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CONTENTS Welcome to The Cabin! ................................................... 4 Join The Cabin ........................................................ 5 On Reading in Community .............................................. 6 Starting a Book Club .............................................. 6 Keeping a Book Club Going ................................... 7 Reading Critically ................................................... 8 Leading the Discussion........................................ 10 Example Questions For Discussion ..................... 11 Suggestions for Book Club Participants ............. 11 2016 Treasure Valley Book Club Selections ............... 12 Index of Book Club Listings .......................................... 48
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WELCOME TO THE CABIN! The Cabin incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1996. Our mission is to inspire and celebrate a love of reading, writing and discourse. The Cabin annually serves about 500 member households, more than 2,000 children and youth, and more than 16,000 people through educational and cultural programs. We serve our diverse constituencies through: READINGS & CONVERSATIONS, an annual lecture series bringing internationally-acclaimed, provocative and inspiring writers to Boise; WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS (WITS), placing professional writers in classrooms with 3rd-12th grade students; SUMMER WRITING CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS, writing intensives and adventures for youth and adults, one of ten model arts education programs in the U.S.; WRITERS IN THE ATTIC (WITA), an annual publication contest and event for local writers; LITERARY ACTIVITIES such as book club meetings, writing workshops, readings by local authors, and other events that create conversation and community around literature. The Cabin’s administrative offices are housed in our restored log cabin, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Four fulltime staff and one part-time staff are supported by a strong membership, a talented group of professional teaching-writers and a growing volunteer base. The Cabin is also governed by a 13member board of directors. 4
JOIN THE CABIN! The Cabin inspires and celebrates a love of reading, writing, and discourse throughout Idaho and the region. Become a member today and enjoy discounted rates on programs and events. Individual Member - $35 annually Member pricing for workshops Member pricing for one Readings & Conversations season ticket Member pricing for one Camp session Invitation to annual members only event Discounted submission fees for Cabin publications Recognition in Annual Report Household Member - $75 annually All individual membership benefits for up to 2 adults Member pricing for 2 Readings & Conversations season tickets Member pricing for 2 camp sessions Use of Cabin for book club meeting Sustaining Member - $10/month (or $120 annually) All of the benefits of a household membership Member pricing for up to 4 Readings & Conversations season tickets Member pricing for up to 4 camp sessions 10% discount at Rediscovered Books in Boise Advocate Member- $25/month (or $300 annually) All of the benefits of a sustaining membership Invitation to Readings & Conversations Reception with featured author LEADERSHIP CIRCLE The Cabin’s Leadership Circle is a community of our most generous and engaged members, whose annual financial support forms the foundation for all we do. Leadership Circle membership begins with a minimum annual contribution of $1,200 or $100 a month. Please contact The Cabin for more information. 5
ON READING IN COMMUNITY STARTING A BOOK CLUB Make expectations clear. Common expectations include careful reading, active participation in book selection and discussion, and regular attendance. Decide what types of books your group wants to read. Only fiction? Prize winners? Classics? Anything and everything? Decide if the books should be coordinated with anything else. Bestseller lists? A local or visiting writers series? Book reviews? Figure out the logistics. How long should the meetings run? (We find that the best discussions last between 45 and 90 minutes.) Where will you meet? At a library? Coffee shop? Private homes? How will everyone keep in contact? Facebook? Email? Phone? Determine the leadership. Will you have a leader? Will the same person be in charge for each meeting, or will you rotate? Do you want to have special guests or experts visit the group? Will you have a budget set aside for visitors? Choose the books. Choosing what books to read is one of the hardest and most important activities the group will undertake together. Members should be prepared to read outside their regular areas of interest and go with the majority opinion. Remember that there is a big difference between "a good read" and "a good book for a discussion." Choose books well in advance so people can read ahead if they’d like.
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KEEPING A BOOK CLUB GOING What makes a book good for discussion? The most important criteria are that the book be well written, have an interesting plot, and feature three-dimensional characters. Books that provoke discussion often present the author's view of an important truth, feature a difficult but necessary decision, or highlight a controversial aspect of life. These books can also be characterized by their lingering in the reader's mind long after the book has been put back on the shelf and the discussion is over. These books can be read more than once, and each time the reader can learn something new.
THOUGHTS ON GENRE During a book discussion, people are often concerned with everything that the author hasn't said. For this reason, books that are strictly plot driven, (most mysteries, westerns, romances, and science fiction/fantasy), don't lend themselves to riveting discussions. You don’t want a book in which the author spells everything out for the reader. With those books all there is left to say is "wasn’t that interesting." Librarians, booksellers, literary organizations and friends can often supply you with suggestions. In addition, this "everything that the author hasn't said" criterion is a rich argument for including poetry in your book club’s reading list.
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READING CRITICALLY The very best books provide a profound sense of kinship between reader and writer. Searching for, identifying, and discussing how a book accomplishes this kinship can deepen your appreciation of the book. Asking questions, reading carefully, imagining yourself in the story, analyzing style or structure, and searching for personal meaning in a work of literature will enhance the work's value and discussion potential. Make notes and mark pages as you go. Reading for a book discussion differs somewhat from reading purely for pleasure. As you read a book in preparation for a discussion, mark pages you might want to refer back to. Ask tough questions of yourself and the book. Obviously, asking questions means you don't know the answer yet, and sometimes you will never discover the answer. This is okay! Pay attention. As with any skill, critical reading improves with practice. Analyze the content. While summarizing a book can sometimes be useful, analysis will give you a greater understanding of the book and the relationship of its parts. Examine, evaluate, dissect, and read between the lines to connect the book’s content to other knowledge. Get to know the characters. When you meet the characters in the book, place yourself in the scene. Think of them as you do the people around you. Think about their faults, virtues and motives. Read portions aloud to get to know their voices. Notice the structure of the book. Sometimes an author uses the structure or form of the book to illustrate a concept that is central to the book’s purpose. Ask questions. Are chapters 8
prefaced with quotes? How many narrators tell the story? How does the sequence of events unfold to create the mood of the story? Is it written in flashbacks?  Make comparisons to other books and authors. Compare the book to the author’s other work and to the work of his or her contemporaries. Often, the themes that run through an author's work are more fully realized in comparison.
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LEADING THE DISCUSSION Begin by researching the author online. Most authors have their own websites and usually their publisher’s website will also have helpful information. In addition, book reviews are readily available in publications such as The New York Times and Publishers Weekly. If you do not want to read online, you can visit your local library and look up the Book Review Digest, Book Review Index, or The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Come prepared with 10 to 15 open-ended questions. Remember, questions that can be answered with a simple yes or no tend to cut off discussion quickly. Questions should be used to start the discussion and keep it going, but be ready to let the discussion flow naturally. You'll often find that the questions you've prepared will come up all on their own. Remind participants that there are not necessarily any “right” answers. Don't be afraid to criticize a book; however, try to go beyond strictly evaluative comments such as "I just didn't like it" or “I liked it.” Remember that many of the best book discussions center on books that many group members dislike. Every reader responds to a book in ways that are intimately tied to his or her background, but aim to keep a balance in the discussion between personal revelations and critical response.
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EXAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION What makes this book distinctive? Is the time period or setting of the book important to the purpose? Why? How realistic is the setting? Is the book written to present the author’s worldview? How does politics play a role in the book? Is the plot and the subplot believable? Are they compelling? How understandable are the motivations of the characters? What motivates their behavior? How is the book structured? Flashbacks? From one point of view? All in dialogue? How does the language of the book help convey its purpose? Does the author rely heavily on imagery and symbolism? Why or why not?
SUGGESTIONS FOR BOOK CLUB PARTICIPANTS SPEAK UP. Group discussion is a conversation; everyone needs to take part. LISTEN to others. Try to understand points of view other than your own. BE BRIEF. Share the discussion with others. A good discussion keeps everyone in the conversation. HAVE FUN. Enjoy having the opportunity to read books with a community or friends and to contribute to literary discussions.
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2016 TREASURE VALLEY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS The following pages contain listings of books chosen for reading and discussion in 2016 by local book clubs. If you’re looking for a new book club to join or are simply interested to know what the Treasure Valley is reading, read on!
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AAUW BOOK GROUP Contact: Lee Hipsher Phone: (208) 615-1505 Email: leehipsher45@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins Weight, Jeanette Winterson The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis Notes: We meet on the third Sunday of each month at 2 pm, in the downstairs meeting room. We will be choosing 5 more books in July.
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BOISE’S OUTSPOKEN, OUTRAGEOUS BOOK SOCIETY Contact: Connie Weaver Phone: (208) 344-5325 Email: Dreamweaver1407@cableone.net Book Titles for 2016 The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks Left Neglected, Lisa Genova The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown Last Bus to Wisdom, Ivan Doig Four Seasons in Rome, Tony Doerr Being Mortal, Atul Gawande Lila, Marilynne Robinson State of Fear, Michael Crichton Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion I Remember Nothing, Nora Ephron
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BOOK CLUB FRIENDS Contact: Barbara Olic-Hamilton Phone: (208) 344-3778 Email: bfolic@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 Abomination, Jonathan Holt The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Strout Remedy, Thomas Goetz Abduction, Jonathan Holt Firmin, Sam Savage Redeployment, Phil Klay All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown Undertow, Eric E. Wallace The Bookman’s Tale: A Novel of Obsession, Charlie Lovett The Woman Who Heard Color, Kelly Jones H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald
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BOOK CLUB WITH NO NAME Contact: Susan Stacy Phone: (208) 344-7371 Email: sstacy@spro.net Book Titles for 2016 Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walters Red Notice, Bill Browder The Last American Man, Elizabeth Gilbert Mink River, Bryan Doyle Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Rent Collector, Camron Wright Tenth of December, George Saunders The Bees, Laline Paull Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
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COOKBOOK CLUB Contact: Eleanor Anderson Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: eleanor@mld.org Book Titles for 2016 Wedding Cake, Josi Kilpack, (March) Banana Split, Josi Kilpack (March) Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis, (April) The Italian Cookbook for Beginners, Salinas Press (April) Food Network Favorites, Food Network Chefs, (May) Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries and Shakes, Bobby Flay (May) No Book- Bring favorite family night recipes (June) Picnic: 125 recipes with 29 seasonal menus, Deedee Stovel, (July) 200 Picnic and Tailgate Recipes, Carol Beckerman (July) Sally’s Baking Addiction, Sally McKenney, (August) Sweets and Treats with Six Sisters Stuff, Six Sisters (August) Tacolicious: festive recipes for tacos, snacks, cocktails... Sarah Deseran, (September) Pati’s Mexican Table: The secrets of real Mexican home cooking, Patie Jinich (September) Twist it Up! Jack Witherspoon (October) Little Cooks, Erin Quon (October) The Crockin’ Girls Slow Cookin’ Companion, Nicole Sparks, (November) It’s Our Crockin’ Life: continuing our love of crockin’ through every Lifestyle, Nicole Sparks
December: No Book- Bring favorite holiday recipe Notes The Cookbook Club is put together by the Meridian Library District and is held on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Each member is encouraged to stop by the Meridian Library District during the month before to choose a recipe from the book to bring and share with the group during the meeting. Plates, silverware, and refreshments are provided by the Meridian Library. New members are always welcome. For more information visit the Meridian Library’s website at www.mld.org.
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MERIDIAN LIBRARY FAMILY BOOK CLUB Contact: Laura Abbott, Youth Services Manager Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: labbott@mld.org Book Titles for 2016 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo (February) Westly: A Spider’s Tale by Bryan Beus (March) The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (April) Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (May) Notes: Held on the 4th Thursdays of the month at 6:30pm. We have the books planned for February-May but will continue the book club through the year. Visit the calendar at www.mld.org
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FICTIONAL BOOK CLUB Contact: Natalie Perry Phone: 208-608-3847 Email: viajeradelmundo2@yahoo.com (preferred method) Book Titles for 2016 The Silent Sister, Diane Chamberlain (January) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan (February) The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick (March)
Notes: We only pick our books two months in advance. For more up to date information, please check out our group on meetup: http://www.meetup.com/The-Fictional-Book-Club/
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THE FIRST SUNDAY (NOW MONDAY) BOOK CLUB Contact: Joyce Taylor Phone: 208-424-8001 Email: idahojoyce@msn.com Book Titles for 2016 City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald Daughters of the Samurai, Janice Nimura The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins M Train, Patti Smith Caleb's Crossing, Geraldine Brooks A Man Called Ove, Frederik Backman
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FOOD AND WINE BOOK CLUB Contact: Susan Gibson Phone: 209 385-7011 Email: susagibs@gmail.com In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, Hampton Sides An Unnecessary Woman Rabih Alameddine Notes: We meet bimonthly and pick our books one meeting at a time.
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GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB Contact: Allie Poole Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: allie@mld.org Book Titles for 2016 Bone: Volume 1 Out From Boneville, Jeff Smith (February) Amulet Volume 1: The Stone Keeper, Kazu Kibuishi (February) Hawkeye vs. Deadpool, Gerry Duggan (March) Toriko Volume 1, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (March) I Kill Giants, Joe Kelly (April) Black Butler Volume 1, Yana Toboso (April) The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Akira Himekawa (May) Sword Art Online, Reki Kawahara (May) Cardboard, Doug TenNapel (June) Fairy Tail Volume 1, Hiro Mashima (June) Notes: Held twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 5:30pm. The books are planned from February-June but it will continue every month. Visit the calendar on www.mld.org
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GREAT BOOKS CLUB Contact: Vince Hannity Phone: (208) 859-3454 Email: vhannity@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 The Good Earth, Pearl Buck The Crito, Plato Selection from Politics, Aristotle Notes from the Underground, Dostoevsky Exodus, The Bible Billy Budd, Salor, Herman Melville Iphigeneia at Aulis, Euripides Selection from Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith Selection from Origin of Government, Thomas Hobbes Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare Selection from The Knight of Faith, David Hume Selection from The Persian Wars, Herodotus Selection from Of Civil Government, John Locke Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau Selection from Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift
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HARRIS RANCH COUPLES BOOK CLUB Contact: Phone: Email
Dee Bowling 433-1030 deewbowling@gmail.com
Book Titles for March 2016 In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline Notes: The Couples Book Club meets quarterly in the homes of neighbors who live within a two-block area of Harris Ranch in east Boise. We get together for a light potluck dinner, usually on a Wednesday evening, prior to discussing the book selections. Often we choose two books for each session to address the interests of both genders. We have recently covered topics from WWII, including Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See, to Stephen King’s latest novel, Finders Keepers. The book club provides a social gathering for neighbors who enjoy reading good books and getting to know one another.
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HILLCREST ADULT BOOK CLUB Contact: Renee Addington Phone: (208) 972-8340 Email: raddington@cityofboise.org Book Titles for 2016 The Big Burn, Timothy Egan (January 27) The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd (February 24) Loving Frank, Nancy Horan (March 30) Still Life, Louise Penny (April 27) In the Kingdom of Ice, Hampton Sides (May 25) Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver (June 29) Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, Karen Abbott (July 27) Notes: Meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Library! at Hillcrest: 5246 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID, 83705. Titles for the remainder of 2016 will be selected at the June meeting.
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HYPATIA’S ECLECTIC READING SOCIETY BOOK CLUB Contact: Beth Bogue Phone: (208) 336-6767 Email: bbogue85@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 The Danish Girl, David Ebershoff The Abomination, Jonathon Holt The Secret Chord, Geraldine Brooks Circling the Sun, Paula McClain The Guest Room, Chris Bohjalian We Never Asked for Wings, Vanessa Diffenbaugh Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng The Ophan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward Orhan’s Inheritance, Aline Ohanesian The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
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IDAHO CITY BOOK GROUP Contact: Lynn Murdoch Phone: 208-392-4963 Email: lynnmurd@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 At God’s Mercy, L.L. Fine (January 14) Spoken From The Heart, Laura Bush (February 11) Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe March 10 The Auschwitz Escape, Joel C. Rosenberg (April 14) Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry (May 12) The Widow’s War, Sally Gunning (June 9) Me Before You, JoJo Myers (July 14) Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline (August 11) The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd (September 8) All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr (October 13) Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Katy Butler (November 10) (Short story TBA) (December 8) Notes: All meetings held at 6:30 PM Library! Conference Room 27
IDAHO WRITERS GUILD (IWG) Contact: Amanda Turner Phone: (208) 949-4683 Email: Amanda@akturner.com Book Titles for 2016 The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion (January 14) The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (February 11) The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks (March 10) The Professor's House, Willa Cather (April 14) The Children Act, Ian McEwan (May 12) The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (June 9) Notes: Open to members of the Idaho Writers Guild ($35 per year, www.IdahoWritersGuild.com). Does not meet in July and August. Fall titles are chosen at the June meeting.
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INSPIRATION BOOK CLUB Contact: Katie Huskey Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: katie@mld.org Book Titles for 2016
I’ll Fly Away by Kelly Nielsen (February) At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (March) I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (April) A Voice in the Wind, Francine Rivers (May) The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch (June) The Gates of Zion, Bodie Thoene (July) The Burning Sky, Lori Benton (August) The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin (September) The First Phone Call from Heaven, Mitch Albom (October) The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (November) The Help, Katheryn Stockett (December) Notes The Inspirational Book Club is put together by the Meridian Library District and is held at two different times during the month; third Friday of each month at 10:30 a.m. and the fourth Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the Meridian Library District, Cherry Lane branch. Light refreshments provided, new members always welcome. For more information visit the Meridian Library’s website at www.mld.org.
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JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA BOOK CLUB (JASNA) Contact: Kristine Kendall Phone: (208) 371-1959 Email: dnkkendall@cableone.net Book Titles for 2016 Love and Friendship, Jane Austen Growing Older with Jane Austen, Maggie Lane A Fine Brush on Ivory, Richard Jenkyns Longbourn, Jo Baker Emma, Jane Austen The Real Jane Austen, Paula Byrne
Notes: ALL MEETINGS: 7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room, 4724 W. State, Boise
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LIT FOR LUNCH Contact: Cheryl Hindrichs Phone: (208) 345-1510 Email: cherylhindrichs@boisestate.edu Book Titles for 2016 All Over Creation, Ruth Ozeki (January 22) Hunger, Elise Blackwell (February 19) The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood (March 18) Gardens in the Dunes, Leslie Marmon Silko (2000) (April 15) Notes: Book discussions are held at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., from 12:10 to 1 p.m., and are free and open to the public. Books are available at Rediscovered Books on 8th street between Main and Idaho which gives a 10% discount and at the BSU Bookstore in the Student Union Building (426-1362), which gives a 25% discount. For more information, contact BSU English Professor Cheryl Hindrichs, cherylhindrichs@boisestate.edu 345-1510.
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LITERARY JOURNIES Contact: Linda Paul Phone: (208) 345-1664 Email: lindadpaul@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, Ann Patchett God’s Dogs, Mitch Wieland The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back, Clark Elliot, PhD The Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline Persuasion, Jane Austen A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, A Landmark Investigation,And the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age, Matt Richtel The Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra
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MERIDIAN BUSINESS BOOK CLUB Contact: Trisha Mick Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: trisha@mld.org Book Titles for 2016
The Speed of Trust, Stephen MR Covey (February) Zero to One, Peter Thiel (March) Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi (April) Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely (May) The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (June) The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor (July) Death by Meeting, Patrick Lenioni (August) TBD (September – December) Notes
The Meridian Business Book Club is put together by the Meridian Library District and is held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 a.m. at unBound, Meridian Library’s technology center in downtown Meridian. New members are always welcome. For more information and additional resources for the book club join our club on www.meetup.com.
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MERIDIAN LIBRARY CLASSIC MOVIE & BOOK CLUB Contact: Pamela Johnston-Rowning Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: pamela@mld.org
Book Titles for 2016 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, RA Dick (February) The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman (March) A Passage to India, EM Forster (April) The Known World, Edward Jones (May) Tobacco Road, Erskine Caldwell (June) Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (July) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers (August) The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem (September) The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett (October) A Person of Interest, Susan Choi (November) Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys (December) Notes The Coffee & Classic Book Club is put together by the Meridian Library District and is held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Meridian Library District, Cherry Lane branch. Light refreshments provided, new members always welcome. For more information visit the Meridian Library’s website at www.mld.org.
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MERIDIAN LIBRARY MORNING BOOK CLUB Contact: Camille Hampton Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: camille@mld.org
Book Titles for 2016 The Snow Child, Ivey (January) Unbroken, Hillenbrand (February) Plain Truth, Picoult (March) And Ladies of the Club, Hooven (April) And Ladies of the Club by Hooven (second part) (May) The Orchid Thief, Orlean (June) Everything Illuminated, Safran (July) These is My Words, Turner (August) Boys in the Boat, Brown (September) Zookeeper’s Wife, Ackerman (October) Kite Runner, Hosseini (November) TBD (December) Notes: Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Meridian Library on Cherry Lane: 1326 W Cherry Lane, Meridian, ID 83642. 35
MERIDIAN LIBRARY TEEN BURGERS AND BOOKS Contact: Laura Abbott, Youth Services Manager Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: labbott@mld.org Book Titles for 2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith (February) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (March) All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven (April) Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (May) Notes: Held on the 3rd Fridays of the month at 4:30pm. We have the books planned for February-May but will continue it every month. Visit the calendar on www.mld.org
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MONDAY AT MARIE’S Contact: Marie Macklin Phone: (208) 841-3739 Email: mmckln@q.com Book Titles for 2016 The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness, Liza Long A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon My Name Is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout The Blue Between Sky and Water, Susan Abulhawa
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THE MOST EXCELLENT BOOK CLUB! Contact: Marilyn Shuler Phone: (208) 375-2827 Email: Marilyn@marilynshuler.com Book Titles for 2016 Life After Life, Kate Atkinson Boys In The Boat, Dan Brown Being Mortal, Atul Gawande The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald And So We Read On, Maureen Corrigan 10th of December , George Saunders An Unnecessary Woman, Rabah Alameddine Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson Canada, Richard Ford The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
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THE MOXIE CLUB Contact: Dawn Cisper Phone: (208) 577-8062 Email: cisperfamily@msn.com Book Titles for 2016 The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion Where Did You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Waiting for Snow in Havana, Carlos Eire The Art of the English Murder, Lucy Worsley Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan Firefly Lane, Kristin Hannah The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon The Hungry Tide, Amitav Ghosh
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MYSTERY BOOK CLUB Contact: Colleen Kemps Phone: 208-888-4451 Email: colleen@mld.org Book Themes for 2016
February: Cold Cases/True Crime: There are lots of mysteries that have never been solved. Pick any mystery that features a “cold case”, or pick a true crime story that interests you. March: Recipes for Murder (in conjunction with the Cookbook Club): Many mystery writers love to include recipes in their books.This month, pick any mystery that features cooking. At our Thursday meeting, we will only talk about the books we read. If you wish to come to the Cookbook Club meeting on Monday, March 21, you may bring a treat (from a recipe in the book you read) to share with the other participants. April: Victorian era: Gaslight and fog makes the perfect backdrop for crime. Pick any mystery set during the Victorian era (1837-1901). (It doesn’t have to be in England!) May: Bed and Breakfast Inns: We dream of lovely getaways to romantic hotels and B&B’s. Pick a mystery set in an inn, hotel, or resort. June: Edgar Award Winners: Each spring, the Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre. Pick any mystery in the list that has earned an award from 2010-2016. July-December: TBD Notes The Mystery Book Club is put together by the Meridian Library District and is held the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Meridian Library District, Cherry Lane branch. The Mystery Book Club does not choose one book to read each month, instead members can choose a book within the same theme or topic for the month to discuss. Light refreshments provided, new members always welcome. www.mld.org.
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NAMELESS BOOK CLUB Contact: n/a Email: n/a Book Titles for 2016 Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders A Window Opens, Elisabeth Egan I’ll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter Ordinary Grace, William Krueger What The Nanny Saw, Fiona Neil Still Alice, Lisa Genova Catcher In The Rye, JD Salinger Fates And Furies, Lauren Groff
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NAMPA READ & FEED BOOK CLUB Contact: Angie Wensel & Alita Svaty Phone: 898-9545 989-0452 Email: wensel55@msn.com amsvaty@speedyquick.net Book Titles for 2016 The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal Unveiling Grace, Lynn K. Wilder Hamilton, Ron Chernow Four Seasons in Rome, Anthony Doerr The Diaries of Adam & Eve , Mark Twin The Indifferent Stars Above, Daniel James Brown Songs of Willow Frost, Jamie Ford The Emerald Mile, Kevin Fedarko Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf It’s What I Do, Lynsey Addario The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
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NOVEL WOMEN! BOOK CLUB Contact: Stephanie Youngerman Email: ssyoungerman@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 Out of My Mind, Wally Lamb A Deadly Wandering, Matt Richtel Blue Asylum, Kathy Hepinstall The Visionist: A Novel, Rachel Urquhart At Water’s Edge, Sara Gruen We Are Not Ourselves, Matthew Thomas Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson Mrs. Poe, Lynn Cullen Being Mortal, Atul Gawande The Book of Speculation, Erika Swyler Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche We were Liars, E. Lockhart
Notes: We are not adding new members at this time.
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THE PAPER DOLLS Contact: Deb Holleran Phone: (208) 336-1760 Email: Holl77@cableone.net Book Titles for 2016 Dead Wake, Erik Larson Missoula, Jon Krakauer Lost & Found in Prague, Kelly Jones The Road to Character, David Brooks Notes: Our book club meets September through May. The above books are our reading material for February through May, 2016. We choose our books during our June meetings.
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T & T BOOK GROUP Contact: Marshall Sharp Phone: (208) 587-7050 Email: blsharp@msn.com Book Titles for 2016 The Borrower, Rebecca Makkai In the Kingdom of Ice, Hampton Sides The Paris Wife, Paula Mc Lain A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway The Monopolists, Mary Pilon A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki Me Before You, Jo Moyes The Oregon Trail, Rinker Buck The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah Last Bus to Wisdom, Ivan Doig The Life We Bury, Allen Eskens Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff Notes: We live and meet in Mountain Home. At our December meeting we choose and support, with donations, a charity we vote for. We also vote individually on our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for favorite books of the year. Votes are tallied for our interest and entertainment. Our favorite in 2015 was All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. 45
WINE, WOMEN, & WIT Contact: Connor Sheldon Phone: 208-841-1455 Email: connor.sheldon@gmail.com Book Titles for 2016 Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter Circling the Sun, Paula McLain The Perfume Collector, Kathleen Tessaro Delicious, Ruth Reichl Gray Mountain, John Grisham Nothing Daunted, Dorothy Wickenden Five Days Left, Julie Lawson Timmer Astoria, Peter Stark My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante Letters from Skye, Jessica Brockmole The Short Drop, Matthew FitzSimmon Notes: The book club Wine, Women, & Wit meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7 PM with the exception of December. 46
WINE, WOMEN AND WORDS Contact: Vicki Flume Book Titles for 2016 Destiny of the Republic, Candice Millard My Antonia, Willa Cather Even Silence has an End, Ingrid Betancourt The Hunchback of Nieman Marcus, Sonya Sones Gilead, Marilynne Robinson Me Before You, JoJo Moyes The Whip: a novel inspired by the story of Charley Parkhurst, Karen Kondazian What She Left Behind, Ellen Marie Wiseman
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INDEX OF BOOK CLUB LISTINGS AAUW Book Club .................... 13
Lit for Lunch ........................... 31
Boise's Outspoken ................. 14
Literary Journies ..................... 32
Book Club Friends ................. 15
Merididan Business ............... 33
Book Club ............................... 16
Meridian Classic .................... 34
Cookbook Club ....................... 17
Meridian Morning ................... 35
Family Book Club ................... 18
Meridian Teen Burger ............ 36
Fictional Book Club ................ 19
Mondays at Marie’s ............... 37
First Sunday .......................... 20
Most Excellent ........................ 38
Food and Wine ....................... 21
Moxie Club .............................. 39
Graphic Novel ........................ 22
Mystery Book Club ................. 40
Great Books ........................... 23
Nameless Book Club ............. 41
Harris Ranch Couples............ 24
Nampa Read & Feed ............. 42
Hillcrest Adult ......................... 25
Novel Women! ........................ 43
Hypatia's Eclectic ................... 26
The Paper Dolls ...................... 44
Idaho City................................ 27
T & T ........................................ 45
Idaho Writers Guild ................ 28
Wine, Women & Wit ............... 46
Inspiration Book Club ............ 29
Wine, Women, & Words ......... 47
Jane Austen Society .............. 30
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