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Book Club 2008.
We meet in the store the first Thursday of each month at 7pm and the third Wednesday of each month at 9am. We usually average 5 - 10 participants, no fee, no reservations required. All are welcome. Call us for any other information you need: 425-775-2789.See just below for the current book club choices; see the bottom of the page for books from 2006 & 2007; and see here for a partial list of books we have chosen in earlier years.
2008 Book Club Books.
July 3 & 16: Out Stealing Horses: A Novel by Per Petterson, translated by Anne Born.
Alternating between present day and WWII years in Norway, a man tells his story of life in a remote Norwegian village. Fabulous use of foreshadowing keeps you curious and answers your questions satisfyingly. MK’s favorite recent read.
August 7 & 20: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, introduction by Kathryn Davis, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.
Newly re-issued in the United States this translation from Swedish is a wonderful account of time spent on an island. A crotchety grandmother and her 8 year old granddaughter spend the days outside with each other. They talk over all kinds of topics and weave a spell of summertime for the reader. This is a bit of a break from the heavy complicated novels we often like to choose for book club.
September 4 & 17: Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry.
A volunteer firefighter in a small Wisconsin town decides to restore the International Harvester truck that has been sitting, rusting, in his driveway for years. He also tackles the big stall that is his love life. Humorous and sweet this is a lighter book with topics for discussion such as friendship, rural life, middle age and hairstyles.
October 2 & 15: Returning to Earth: A Novel by Jim Harrison.
Harrison always brings a strong masculine voice to his work. In this story a man of Chippewa-Finnish descent is facing death from Lou Gehrig disease. He wants to pass on the family stories to his children so begins to tell his wife the family lore. Each member of the family deals in his or her own way with what they know will happen soon. The book is touching, funny, poignant without ever being maudlin.
November 6 & 19 Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan.
Based on the real lives of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mameh Cheney this novel explores the cost of living the authentic life. When these two married people decided to abandon their families and follow their bliss it caused a huge scandal in Chicago society. What price should artistic realization be allowed to extract from the lives of others? Is it worth it? Lots to talk about with this book.
Books we've discussed so far in 2008:
June 2008: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.
May 2008: Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen.
April 2008: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
March 2008: Restless: A Novel by William Boyd.
February 2008: The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss.
January 2008: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
Books we discussed in 2007:
November 2007: A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart.
October 2007: Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer.
September 2007: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig.
August 2007: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan.
July 2007: The Turning by Tim Winton.
June 2007: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (author) and Lucia Graves (translator).
May 2007: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard.
April 2007: The Ha-Ha: A Novel by Dave King.
March 2007: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
February 2007: The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J. R Moehringer.
January 2007: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
Books we discussed in 2006:
November 2006: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant.
October 2006: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
September 2006: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder.
August 2006: The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch.
July 2006: The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls.
June 2006: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven.
May 2006: Long for This World by Michael Byers.
April 2006: Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell.
March 2006: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.
February 2006: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear.
See here for a list of even more books our book club has chosen to discuss over the years.
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