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Past Discussions:

November 1- "Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls October 4- " A Walk In the Woods" by Bill Bryson September 6- "Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages" by Sara Rath August 2- "Coop" by Michael Perry July 5- Reader's Choice June 7- "Tender Is the Night" by F.Scott Fitzgerald May 3- Not Without My Daughter" by Betty Mahmoody April 5- "Bloodroot" by Amy Greene March 1- "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" by Helen Simonson February 2- "Virgin Blue" by Tracy Chevalier January 5- "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett December 1- "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford November 3- "Fragile" by Lisa Unger October 6- "A Gate at the Stairs" by Lorrie Moore September 1- "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot August 4- "The Last Time I Saw You" by Elizabeth Berg - discussion at Waubee Lodge followed by the Christmas Party July 7- "In A Pickle" by Jerry Apps June 2- Reader's Choice May 5- "Secrets of Eden" by Chris Bohjalian April 7, 2011- "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult March 3, 2011- "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins February 3, 2011- "One Thousand White Women" by Jim Fergus January 6, 2011- "Friendship Cake" by Lynne Hinton December 2, 2010 - "A Redbird Christmas" by Fannie Flagg Reading Guide November 4, 2010 "Shoot the Moon" by Billie Letts Reading Guide October 7, 2010 "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier Reading Guide September 2, 2010 - Reader's choice August 4, 2010- 11:00 Wednesday at Waubee Lodge "The Lace Reader" by Brunonia Barry 12:00 Christmas Lunch July 1, 2010 "Whistling in the Dark" by Lesley Kagen Reading Guide June 3, 2010 "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace -- One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson Reading Guide Interview with the Author May 6, 2010 "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer April 1, 2010 "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold March 2, 2010 "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb Reading Guide February 4, 2010 "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Reading Guide January 7, 2010 "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert Author's Website December 3, 2009 "The Christmas Box" by Richard Paul Evans November 5, 2009 "So Long At the Fair" by Christina Schwarz Reading Guide Author Information October 1, 2009 Reader's Choice September 3 , 2009 at Mulligans Bar & Grill "Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield August 6, 2009 at Mulligans Bar & Grill "Three Junes" by Julia Glass Reading Guide Juy 9, 2009 at Mulligans Bar & Grill "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson Reading Guide June 4, 2009 at Mulligans Bar & Grill "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski Reading Guide May 7, 2009 "Before You Know Kindness" by Chris Bohjalian Reading Guide April 2, 2009 Any book by John Updike Author Information March 5, 2009 "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall February 5, 2009 "Your Oasis on Flame Lake" by Lorna Ladvik Reading Guide January 8, 2009 "Water For Elephants" by Sara Gruen Reading Guide December 4, 2008 Any Holiday or Christmas book November 6, 2008 "Christy" by Catherine Marshall October 2, 2008 Reader's Choice September 4, 2008 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Master Butchers Singing Club" by Louise Erdrich Reading Guide Author Information August 7, 2008 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Glass Lake" by Maeve Binchy Author Information July 10, 2008 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Last Girls" by Lee Smith Reading Guide Author Information June 5, 2008 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Blackbird House" by Alice Hoffman Reading Guide Author Information May 1, 2008 "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult Reading Guide Author Information April 3, 2008 "Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan March 6, 2008 "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane February 7. 2008 "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See Reading Guide January 3, 2008 "A Knight in Shining Armor" by Jude Deveraux Author Information December 6, 2007 Any Holiday or Christmas book November 1, 2007 "Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards Reading Guide Author Information October 4, 2007 "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak Reading Guide Author Information September 6, 2007 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Rococo" by Adriana Trigiani Reading Guide Author Information August 2, 2007 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge Reader's Choice July 12, 2007 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Lost In the Forest" by Sue Miller Reading Guide Author Information June 7, 2007 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck Reading Guide Author Information May 3, 2007 at the Best Western Lakewood Lodge "Forest Lover" by Susan Vreeland Reading Guide Author Information April 5, 2007 "Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl Reading Guide Author Information Matthew Pearl's Website March 1, 2007 "A Girl Named Zippy" by Haven Kimmel Reading Guide Author Information February 1, 2007 "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire Reading Guide and Author's Website Author Information January 4, 2007 "Bee Season" by Myla Goldberg Reading Guide Author Information

• December 7, 2006
  "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  
  
• November 2, 2006
  "Lucia, Lucia" by Adriana Trigiani
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Reserve a copy
  
  
• October 5, 2006
  "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Reserve a copy
  
  
• September 7, 2006
  "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery
  Author Information
  Reserve a copy
  
  
• August 3, 2006
  "Population 485" by Michael Perry
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Reserve a copy

• July 6, 2006
  "Orchard" by Larry Watson
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Reserve a copy
  
  
• June 1, 2006
  "Cloud Chamber" by Michael Dorris
  Reserve a copy
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• May 4, 2006
  "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
  Reserve a copy
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  
  
• April 6, 2006
  "A Map of the World" by Jane Hamilton
  Author Information
  Reading Guide
  
  
• March 2, 2006
  "Ellen Foster" by Kaye Gibbons
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Kaye Gibbons web site
  Place a reserve on the sequel: The Life All Around Me
  
  
• February 2, 2006
  "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
  Devil in the White City web site
  
  
• January 5, 2006
  Reader's Choice

• December 2005
  Any Holiday or Christmas book

• November 3, 2005
  "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• October 6, 2005
  "Colony" by Anne Rivers Siddons
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• September 1, 2005
  "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• August 4, 2005
  "The Heart of a Woman" by Maya Angelou
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• July 7, 2005 (title has been changed)
  "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  

• June 2, 2005
  "Sunrise Sunset" by Kathleen Marsh-
  A special book discussion with the author
  

• May 5, 2005
  "The Blue Shoe" by Anne Lamott
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• April 7, 2005
  "Good In Bed" by Jennifer Weiner
  Reading Guide and Author Information

• March 3, 2005
  "Our Lady of the Forest" by David Guterson
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• February 3, 2005- "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• January 6, 2005- **Reader's Choice*

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• December 2, 2004 - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" by Lorna Landvik
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• November 4, 2004 - "Antelope Wife" by Louise Erdrich
  Reading Guide
  Author Information

• October 7, 2004- "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich
  Reading Guide Author Information

• September 2, 2004- "The Hot Flash Club" by Nancy Thayer
  Author Information

• August 5, 2004- "Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  
  

• July 1, 2004- "The Quilter's Apprentice" by Jennifer Chiaverini
  Reading Guide Author Information

• June 3, 2004- "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
  Reading Guide Author Information

• May 6, 2004- "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith
  Reading Guide Author Information Author's Web Site

• April 1, 2004- "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Francis Mayes
  Reading Guide
  Author Information
  Author Interview
  

• March 4, 2004- "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane
  Dennis Lehane's Home Page
  Author Information
  

• February 5, 2004- "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer
  

• January 8, 2004- "Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
  Reading Guide Author Information

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• November 6, 2003- "Open House" by Elizabeth Berg
  Reading Guide Author Information

• October 2, 2003- "To America" by Stephen Ambrose
  Author Information

• September 4, 2003- "Crow Lake" by Mary Lawson
  Reading Guide

• August 7, 2003- Any book by Anita Shreve
  Author Information Anita Shreve's Web Site
  Watch a cybercast presentation by Anita Shreve

• July 3, 2003- Reader's Choice

• June 5, 2003- "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
  Author Information Reading Guide

• April 3, 2003- "One Thousand White Women" by Jim Fergus
  Reading Guide Author Information

• March 6, 2003- "Nanny Diaries" by Emma McLaughlin &
  Nicola Kraus Nanny Diaries Site Reading Guide

• February 6, 2003- "Between Friends" by Debbie Macomber
  Author Information Debbie Macomber's Website

• January 9, 2003- "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier
  Reading Guide Author Information
  

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• November 7, 2002- "Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
  Author Information Reading Guide
• October 3, 2002- "House of Sand and Fog" by Andre Dubus
  Author Information Reading Guide
• September 5, 2002- "Stolen Lives" by Malika Oufkir
  Author Information Reading Guide
  
• August 2002- Reader's Choice
• July 11, 2002- "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson
  Author Information
• June 6, 2002- "Up Island" by Anne Rivers Siddons
  Author Information Reading Guide
  
• May 2, 2002- "Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen
  Author Information Oprah's Discussion Guide
• April 4, 2002- "Commitments" by Barbara Delinsky
  Author Information Barbara Delinsky's Home Page
• March 7, 2002- "Scarlet Feather" by Maeve Binchy Author Information
  Book Summary Listen to Maeve Binchy
• February 7, 2002- "Back When We Were Grownups"
  by Anne Tyler Barnes and Noble Discussion Guide Author Information
  
• January 10, 2002- "Tomorrow is a River" by Peggy Dopp
  

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• November 1, 2001- "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K.Rowling
  Scholastic Book Discussion Guide
  Author Information
  
  
• October 4, 2001- "Hanna's Daughters" by Marianne Fredriksson
  Ballantine Book Discussion Guide
  
  
• September 6, 2001- "Plain Jane" by Fern Michaels
  Fern Michaels Home Page
  
  August 2, 2001- "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck Lesson Plan by Penguin Putna
  

• July 12, 2001- "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink
  Oprah's Discussion GuideAuthor Information

  
  
• June 7, 2001- "Longings of Women" by Marge Piercy
  
  Marge Piercy's Home Page Contemporary Authors: Marge Piercy
• May 3, 2001- "Flags of Ours Fathers" by James Bradley Booknotes Teacher Guide
• April 5, 2001- "Tall Pines Polka" by Lorna Landvik
• March 1, 2001- "Ladies of Covington Send Their Love" by Joan Medlicott
• February 1, 2001- "The Vineyard" by Barbara Delinsky
  • Barbara Delinsky's Home Page
    Contemporary Authors- Barbara Delinsky
    Reading Guide at SimonSays.com
• January 4, 2001- "Shell Seekers" by Rosamonde Pilcher
  • Contemporary Authors- Rosamunde Pilcher
    

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• November 2, 2000- "I Know Just What You Mean : The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives" by Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien
  
  Contemporary Authors- Ellen Goodman
• October 5, 2000- "The Rocket Boys" by Homer Hickam
  • Homer Hickam's Home Page
• September 7, 2000 "Where the Heart Is" by Billie Letts

  • Oprah's Book Discussion Guide & Author Information

• August 3, 2000- "Gap Creek" by Robert Morgan
  • Oprah's Book Discussion Guide & Author Information
    Robert Morgan - Gale Database
• July 6, 2000- "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Book Discussion Guide
    Author Information
    Listen to an excerpt
    Barbara Kingsolver- Gale Database
• June 1, 2000- Amy & Isabelle" by Elizabeth Stout
  • Vintage Books Discussion Guide
• May 4, 2000- "Cider House Rules" by John Irving
• April 6, 2000- Books by Ursula Hegi "Stones from the River" and "Visions of Emma Blau"
• Oprah's Book Discussion Guide & Author Information
• March 2, 2000 - "First Ladies" by Betty Caroli
  • Biographies of First Ladies at the National First Ladies' Library
• February 3, 2000 - "Snow Falling On Cedars" by David Guterson
  • Vintage Books Discussion Guide    David Guterson information    Movie Version
• January 6, 2000- Books by Alice Hoffman

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• November 4, 1999 "Seasons of Sun and Rain" by Marjorie Dorner
   Book Description,  Reviews & Reader's Comments
• October 7, 1999- "Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve
  • Oprah's Guide
• September 1999- "Memoirs of A Geisha" by Arthur Golden
  • Book Summary/ Reviews/ Author Information
    Vintage Books Reading Guide
    About Arthur Golden
• August 5, 1999- "Ulysses" by James Joyce
  • Joyce Resources on the Internet
    Ulysses For Dummies
    James Joyce Resource Center
    James Joyce, 1882-1941
• July 1999 - "The Novel" by James Michener
  • James A. Michener: Tales of the Storyteller
    James Michener by The University of Texas
• June 1999 - "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian
• May 1999 - "I Know This Much Is True" by Wally Lamb