At our November 2012 meeting we’ll plan to add 5-6 books to our reading list for 2013. Suggested at the last meeting (by Eloise based on Oprah‘s Recommended Reading List) are the following:
Almost Paradise by Susan Isaacs, see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228098.Almost_Paradise
The Empty Glass by J. I. Baker, see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13078037-the-empty-glass
The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition by Doreen Carvajal, see the Amazon.com description.
Also suggested (based on an email story several members had received) was:
Life in a Jar: The Irene Sandler Project by Jack Mayer, see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11387491-life-in-a-jar
I’d also like to suggest we consider the following (a movie adaptation is being released very soon):
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49628.Cloud_Atlas
Please bring your list of suggested titles to the meeting or post them as comments on this blog posting or email me (Jonathan Bacon) with your suggestions.
11/5/2012 Update – I’m adding a couple of additional books, by author’s we’ve read before, as possible additions to our schedule.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (author of The Poisonwood Bible), see http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13438524-flight-behavior or the longer overview on Amazon.com.
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork, see the description on Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3700085-marcelo-in-the-real-world.
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (author of Atonement), see description on Amazon.com.
Any other suggestions? We’ll discuss adding new books to our schedule this Thursday, November 8, 2012.