 | The Post-Birthday World: A Novel (P.S.) by Lionel Shriver
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.01 December 2009 Selection ~ Karren
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 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Buy new: $13.72 / Used from: $12.57 November Selection ~ Denise
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 | The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.24 October 2009 ~ Tammi ~ This had a wide range of ratings! From a 4 to a six! Some felt the history was forced into the story some felt it was magiaclly told. All in all a good story but tiresome for some of us.
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 | The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $7.69 Sept 2009 ~ Carol ~ One of our group loved this but most couldn't even get through it. Most hated the way it ended. A tough read for our group.
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 | Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.91 Addtional title for Sept. 2009 ~ Carol ~ The few that read this felt it was totally contrived to fit the history of Honolulu into the main characters' lives. Read Moloka'i instead as we all loved that one a few years ago.
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 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy used from: $2.46 August 2009 ~ Kellie Quick and excellent read! Great discussion, especially about the ending. Loved it.
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 | Olive Kitteridge: Fiction by Elizabeth Strout
Buy new: $8.40 / Used from: $5.40 July 2009 ~ (Tracey) LOVED! Not to be missed. So quietly beautiful.
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 | The God of Animals: A Novel by Aryn Kyle
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 July 2009 ~ (Tracey) Addt'l title not mandatory
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 | The Story of Forgetting: A Novel by Stefan Merrill Block
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.05 June 2009 This book could have been so much better. Loved the storyline about the older man but the boy, not so much.
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 | American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $0.13 May 2009 ~ (Carrie) Juicy read and a fun discusssion! Author took some liberties that were interesting. Mixed group of Dems and Republicans so that was pretty enlightening.
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 | Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Yates
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 April 2009 Title (Bonnie) Excellent discussion! One of our best actually. We all liked the book and I liked it a lot more than I expected too. Really well written and thought provoking.
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 | When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
Buy new: $7.99 Pick for March 2009 (Karren) As one member stated, "The longest Hallmark card I ever read." Ugh.
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 | Here Today, Gone to Maui by Carol Snow
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Addt'l Ttitle for March 2009 (Karren) Fun and light read by a very funny author. Enjoyed by all.
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 | The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $0.87 Our Feb. 2009 pick (Denise) Intense love story. Some loved it some liked it. Do your research for discussion on the author's website.
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