PVHS Staff Book Club
October 2008
DATE: Wednesday, October
8th -- 4 p.m.
BOOK: Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson (If you buy this, please donate it PVHS so we can have classes
also read the book) This is Chico's Book in Common and there will be activities
planned all year about this book. I'll try and send out information to you
frequently.
PLACE: Grilla Bites - in the In Motion Fitness
club (just to the left after you enter the front door)
August/September 2008
DATE: Wednesday, September 3rd -- 4 p.m.
BOOK: Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
PLACE: Grilla Bites - the one with the fountain off Cohasset Road
Summer
2008
Genre:Contemporary
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
May 2008
The Monk
Downstairs
by Tim Farrington
Selected by Mary Jo Brown
April 2008
Date: April 23 at 4 p.m.
Location: Grilla Bites
Foolsgold
by Susan Wooldridge
Genre: NonFiction
Selected by Monica Zukrow
March 2008
March 26 at
4 p.m. Location is: Grilla Bites on Cohasset Road
A
Sense of the World by Jason Roberts
Genre:
Non-Fiction
It's nonfiction about a blind man who traveled the world alone in the 1800's.
February 2008
Non-Fiction/Classic
Selected by Anita Wolfson
Feb. 27-at Teaze Me at
3:45
Eat,
Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
(Paperback)
by Elizabeth Gilbert
January 2008
Contemporary Fiction
Selected by Reta Rickmers
Jan. 16 -At Teaze Me
at 4:00 p.m.
Away:
A Novel by Amy Bloom
December
2007
December
12 at 4 p.m.
Place: Marge Willis' home 1480 Lucy Way
Good
Morning, Midnight
by Reginald Hill
November
2007
November 14th at 4 p.m.
Quad
by C. G. Watson
Place: Grilla Bites
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Selected by Sue Bruce
October
2007
Revenge
of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan
October 10th at 4 p.m.
Place: Grilla Bites
Genre: Contemporary
Selected by Reta
and Linda
September
2007
September 12th at 4 p.m.
Place: Grilla Bites
Mountains
beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
(California State Univ., Chico Book in Common)
Selected by: Linda Elliott
Summer 2007
Summer selection: Beach Music by Pat Conroy Date to be announced, however, we are looking at the week of August 5-9 At Marge's house
May 10, 2007
Being
there by Jerzy Kosinski at Mary Jo Brown's house at 4 p.m.
April 18, 2007
Reader's
Choice--Read a book and come prepared to share the plot, your impressions,
etc. with the group! Augie's (across from Black Crow Restaurant)
Ideas generated at our last meeting:
Long Way Gone by Beah
Blue Shoe by Anne LaMott and others
anything by Carl Hiaasen
Young Adult book ideas (available at PVHS library)
F BOY Boyne, John. The Boy inthe Striped Pajamas. New York : David
Fickling Books, 2006.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With"
in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas
who lives behind a wire fence. This is a story that will move you!
F CRE Crew, Linda . Brides of Eden. New York : HarperCollins, 2000..
In this story based on true events, sixteen-year-old Eva and her female friends
become obsessed with a charismatic young man who comes to Corvallis, Oregon,
in 1904, claiming to be a Christian prophet. He brainwashes them into defying
all conventions and eventually exploits them.
F PRO Prose, Francine. After New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2003.
In the aftermath of a nearby school shooting, a grief and crisis counselor
takes over Central High School and enacts increasingly harsh measures to control
students, while those who do not comply disappear. This one has shades of
politics, control and manipulation running through it.
F WES Westerfeld, Scott. So Yesterday. New York : Penguin, 2004.
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot
what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's
creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed
at the heart of consumer culture.
921 LATIFA Latifa. My Forbidden Face. New York : Talk Miramax Books,
c2001.
Latifa, a young woman who was sixteen in 1996 when the Taliban came to power
in Afghanistan, tells about her family's experiences under the repressive
regime, focusing on the lives of women and girls who were abruptly denied
the freedom to work, go to school, or even leave their homes without a male
escort. The frustrations and horrors of not being allowed to see a doctor,
to be imprisoned in one's home and be denied education and a social life are
clearly shown here.
F McC McCormick, Patricia. Sold. New York : Hyperion, 2006.
Excited to finally be allowed to work as a maid in town to help her family
survive, 13-year old Lakshmi is shocked to find she has been sold into prostition
by her step-father. This is the story of a young girl who is forced into the
sex slave trade, with research compiled from true stories of girls who have
experienced this.
F DRA Draper, Sharon. The Battle of Jericho. New York : Atheneum Books
for Young Readers, c2003..
Joining the prestigious club, The Warriors of Distinction is Jericho's greatest
goal and when his serious crush suddenly expresses interest in him, he is
even more motivated. Initiation Week holds plenty of surprises and sooner,
rather than later, the line between fun and games becomes blurred with Jericho's
sense of what is right and wrong. How far would you go to achieve your life's
desire?
F BEC Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max. Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring
Brook Press, c2002.
When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam
is determined to keep him and raise him alone.
F JOH Johnson, Angela. First Part Last. New York : Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and
must care for his adored baby daughter.
February 2007
February 21 (due to week off of school in February) at 4 p.m.
Place: Upper Crust
The
Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
January 2007
January 18th at 4 p.m.
Place: TBA
Art
of Uncontrolled Flight by Kim Ponders
December 2006
Gift
from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh -- Book
Exchange this month!
In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid
and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age;
love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during
a brief vacation by the sea.
Date: December 7th
Place: Teaze Me
Time: 4 p.m.
November 2006
My
Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure
the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do:
sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family
and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island
but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from
the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads,
scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies
into their home.
Date: November 8th
Place: Starbucks by PVHS--Safeway shopping center
Time: 4 p.m.
October 2006
Broken
for You By Stephanie Kallos
"Mesmerized by the first page, I read this book
in one sitting, and it has been a favorite of the 40 book clubs registered
at our store. There's plenty to discuss in this amazing novel of hope and
transformation. Kallos' humor, wit, and beautiful plotting are amazing and
a joy to read." --Sally Brewster, Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Place: Grilla Bites on Cohasset
Time: 4p.m.
September 2006
Never
Let me Go by Kazou Ishiguro
Date: Wednesday, September 6th
Place: Bidwell Perk
Time: 4p.m.
Summer 2006
Katherine
by Anya Seton
Date: Tuesday, July 11th
Place: Reta's House
Time: 12 p.m. --lunch potluck!
May 2006
Date: Wed. May 17th
Place: Linda's pool
Time: 4 p.m.
April 2006
History
of Love by Nicole Krauss
Date: Wed. April 19th
Place: Upper Crust
Time: 4 p.m.
March 2006
Teacher
Man by Frank McCourt
Date: Wed. March 15th
Place: Upper Crust
Time: 4 p.m.
February 2006
Stone
Angel by Margaret Laurence
Date: Wed. February 15th
Place: Teaze Me
Time: 4 p.m.
January 2006
In
Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Date: Wed. Jan. 18th
Place: Bidwell Perk
Time: 4 p.m.
December 2005
The
True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
Dates: December
7th
Place: Barnes & Noble
Time: 4 p.m.
November 2005
The
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Date: Nov. 9th
Place: Teaze Me
Time: 4 p.m.
October 2005
True
Notebooks by Mark Salzman.
Linda has tickets to hear author speak, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
September 2005
Having
our say: The Delany Sister' First 100 Years
by Sarah L. Delany et al.
Meeting at Marge Willis' home, September 7th at 4 p.m.
May 2005 selection
May
19th at 4 p.m. at Mary Jo Brown's home (be sure to
notice her new couch!)
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
April 2005 selection
April
28th at 4 p.m. at Bidwell Perk
Middlesex
Reading
Group Guide
March 2005 selection
March
31st at 4 p.m. at Tres Hombres at 4 p.m.
Book: Liberating Paris
February 2005 selection
Lovely
Bones by Ian McEwan
Meeting will be held February 24th, Location Coco's Caffe, (near Kinko's) 4 p.m.
January 2005 selection
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
Meeting will be held January 20th, Location TBA , 4 p.m.
November/December 2004 selection
Moll
Flanders by Daniel Defoe.
Meeting will
be held December 2nd, Location TeazeMe, 4 p.m.
Bring a book wrapped to exchange! Ideas for our spring selections!
October 2004 selection
Eat
Cake by Jeanne Ray. New York: Crown, 2003.
Meeting will be held October 28th, Upper Crust, 4 p.m. (This is held in conjunction with the Art classes' art show there)
September 2004 selection
Shadow
of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. New York: Penguin,
2004.
Meeting will be held at September 30th, The Bean Scene, 4 p.m.
August 2004 selection
The
Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson. New York: Vintage, 2003.
Meeting at Bev Armstrong's home, August 16th, 4 p.m.
updated 10/09/08