2011 - 2012 Season
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (hc 368 pg, kindle) - women goes searching the jungles of South America looking for a lost scientist. Sept 18
- Little Bee by Chris Cleave (pp 271 pg, kindle) - " All you should know going in to Little Bee is that what happens on the beach is brutal, and that it braids the fates of a 16-year-old Nigerian orphan (who calls herself Little Bee) and a well-off British couple--journalists trying to repair their strained marriage with a free holiday--who should have stayed behind their resort's walls." from Amazon. Oct 16.
- In the Garden of the Beast by Eric Larson (hc 464 pg, kindle) - story of America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany and of his family. Nov 20th. This breaks our rule of 400+ pages, but it's a five week period. We could move it back to 11/27 and make it six weeks.
- The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson (pb 600 pg, kindle) - thriller with a finacial journalist investigating the disapearance of someone four decades earlier with the help of a female investigator. Jan 15 (this is MLK weekend)
- The Girl who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (pb 752 pg, kindle) - sequel to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Feb 19.
- The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (pb 832 pg, kindle) - third book in the Millenium Trilogy. Mar 18.
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (pb 320 pg, kindle) - story of a young Chinese immigrant as she divides time between school and a sweatshop in Brooklyn, NY. Apr 15.
- Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl (pb 320 pg, kindle) - memoirs of the NY Times restaurant critic. May 20
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (hc 496 pg, kindle) - story of Louis Zamperini's struggle for survival after crash landing during WWII. Summer Reading because of lenght.
- Room by Emma Donoghue (pb 352 pg, kindle) - story of a young boy and his mother held captive in a single room for the boy's entire life.
- Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (hc 288 pg, kindle) - memoir of director Lindsay-Hogg, growing up the son of movie star Geraldine Fitzgerald.
