| Group Messages |
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| March-November 2014 book selections |
by queeneliz1
on March 5th, 2014
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March 25 *note change*
Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country (1913).
Discussion leader: Barbara
Host: Ashley
April 29
Daniel Siegel, The Mindful Brain (2008).
Discussion leader: Judy
Host: Shirley
May 27
Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection (2009).
Discussion leader: Glenn
Host: Greg
June 24
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (2009).
Discussion leader and host: Amy
July 22
Elizabeth Crook, The Night Journal (2007).
Discussion leader and host: Vicky
August 26
Lawrence Wright, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013).
Discussion leader: Jen
Host: Melanie
September 23
John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces (1980).
Discussion leader: Judy
Host: Lorene
October 28
Alice Munro, Dear Life (2013).
Discussion leader: Barbara
Host: Judy and Glenn
November 18
Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012).
Discussion leader: Amy
Host: Melanie |
| Book Selections for September 2013-March 2014 |
by queeneliz1
on July 30th, 2013
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Here are our new book selections for Mueller book club. See the Events page for location details. Happy reading!
September 24
Down the Great Unknown, by Edward Dolnick
Leader and Host: Vicky (Mosaic apartments in the party room)
October 22
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Leader: Melanie
Host: Shirley
November 19 (one week earlier due to Thanksgiving)
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof
Leader: Amy
Host: Melanie
December, date TBA - holiday party at Amy 's house, Liebrary game
January 28
Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
Leader: Judy
Host: Cynthia
February 25
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel, by David Rakoff
Leader: Marilyn
Host: Niki
March 25
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre, by Richard Grant
Leader: Barbara
Host: ?? TBA
Reminder - see all of our Mueller Book Club book selections since 2008 here:
http://www.citicite.com/mueller/index.php?module=Pages&op=view&title=Mueller_Book_Club's_Good_Reads |
| Book Selections for March-August 2013 |
by queeneliz1
on February 17th, 2013
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Mueller Book Club selected our next 6 months of good reads at our January meeting. We meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 7:30-9:30pm, see the Events page of Mueller Community.
March:
2030 by Albert Brooks
Discussion Leader: Diane
Host: Greg
April:
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Discussion Leader: Judith
Host: Terese
May:
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Discussion leader: Ashley
Host: Shirley
June:
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Discussion Leader: Nikki
Host: Melanie
July:
The Life of Objects by Susanna Moore
Discussion Leader: Judith
Host: Amy
August:
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Discussion Leader: Terese
Host: Carole
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| Book Selections for July 2012-January 2013 |
by queeneliz1
on June 27th, 2012
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July: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
August: Place of Execution by Val McDermio
September: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
October: Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn
November: Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalesh
December: Movie Night!
January: 11/23/63 by Stephen King
Also, we have created a Wiki page listing all of the books we have read since the book club started in October 2008.
Mueller Book Club's Good Reads
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| Book Selections for May - October, 2011 |
by queeneliz1
on May 9th, 2011
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Books for May - October, 2011
May:
The Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
Discussion leader: Kathy S.
Host: Cynthia C
June:
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Discussion leader: Allison?
July:
In the Lap of the Gods by Li Miao Lovett
Discussion leader: Greg B.
August:
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Discussion leader: Amy B.
September:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Discussion leader: Melanie H.
October:
A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias
Discussion leader: Shirley G.
Also nominated:
The Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynn
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Abreht
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
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| December Book Club |
by queeneliz1
on November 17th, 2010
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Dear Book Club Fans,
You're invited to Melanie & Dusty's house, Wednesday, December 15, at 7:30 for a casual holiday book club party and a raucous game of LIE-brary where you make up first line of a book and try to get everyone to guess yours (like Balderdash).
Bring an appetizer to share, we'll have dessert and drinks.
Please RSVP on the event page:
http://www.citicite.com/mueller/index.php?module=Events&op=view&EventID=755
Happy holidays!
Melanie |
| October 2010-April 2011 book selections |
by queeneliz1
on August 24th, 2010
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The Mueller book club met tonight and selected books for October-April:
Month, book, discussion leader, host
October 26 American Pastoral by Philip Roth Greg, Greg
November 16* Passing by Nella Larson Cynthia, Karie
December date TBA Liebrary game - Harshmans
January 26 On Beauty by Zadie Smith Kathy, Anna
February 22 Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Anna, Terese
March 22 The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari Karie, Jill
April 26 Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (due to be released Aug. 31, 2010) Terese, Kathy
Also nominated:
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway by former New Yorker staffer Matt Dellinger, review by Ben Wear in AAS Sunday: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/the-i-69-road-fight-goes-on-forever-873475.html 
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
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| August book club and book selection |
by queeneliz1
on August 5th, 2010
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Hi book lovers,
The next book club meeting is Aug. 24 at my house for Immortal Life o Henrietta Lacks...a fascinating book! We're changing the time to 7:30-9:30. See the Events page. We will also choose books for the next six months at this mtg so bring your selection!
We will also choose books at the Aug. 24 meeting for the next six months so bring your selection -- hopefully that will leave plenty of time to get our hands on the October book. |
| New book selections -- April - September 2010 |
by queeneliz1
on February 24th, 2010
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Here are our book selections drawn last night for April - September 2010:
April : The Help by Kathryn Stockett (leader Terese, host Shirley)
May: Unaccustomed Earth byJhumpa Lahiri (leader Amy, host Anna)
June: Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry (leader Ashley, host Carole)
July: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (leader Cynthia, host Megan T.)
August: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (leader Karie, host Melanie)
September: March by Geraldine Brooks (leader Erin, host Karie)
Hosts, I'll put these on the Events page soon, for the 4th Tuesday of the month...if you would prefer a different date, let me know. Also let me know if you would *not* want your street address on the event and would rather have people private message you for the location. Thanks! -Melanie |
| Book selection mtg on February 23 |
by queeneliz1
on February 9th, 2010
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Hi all,
We are choosing our next 6 months of books at the February 23 book club meeting, 8pm at Terese Plutko's house , 4313 Scales. Bring your nomination and just a short blurb to tell everyone what it's about, and we will fill out slips of paper and draw them randomly (as the group decided at the January mtg.). These will be our books for April - September 2010.
We'll also need hosts so if you are interested in hosting, please be thinking of what date would be best. We usually meet on the 4th Tuesday at 8:00 but it is completely up to the host. Happy choosing!
Melanie |
| Book Selection at Feb. Mtg. |
by queeneliz1
on January 28th, 2010
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Book Selection at Feb. Mtg.
Hi everyone,
We decided tonight to continue with the random drawing for book selection at the February 23 meeting. We'll be choosing books for the April - Sept. 2010 book clubs. So come to the February 23 meeting with your slip of paper in hand with your nomination of a title/author. A suggestion was made, in addition, for everyone to post here what books they are interested in, such as top 3 like we used to do at the meetings, just so we all have the recommendations for good titles. Thanks!
Melanie |
| September 2009 - March 2010 book selections |
by queeneliz1
on August 25th, 2009
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Date, Book, Discussion Leader, Host
September 22, 2009 The Passion by Jeanette Winterson Meghan Jenny
October 27, 2009 Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan Kathy Ashley
November 17, 2009 Devil and the White City by Erik Larson Melanie Carol
December 2009 MOVIE NIGHT (15? 22?) ---- ---- ----
January 26, 2010 The Awakening by Kate Chopin Amy Kathy
February 23, 2010 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Anna Terese
March 23, 2010 The Forgotten GardenBy Kate Morton Jenny, host?
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| August book & future plans... |
by queeneliz1
on July 28th, 2009
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Ok, tonight we decided based on the poll that the August book will be :
Tuesday Aug 25th, Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
discussion leader-Chris Sears
host-Melanie Harshman
And, as to how to keep choosing books, the group decided to choose books twice a year (6 months each time). We will each bring 1 book suggestion to the Aug. 25 meeting, write it on a piece of paper, and have a random drawing for the Sept-Nov and Jan-Feb book selections (Dec is movie night).
We discussed the option of instead voting on 6 choices, but ultimately decided for now to try the randomized selection and see how it works, just so we don't end up with a majority vote always reading the same types of books and people feeling left out. The group decided we can always go back to voting on the books with the next 6 months.
So bring your selection to the August meeting, you must be present for your book to go into the hat! (as another benefit of group members attending the meetings...we will not be putting book selections on online polls.)
Thanks for all your input everyone!
Melanie |
| June & July books |
by queeneliz1
on July 14th, 2009
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June 23: book - The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, host - Anna Slade; discussion leader - Marge Bailey; future leader (books for August) - Chris Sears
July 28: book - Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman; host - Erin Atwood; discussion leader - Dusty Harshman; future leader (books for September) - Adelea Ibsen |
| April & May book club |
by queeneliz1
on April 1st, 2009
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April 28, 7-9pm
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Corona Cafe, Corona & Cameron
discussion leader: Megan T.
future leader who brings 3 books to select June book: Marge
May 26, 8-10pm
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
hosts: Jenny & Chris
discussion leader: Cynthia
future leader (book for July): Kathy |
| April book meeting |
by queeneliz1
on March 2nd, 2009
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Join us at Corona Cafe for our April book club meeting, Tues. April 28! Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger.
See the events page for more info. Hope to see you there! |
| February & March books |
by queeneliz1
on February 3rd, 2009
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At our Jan. meeting we decided on these books for Feb. & March:
Feb. meeting - Tuesday, Feb. 24
book - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (from the poll on muellercommunity)
host - Cynthia
discussion leader - Erin
future leader who brings 3 books to select April book from - Megan T.
March meeting - Tuesday, March 24
book - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
host - Marge
discussion leader - Meghan A.
future leader (book for May) - Cynthia
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| January - Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert |
by queeneliz1
on January 8th, 2009
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| check out the events page - Jan. 27 is the next book club at Meghan & Ezra's, for Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. |
| Book club for November - A Thousand Splendid Suns |
by queeneliz1
on October 29th, 2008
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| Our book club meeting for November will be Tuesday, Nov. 25 at Megan's house. Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Host: Megan, Leader: Amy B, Future Leader: Jenny |
| Mueller October book club |
by queeneliz1
on October 29th, 2008
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| Tuesday, Oct. 28, Melanie's house, 8:30-10pm, book: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. The first meeting of book group we decided to meet the 4th Tuesday of each month at 8:00 PM. We set up the book club so each month we have a Host (provides meeting place & light refreshments), a Leader (leads the book discussion), and a Future Leader (who brings a list of 3 books with synopsis to the meeting, so the group will vote on books to read 2 months in advance. The Future Leader then leads the next meeting discussion). |
