I try to choose a variety of genre and authors of differing ethnic
origins each year. We have found that the group goes better when we meet
outside of school. We usually meet from 4-5:30 at a restaurant or bar
that has something to do with the book in some way. Or we look for
something unusual.
Book Group Choices: 2001-2002
Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise.
Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections .
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
Hilts, Elizabeth. Getting in Touch with your Inner Bitch.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God and Dust Tracks on a
Dirt Road .
Piccoult, Jodi. The Pact and Second Glance: A Novel.
Sedaris, David. Holidays on Ice .
Ursu, Anne. Spilling Clarence.
Book Group Choices: 2002-2003
Collins, Max. The Road to Perdition.
Ehrenreich, B. Nickel and Dimed in America.
Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River.
Mason, Daniel. The Piano Tuner.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster .
Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones .
Webb, Charles. Stand Up Poetry.
Book Group Choices: 2003-2004
Cisneros, Sandra. Caramelo.
Garcia-Rosa, Luis Alfredo. The Silence of the Rain.
Katz, Jon. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho.
Menendez, Ana. In Cuba I was a German Shepherd.
Munro, Alice. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.
Neely, Barbara. Blanche Passes Go.
Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: a Life in Poem.
Book Group Choices: 2004-2005
Alexie, Sherman. Ten Little Indians.
Coben, Harlan. Tell No One.
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes.
Ellis, J. His Excellency, George Washington.
Foer, Jonathan Saffron. Everything is Illuminated.
Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead: A Novel.
Schumer-Chapman, Fern. Motherland...
Sijie, Die. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.
Tolstoy, Leo. The Death of Ivan Illych.
Book Group Choices: 2005-2006
Chodren, Pema. When Things Fall Apart.
Fforde, Jasper. The Eyre Affair.
Gladwell, M. The Tipping Point.
Holmes, Rupert. Swing: A Mystery.
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian.
Packer, ZZ. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere.
Welty, Eudora. The Ponder Heart.
Marcia L. Jensen,
Library Media Specialist
Davenport West High School
563-386-5500
jensenm@davenportschools.org
The reality is that we are all in over our heads. I am and you are. God
help us.
And so far He has. It could be worse.
Garrison Keillor
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