FUTURE MEETINGS:
July 7 Book Club (7:30) - The club will meet at Annetta Baker’s home. The group will watch the movie The Kite Runner.
Aug 4 - ................................ hosted by Susan Van Essen
PAST MEETINGS AND BOOKS WE'VE READ:
Thanks to Robyn M. for compiling the list of all the books the Club has read:
St. Paul Women’s Book Club Selections
- February, 2003: The Red Tent – Anita Diament
- March, 2003: Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America – Stephen G. Bloom
- April, 2003: Hannah’s Daughters – Mary Ann Fredreickson
- May, 2003: At Home in Mitford – Jan Koran
- June, 2003: Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
- July, 2003: The Master Butcher’s Singing Club - Louise Erdrich
- August, 2003: Pigs in Heaven – Barbara Kingsolver
- September, 2003: The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
- October, 2003: Odd Girl Out – Rachel Simmons
- November, 2003: Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
- December, 2003: The Christmas Box – Richard Paul Evans
- January, 2004: Peace Like a River – Leif Enger
- February, 2004: Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
- March, 2004: The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
- April, 2004: Fat Land - Greg Critser
- May, 2004: The DaVinci Code – Dan Brown
- June, 2004: The Purpose Driven Life – Rick Warren
- July, 2004: Angry Housewives Eating BonBons – Lorna Landvik
- August, 2004: Let’s Roll – Lisa Beamer
- September, 2004: Icebound – Dr. Jeri Nielson
- November, 2004: Skipping Christmas – John Grisham
- December, 2004: Christmas Party, no book discussion
- January, 2005: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- February, 2005: Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
- March, 2005: The Kitchen Boy – Robert Alexander
- April, 2005: Pompeii – Robert Harris
- May, 2005: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon
- June, 2005: I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- July, 2005: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
- August, 2005: The Founding Mothers – Cokie Roberts
- September, 2005: Crow Lake – Mary Lawson
- October, 2005: Number #1 Ladies Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
- November 2005: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith
- December, 2005: Christmas Party, no book discussion
- January, 2006: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- February, 2006: The Other Boleyn Sister – Phillipa Gregory
- March, 2006: Under the Banner of Heaven – Jon Krakauer
- April, 2006: The Usual Rules – Joyce Maynard
- May, 2006: Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
- June, 2006: My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
- July, 2006: Field Trip to new downtown Des Moines Public Library, no book discussion
- August, 2006: Marley and Me – John Grogan
- September, 2006: The Loop – Nicolas Evans
- October, 2006: Reading Lolita in Tehran – Azar Nafisi
- November, 2006: A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson
- December, 2006: Christmas Party, no book discussion
- January, 2007: Wicked – Gregory MacGuire
- February, 2007: The Last Days of Dogtown – Anita Diament
- March, 2007: Gifts from the Sea – Anne Morrow
- April, 2007: Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared M. Diamond
- May, 2007: “Jesus Camp” (Movie and discussion)
- June, 2007: The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
- July, 2007: A Year of Pleasures – Elizabeth Berg
- August, 2007: Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
- September, 2007: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo
- October, 2007: March – Geraldine Brooks
- November, 2007: A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah
- December, 2007: Christmas Party, no book discussion
- January, 2008: The Faith Club – Ranya Idleby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
- February, 2008: Eat, Love, Pray - Elizabeth Gilbert
- March, 2008: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
- April, 2008: 1000 Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
- May, 2008: The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
