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Monday, December 15, 2014
January choices!
From Jillene for our January meeting:
1) A Homemade life: stories and recipes from my kitchen table, by Molly Wizenburg.
2) Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen, by Donia Bijan
3) Bittersweet: thoughts on change, grace, and learning the hard way, by Shauna Niequist
Sunday, November 2, 2014
December reading choices
From Corinne:
The Caged Graves by Dianne Salerni
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn't kept her from leading a quietly happy life . . . until now.
Suddenly Willow's world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.
The Caged Graves by Dianne Salerni
The year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. Now she will finally meet the fiancé she knows only through letters! Soon, however, she discovers two strangely caged graves . . . and learns that one of them is her own mother’s. Verity swears she’ll get to the bottom of why her mother was buried in “unhallowed ground” in this suspenseful teen mystery that swirls with rumors of witchcraft, buried gold from the days of the War of Independence, and even more shocking family secrets.
Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolation in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle—a place where all her dreams come true and she can be who she truly wants to be. Shortly after her birthday Valancy receives some news about her health that makes her decide to throw caution to the wind and make a fresh start. Rebelling against her family she soon discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams. One of Montgomery's only novels intended for an adult audience, The Blue Castle is filled with humor and romance.
In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird,
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn't kept her from leading a quietly happy life . . . until now.
Suddenly Willow's world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Choices for November
Mendy's choices for November's reading:
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
Saving Ceecee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman
The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Choices for October
Christine's choices for October:
The boy who harnessed the wind: generating currents of hope and electricity
The boy who harnessed the wind is one of my absolute favorite books of all time! So incredible! I really want everyone to pick this one.
Also an excellent book.
Really liked this book. The Howard county library doesn't have any copies but the Baltimore county have several.
My theme is non fiction: stories of people and challenges
The boy who harnessed the wind: generating currents of hope and electricity
By William Kamkwamba
The boy who harnessed the wind is one of my absolute favorite books of all time! So incredible! I really want everyone to pick this one.
The Glass Castle
By Jeannette Walls
Also an excellent book.
Chasing Chaos: My decade in and out of humanitarian aid
By Jessica Alexander
Really liked this book. The Howard county library doesn't have any copies but the Baltimore county have several.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Book choices for June!
A quick poll this time for June's reading:
1. The Tempest - Shakespeare
Prospero, sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan, along with his daughter Miranda, has lived on an island for many years since his position was usurped by his brother Antonio. Then, as Antonio's ship passes near the island one day, Prospero conjures up a terrible storm...This play, combining elements of both tragedy and comedy, is believed by some to be the last Shakespeare wrote on his own, as well as one of his most fascinating works. The Signet edition also features an overview of Shakespeare's life and times, commentary by William Strachey, Montaigne, and others, and a stage and screen history, among other special content.
2. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers - Maria Augusta Trapp
With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold.
Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple words the extraordinary story of her romance with the baron, their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, and their life in America.
3. How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting - Mei-Ling Hopgood
A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby.
Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan—now living in Buenos Aires—was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be social and developmental advantages to this custom? Driven by a journalist’s curiosity and a new mother’s desperation for answers, Hopgood embarked on a journey to learn how other cultures approach the challenges all parents face: bedtimes, potty training, feeding, teaching, and more.
1. The Tempest - Shakespeare
Prospero, sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan, along with his daughter Miranda, has lived on an island for many years since his position was usurped by his brother Antonio. Then, as Antonio's ship passes near the island one day, Prospero conjures up a terrible storm...This play, combining elements of both tragedy and comedy, is believed by some to be the last Shakespeare wrote on his own, as well as one of his most fascinating works. The Signet edition also features an overview of Shakespeare's life and times, commentary by William Strachey, Montaigne, and others, and a stage and screen history, among other special content.
2. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers - Maria Augusta Trapp
With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold.
Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple words the extraordinary story of her romance with the baron, their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, and their life in America.
3. How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting - Mei-Ling Hopgood
A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby.
Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan—now living in Buenos Aires—was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be social and developmental advantages to this custom? Driven by a journalist’s curiosity and a new mother’s desperation for answers, Hopgood embarked on a journey to learn how other cultures approach the challenges all parents face: bedtimes, potty training, feeding, teaching, and more.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Options for May
Kirsten's choices for May! Take a look:
False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
(Goodreads synopsis: https://www.goodreads.com/
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
(Goodreads synopsis: https://www.goodreads.com/
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
(Gooreads sysnopsis: https://www.goodreads.com/
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