ingrid Law (I forgot to mention this one last night.  Her writing is unique and the storyline was fun)

Children's:

Charlie Bone series (upper elem/middle school)

Dinosaur Cove (easy chapter)

Jillene:

 Maj Pettigrew's Last Stand

The Valley of Light, Terry Kay

The Emperor of All Maladies (on the history of cancer treatment)

Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream (cookbook)

YA/Children's:

The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale

The Chosen, Chaim Potok

The Willoughbys

Holes, Louis Sachar

Christina:

Midnight In Austenland, Shannon Hale

Jane Eyre

Edenbrook (LDSish historical fiction)

Jane Austen Marriage Manual (not recommended)

Children's/YA:

Fablehaven 

Book of a Thousand Days, Shannon Hale

Beverly Cleary!

Tessa:

The Last Lecture

The Once and Future King

The Best Advice I Ever Got, Katie Couric

Nurtureshock

Multiple Blessings, Kate Gosselin

Children's:

A Wrinkle in Time

Half Magic

Kenny and the Dragon

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznik

Mendy:

Night Circus

Heaven Is Here, Stephanie Nielsen

YA/Children's:

Island of the Aunts, Eva Ibbotson

Chime, Franny Billingsley

Maggie C:

The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova

The Hobbit

Ashley:

Kathy Reichs (forensic anthro series, better to start with the 3-4th novels to avoid the cursing)

Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes

YA:

Tamora Pierce:  4 different series:

   Wild Magic 

   Alanna

   Protector of the Small

   Beka Cooper

Kirsten:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Alexander McCall Smith:

   No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

   Corduroy Mansions series

YA/Children's:

The Alchemyst, Michael Scott (series)

Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick

Roald Dahl books

Corinne:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The Winter Sea, Suzanna Kearsley

I, Robot, Azimov

The Secret Daughter, Shilpi Gowda

Anna Karenina, Tolstoy

YA/Children's:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Leilani Taylor

Touch of Power, Maria Snyder

Grave Mercy

Watership Down

Ok For Now and Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt

Maggie R:

Meryl Streep Movie Club

Pleasant Valley series by Marta Perry (Amish romance)

Aubree:

Elizabeth the Queen, Sally Bedell Smith

YA/Children's:

Septimus Heap series

Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart

Peter and the Star-Catchers

A Tale Dark and Grimm

Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix