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  ::  2011  ::

  Dec | Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest (sarah)
  Nov | French Lessons, by Ellen Sussman (joyce)
  Oct | People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks (cathy)
  Sept | A Certain Chemistry, by Mil Millington (cassie)
  Aug | Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (april)
  June & July | Cutting For Stone, by Abraham Verghese (lucia)
  May | The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (angella)
  Apr | Trans-Sister Radio, by Chris Bohjalian (miranda)
  Mar | The President's Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler (nancy)
  Feb | Cathedral of the Sea, by Ildefonso Falcones (laura)
  Jan | individual reads from the holiday book exchange (club vote)
 

  ::  2010  ::

  Dec | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley (jen)
  Nov | The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos (cathy a)
  Oct | A Hellion in Her Bed, by Sabrina Jeffries (group pick)
  Sep | The Lost City of Z, by David Grann (emily)
  Aug | The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery (joyce)
  July | Not a Star, by Nick Hornby AND "Nipple Jesus" by Nick Hornby (sarah)
  Jun | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (laura)
  May | The Gargoyle, by Andrew Davidson (miranda?)
  Apr | Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, by John Gregory Brown (cathy c)
  Mar | The Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick (angella?)
  Feb | Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill (cathy a)
  Jan | Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange (group pick)
 

  ::  2009  ::

  Dec | Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austin (lucia)
  Nov | Loving Frank: A Novel, by Nancy Horan (laura)
  Oct | The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Wells (nancy)
  Sep | Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, by Carlos Eire (julio)
  Aug | Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay (jen)
  July | Interpreter of Maladies,  by Jhumpa Lahiri (kristen)
  Jun | Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout (joyce)
  May | The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff (emily)
  Apr | Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, by Susan Jane Gilman (angella)
  Mar | My Name is Red, by Orphan Pamuk (sarah)
  Feb | Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (miranda)
  Jan | Lives of the Monster Dogs, by Kirsten Bakis (group pick)
 

  ::  2008  ::

  Dec | Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston (charlene)
  Nov | A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul (lisa)
  10 year anniversary / trip to Library of Congress | The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett (cathy a)
  Oct | The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields (laurene)
  Sep | The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss (cathy a)
  Aug | The Secret of Lost Things, by Sheridan Hay (lucia)
  July | What Dreams May Come, by Richard Matheson (jen)
  Jun | Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (kristen)
  May | Dodsworth, by Sinclair Lewis (joyce)
  Mar & Apr | Clara Callan, by Richard B. Wright (laurene)
  Feb | This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison & Dan Gediman (angella)
  Jan | The Buffalo Soldier, by Chris Bohjalian (laura)
 

  ::  2007  ::

  Dec | Christmas Books, by Charles Dickens (sarah)
  Nov | Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck (terri)
  Oct | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (charlene)
  Sep | Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky (lisa)
  Aug | The Last Sin-Eater, by Francine Rivers (joyce)
  July | Him, Her, Him Again, The End of Him, by Patricia Marx (cathy a)
  Jun | The City of Fallen Angels, by John Berendt (lucia)
  May | The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (?)
  Apr | Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit, by Daniel Quinn (kristen)
  Mar | Laughter in the Dark, by Vladimir Nabokov (laurene)
  Feb | In a Dark Wood, by Amanda Craig (tonya)
  Jan | My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult (angella)
 

  ::  2006  ::

  Dec | The Hummingbird's Daughter, by Luis Alberto Urrea (lucia)
  Nov | individual reads from the previous year's book exchange (club vote)
  Oct | Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami (sarah)
  Sep | The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (laura)
  Aug | The World's Religions, by Huston Smith (terri)
  July | The Royal Game and Other Stories, by Stephan Zweig (charlene)
  Jun | Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi (lisa)
  May | Time Won't Let Me, by Bill Scheft (cathy a)
  Apr | How The Light Gets In, by M.J. Hyland (joyce)
  Mar | The Land of Laughs, by Jonathoan Carroll (tad)
  Feb | The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty (jen)
  Jan | Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan (kristen)
 

  ::  2005  ::

  Dec | Gain, by Richard Powers (caroline)
  Oct & Nov | Robinson, by Muriel Spark (laurene)
  Sep | New Beginnings, Bloomsbury Publishing (sarah)
  Aug | Middlesex, by Jeffery Eugenides (cathy a)
  July | The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (lucia)
  Jun | Stranger at the Palazzo D'oro, by Paul Theroux (laura)
  May | Drowning Ruth, by Christina Schwarz (tonya)
  Apr | Love Me, by Garrison Keillor (terri)
  Mar | The Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant (charlene)
  Feb | Three Junes, by Julia Glass (jen)
 

  ::  2004  ::

  Dec & Jan 2005 | More Like Wrestling, by Danyel Smith (laurene)
  Nov | Fidelity: Five Stories, by Wendell Berry (jennifer a)
  Oct | Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris (angella)
  Sep | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (sarah)
  Aug | The Last Continent, by Bill Bryson (joyce)
  July | Sea Glass, by Anita Shreve (cathy a)
  Jun | The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl (lucia)
  Apr & May | Embers, by Sandor Marai (jo)
  Mar | White As Snow, by Tanith Lee (tonya)
  Feb | The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, by Louise Murphy (terri)
  Jan | The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd (charlene)
 

  ::  2003  ::

  Dec | Holidays On Ice, by David Sedaris (laurene)
  Nov | The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (teresa)
  Oct | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers (jen)
  Sep | Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (sarah)
  Aug | Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown (daryle)
  July | The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (tonya)
  May & June | All Over But The Shoutin', by Rick Bragg (terri)
  Apr | Big Stone Gap, by Adriana Trigiani (charlene)
  Mar | The Fixer, by Bernard Malamud (laurene)
  Feb | Empire Falls, by Richard Russo (teresa)
  Jan | Girlfriend in a Coma, by Douglas Coupland (jen)
 

  ::  2002  ::

  Dec | One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich (amy)
  Nov | Driving Mr. Albert, by Michael Paterniti (sarah)
  Oct | The Mummy, by Anne Rice (daryle)
  Sep | Father Elijah: An Apocalypse, by Micheal O'Brien (tonya)
  Aug | The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (laurene)
  July | The Passion of Artemisia, by Susan Vreeland (teresa)
  Jun | The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant (charlene)
  May | Headlong, by Michael Frayn (jen)
  Apr | Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (rob)
  Mar | Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg (anne)
  Feb | The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice (dawn g)
  Jan | A Gesture Life, by Chang-rae Lee (sarah)
 

  ::  2001  ::

  Disobedience, by Jane Hamilton (mina)
  The House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski (tonya)
  The Hours, by Michael Cunningham (laurene)
  Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen (janice)
  Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland (darlene)
  The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms, by J.P. Donleavy (charlene)
  Ahab's Wife, by Sena Jeter Naslund (mina)
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera (dawn)
  The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingslover (melissa)
  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, by Jimmy Breslin (sarah)
 

  ::  2000  ::

  Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis De Bernieres (laurene)
  Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (tonya)
  The Wrestler's Cruel Study, by Stephen Dobyns (amy)
  A Widow for One Year, by John Irving (judy)
  Wit, by Margaret Edson (cathe)
  The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin (holly)
  Andorra, by Peter Cameron (sarah)
  Devices and Desires, by P.D. James (laurene)
 

  ::  1999 - 1998 ::

  The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy (dan)
  Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (tonya)
  The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars, by Stephen Brust (aaron)
  The Magus, by John Fowles (amy)
  The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester (sarah)
  The Church of the Dead Girls, by Stephen Dobyns (tonya)
  Crooked Little Heart, by Anne Lamott (laurene)
  Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (laurene)
  Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier (aaron)
  The Winshaw Legacy, by Jonathan Coe (sarah)
  Seduction Theory, by Thomas Beller (tonya)
  High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby (laurene)