Country Gals Book Club

Sunday, February 27, 2011

2011-2012 Book Club Calender

All Book Club meetings will begin at 7:30 and end at 9:30. We will discuss the books listed on the dates outlined. Happy Reading!

April 5, 2011- Book: The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
Host: BreAnne Hardin

June 14, 2011- Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot
Host: Andrea Mabey

September 6, 2011- Book: The Love Dare by Steven and Alex Kendrick
Host: Kerri Wood

November 2, 2011- Book: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
Host: Mandy Barton

February 7, 2012- Book: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Host: Andrea Mabey

April 3, 2012- Book: No Easy Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Host: Natalie Hardin

Saturday, February 19, 2011

"Just Wanna Read It"

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEAL PIE SOCIETY by MARY ANN SHAFFER AND ANNIE BARROWS
When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Addams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites his articulate and not-so-articulate friends to with their stories, the epistolary circle widens, making quite a plot from the German occupied Guernsey island.

THE HELP by KATHRYN STOCKETT
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. A book about race relations with the background of the Martin Luther King Jr, civil rights movement. Assured, layered, full of heart and history.

TWO OLD WOMEN: AN ALASKA LEGEND OF BETRAYAL, COURAGE AND SURVIVAL by VELMA WALLIS BOOKS
This novel about two Native American women abandoned by their tribe in the Alaskan Yukon won the 1993 Western State Book award.

Young Adult

THE NAME OF THE WIND by PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Wizard, villain, warrior, slave, hero and villain of a thousand tales. But behind the legend is the simple story of a boy who dares to challenge destiny, a woman, and a world that will never be the same...

A GAME OF THRONES

The Stark and Lannister families and their struggle to control the Iron Throne in the foreground; in the background is a huge ancient wall marking the northern border beyond which barbarians, ice vampires and such menace the south as years-long winter advance.

THE DECEPTION OF THE EMERALD RING by LAUREN WILLIG

Focus's on Letty Alsworth, who, after a comedy of errors, quickly weds Lord Geoffery Pinchingdale-Snipe, her older sister's intended. Geoffery flees to Ireland on the eve of his elopement. Unbeknownst to Letty, his plan isn't to abandon her, it's to quash the impending Irish Rebellion.

A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by LIBBA BRAY

Gemma, 16, has an unconventional upbringing in India until the day she foresees her mothers death in a black, swirling vision, that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girl's academy with a mysterious burned out East Wing.

THE FORREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by CARRIE RYAN

The book begins seven generations after the Return, an undead plague that has ended civilization as we know it. Mary, lives in a village surrounded by one last vestige of industrial technology; a chain link fence. She is bound not only by the fence but by the archaic traditions of her people.

THE BRONZE BOW by ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE

The story concerns Daniel, a young Jew at the time of Christ. He has an intense hatred of the Romans and lives in an outlaw band in the hills. When his grandmother dies he must move to the village to take care of his sister while continuing his mission to drive the Romans back to Rome.

Classic Literture

THE LONE STAR RANGER by ZANE GREY

As the son of an infamous gunfighter, Buck Duane has the natural instincts and lightening-quick reflexes of his father. After killing a man in self defense he becomes an outlaw living amongst gunfighters and bandits living on the Texas-Mexico border.

FAHRENHEIT 451 by RAY BRADBURY

Guy Montag is a book burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. This life sharply contrasts with Clarisse, a young girl who is thrilled by the ideas in books. When she mysteriously disappears, Montag is moved to make some changes and starts hiding books in his home. Eventually his wife turns him in and he is asked to rise to the call and burn his secret stash of books.

MIDDLEMARCH by GEORGE ELLIOT

This panoramic work -considered the finest novel in English-- offers a complex look at English provincial life at a crucial historical moment, and at the same time, dramatizes and explores some of the most potent myths of Victorian literature.

Improvement/Spirituality/Self Help/Informative/Parenting

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS by DON MIGUEL RUIZ
A practical guide to personal freedom.

THE LOVE DARE by STEVEN and ALEX KENDRICK
Too many marriages end when someone says "I've fallen out of love with you". This book discusses how these statements reveal a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.

HOW TO TALK SO CHILDREN WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO CHILDREN WILL TALK by ADELE FABER and ELAINE MAZLISH
The title says it all!

THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER by DAVE RAMSEY
A proven plan for financial fitness.

Biography/Memoir/Autobiography

IDEAS AND OPINIONS by ALBERT EINSTEIN

The musings, thoughts and contemplations of one of the most brilliant men to ever live. A definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings gathered under the supervision of Albert Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist, to his death in 1955; from such subjects as relativity, nuclear war or peace, and religion and science, to human rights, economics, science and government.

NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM by NELSON MANDELA

The single most important autobiography of the modern era. This collection of Mandela's speeches, letters and writing vividly illustrates the magnetic attractions of one of the foremost campaigners of freedom the world has known. This is a valuable historical document and chronicle of the life and thoughts of a man whose name is synonymous with the fight for human rights and self determination.

INVINCIBLE LOUISA by CORNELIA MEIGS

Biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston to her success as a writer of such classics as Little Women.

THE GLASS CASTLE by JEANNETTE WALLS

The book recounts her and her siblings' unconventional upbringing. It is very thought provoking. Stayed on The New York Time's Best Seller List for 100 weeks and received The Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award, and the Books for Better Living Award.