History
It was the summer of 1997 when it all began at the pool in Waterside Community. Amid the splashes and screams of the neighborhood children Debbie and Katrina would
occasionally bump into each other there and discuss important things like books, anti-depressants and children.
Summer ended. Fall began. Debbie and Katrina bumped into each other again at a middle school play. Delighted to talk again, Debbie suggested starting a book club of our
closest friends. This would provide a year 'round opportunity for them to discuss books, anti-depressants and kids. (Now other women, good food and spirits have enhanced the
conversations!) It is now almost 10 years later and our book club is thriving. Celebrating the growth of friendship, exploring many worlds and cultures through both
books and food the club has evolved and continues to year by year.
Here is a menu of the books we have read and discussed:
2006
May The Sea by John Banville with Klu hosting at Nido's
April Middlesex(continued) by Jeffrey Eugenides at Mary's
March Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides at Margaret's
February The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon at MaryRose's
January The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory at Debbie's
2005
December Love that Dog by Sharon Creech at Mary's
November Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell at Kelly's
October One for the Money by Janet Evanovich at Melissa's
September Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen hosted by Kim at Cacique's
August Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi at Margaret's
July Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov at MaryRose's
June Naked by David Sedaris at Debbie's
May Bell Canto by Ann Patchett at Mary's
April Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff at Melissa's
March The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch at Kelly's
February The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck at Kim's
January The Kite Runner by Khalad Hosseini at Margaret's
2004
November/December Ornament and book exchange at MaryRose's
October In the Devil's Garden by Stewart Lee Allen, at Debbie's
September Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, at Mary's
August The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, at Melissa's
July Diary: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk, at Kelly's
June The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Smith, hosted by Kim E, at Cacique's
May The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, at Margaret's
April The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger, hosted by Katrina at Tauraso's
March The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, at MaryRose's
February 1000 White Women by Joe Fergus, hosted by Kim S. at Emma's Restaraunt
January The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd at Debbie's
2003
December The Dead by James Joyce at Mary's
November Step•Ball•Change by Jeanne Ray at MaryRose's
October Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs at Kelly's
September Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama, hosted by Kim E. in Ocean City
August The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown at Margaret's
July Life of Pi by Yann Martell at Katrina's
June Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen at Melissa's
May A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley at Kim M-S's
April Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card at Debbie's
March A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot at Mary's
February The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold with Jackie hosting at Kim and Dave DiPietro's
January About a Boy by Nick Hornby at MaryRose's
2002
December You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett at Kelly's
November I Thought My Father was God by Paul Auster at Jackie's
October Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand at Margaret's
September French Lessons by Peter Mayle at Katrina's
August The Fig Eater by Jody Shields at Debbie's
July Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross at Kim M-S's
June The Green Ripper by John MacDonald at Melissa's
May Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray at Mary's
April Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende at Kim E's
March Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri at MaryRose's
February The Curious Sofa by Edward Gorey at Kelly's
January Bee Season by Myla Goldberg at Jackie's
2001
December We Were the Mulvaney's by Joyce Carol Oates at Margaret's
November The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood at Katrina's
September The Last Judgment by Iain Pears at Debbie's
August Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen at Kim M-S's new home
July One True Thing by Anna Quindlen at Melissa's
June What Looks Like a Crazy On An Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage at MaryRose's
May Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver at Mary's
April Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier at Kim E's new Victorian home in Middletown
February A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith at Jackie's
2000
December Favorite Children's Storybooks at Katrina's
November Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike at Mary's
October The Red Tent by Anita Diamant at Margaret's her new building on All Saints Street
July Bridget Jone's Diary by Helen Fielding at Debbie's
June The All Of It by Jeanette Hainer at MaryRose's
May House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III at Kim M-S's
April Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakruni at Katrina's
February The End of the Affair by Graham Greene at Mary's
January Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner at Margaret's
1999
October The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank at MaryRose's
September Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver at Katrina's
July Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes at Kim M-S's
June The Lover by Marguerite Duras at Jackie's (we watched the movie too)
May As You Like It by William Shakespeare at Mary's with the best May Wine ever
April Midwives by Chris Bohjalian at Kim E's
March The Tiger in the Grass by Harriet Doerr at Katrina's
February In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez at Debbie's
January A Widow for One Year by John Irving at Margaret's
1998
October Children of God by Mary Doria Russell at MaryRose's new house
September The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell at Mary's
July Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden at Cafe Kyoko and Margaret's house Katrina's pick
June She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb at Debbie's
May She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb at Mary's
February A Short History of a Small Place by T.R. Person at Katrina's
January The Bone People by Keri Hulme at Debbie's
1997
November Gift From the Sea by Ann Marrow Lindberg at MaryRose's
October The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters (a local writer) at Katrina's
September A Year in Province by Peter Mayle at Debbie's
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