Upcoming Book Club Books and Dates Our club must be doing some heavy reading this summer….here are several recommendations of books to read! · Molokai by Alan Brennert. · Room by Emma Donahue · The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose · My Unhappy American Life · Tree Huggers by Judy Nichols….this is a Presbyterian Mystery and the author sent us a copy to share…it is being passed around!! |
Book Club Bike Ride ![]() |
Cheesy Jam Loaf
This is the recipe for the yummy treat that Cathy Engstrom served at February Book Club:
½ c warm water Filling:
1 pkg dry yeast 8 oz cream cheese
1 Tbsp sugar ½ c sugar
3 c. Bisquick 1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 egg (beaten) ¼ c jam (or more, any flavor)
Mix yeast in water and 1 Tbsp sugar – let sit 5 minutes or until foamy. Stir in Bisquick and egg. Mix. Turn out
and knead 20 strokes. Place dough on 15x12” sheet pan. Roll into 14x9” rectangle. Mix cream cheese, ½ c
sugar and lemon juice. Spread lengthwise down center third of dough (stop an inch or so from each end).
Along the long sides of the dough, make 3” cuts about one inch apart (like fringe). Interfold strips over cream
cheese and fold up ends to avoid leakage. Cover and chill overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
(uncovered). Spoon jam over center immediately and serve warm. (NOTE: We prefer raspberry or apricot jam,
but any flavor is fine.)
PAST MEETINGS AND THE BOOKS WE'VE READ:
- 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
- June, 2008: Three Cups of Tea - Mortensen
- July, 2008: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
- August, 2008: The Friday Night Knitting Club
- September, 2008: The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman.
- October, 2008: The Shack
- November, 2008: The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
- December, 2008: Christmas Party, no book discussion
- January, 2009: canceled due to weather
- February, 2009: Movie Night: Iron Jawed Angels
- March 2: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- April 6th: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
- May 4th: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
- June 1st: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
- July 6th: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- September 14th: The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow
- October 5th: Dewey: The Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
- November: Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge
- December, 2009: Christmas Party -no book discussion
- January 2010: movie
- February 2010: Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson.
- March 2010: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- April 2010: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Boldt Taylor
- May 2010: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
- July 12th: The Help by Kathryn Stockton.
- August 2nd: The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Gruenwald
- September 6th: Eat, Pray, Love (movie night)
- October, 2010: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
- November, 2010: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- December 2010: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
- January, 2011: Movie
- February, 2011: Ape House by Sara Gruen
- March, 2011: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- April, 2011: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- May, 2011
- June, 2011: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

