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An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
Alex Tresniowski;Laura Schroff
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Added: 10/24/2018
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
V.C.ANDREWS
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Added: 9/5/2018
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
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Added: 6/14/2018
America's First Daughter: A Novel
Laura Kamoie;Stephanie Dray
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Added: 4/9/2018

The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition
James McBride
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Added: 3/12/2018
The Summer Before the War: A Novel
Helen Simonson
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Added: 7/10/2017
One for the Money
Janet Evanovich
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Added: 5/8/2017
Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach
Meryl Gordon
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Added: 4/10/2017

1984 (Signet Classics)
George Orwell
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Added: 3/20/2017
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America Series)
Kathryn Lasky
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Added: 1/10/2017
The Imposter Bride
Nancy Richler
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Added: 1/10/2017
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan
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Added: 11/14/2016

The Rent Collector
Camron Wright
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Added: 9/13/2016
A Long Way Home: A Memoir
Saroo Brierley
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Added: 7/11/2016
The Dressmaker: A Novel
Kate Alcott
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Added: 7/11/2016
Ship of Fools
Katherine Anne Porter
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Added: 6/24/2016

The Namesake: A Novel
Jhumpa Lahiri
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Added: 6/24/2016
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol
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Added: 6/24/2016
The Lowland (Vintage Contemporaries)
Jhumpa Lahiri
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Added: 2/9/2016
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Ben Montgomery
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Added: 2/9/2016

Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Celeste Ng
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Added: 2/9/2016
The Traitor's Wife: A Novel
Allison Pataki
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Added: 12/17/2015
Trader's Wife (The Traders)
Anna Jacobs
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Added: 12/17/2015
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Héctor Tobar
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Added: 12/17/2015

The Cat's Table (Vintage International)
Michael Ondaatje
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Added: 11/11/2015
The Wright Brothers
David McCullough
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Added: 10/13/2015
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Jim DeFede
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Added: 7/14/2015
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
Anthony Doerr
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Added: 6/15/2015

What She Left Behind
Ellen Marie Wiseman
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Added: 6/15/2015
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
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Added: 6/15/2015
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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Added: 3/10/2015
The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen (A Mary Russell Mystery)
Laurie R. King
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Added: 2/9/2015

The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
Anita Amirrezvani
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Added: 2/9/2015
Maude
Donna Foley Mabry
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Added: 1/14/2015
Through the Brazilian Wilderness or My Voyage Along the River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt
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Added: 12/9/2014
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (True Life)
Jeannette Walls
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Added: 11/17/2014

The Rosie Project: A Novel
Graeme Simsion
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Added: 11/17/2014
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel
Beth Hoffman
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Added: 10/27/2014
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard
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Added: 9/24/2014
A House in the Sky: A Memoir
Amanda Lindhout;Sara Corbett
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Added: 7/20/2014

The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty
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Added: 7/20/2014
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Bill Dedman;Paul Clark Newell Jr.
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Added: 6/9/2014
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Susan Jane Gilman
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Added: 4/16/2014
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Added: 3/10/2014

Play It As It Lays: A Novel
Joan Didion
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Added: 2/11/2014
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Denise Kiernan
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Added: 1/14/2014
When Crickets Cry
Charles Martin
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Added: 1/14/2014
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway
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Added: 1/14/2014

The Sisters Brothers
Patrick Dewitt
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Added: 12/11/2013
Orphan Train: A Novel
Christina Baker Kline
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Added: 11/11/2013
Flight Behavior: A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver
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Added: 10/17/2013
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Added: 6/10/2013

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club)
Carson McCullers
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Added: 6/10/2013
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
Rhoda Janzen
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Added: 6/10/2013
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel
Rachel Joyce
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Added: 5/14/2013
City of Thieves: A Novel
David Benioff
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Added: 4/8/2013

Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)
Wallace Earle Stegner
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Added: 3/12/2013
The Language of Flowers: A Novel
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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Added: 12/18/2012
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Erik Larson
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Added: 11/15/2012
The Marriage Plot: A Novel
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Added: 10/9/2012

By Kathleen Grissom: The Kitchen House: A Novel
-Touchstone-
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Added: 10/1/2012
A Far Cry from Kensington
Muriel Spark
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Added: 9/12/2012
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

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Added: 6/19/2012
Playing the Genetic Lottery
Terri Morgan
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Added: 6/19/2012

A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick
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Added: 4/11/2012
Rules of Civility: A Novel
Amor Towles
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Added: 3/13/2012
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Timothy Egan
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Added: 7/5/2011
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Added: 4/7/2011
 
 
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A Far Cry from Kensington
Date Posted: 9/12/2012 | Go To Book Page

Sweet, easy, light read.  Worth a lazy fun read.
Very Unleashable

A House in the Sky: A Memoir
Date Posted: 12/1/2014 | Go To Book Page

Hard to read, such brutality, yet all agreed it is worth reading and discussing.
DEFINITELY Unleash it

A Visit from the Goon Squad
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

The more we discussed this book, the more we liked it!  Some of us are re-reading.  We think it can be approached as a set of short stories.  One member brought a diagram of the characters, and their relationship to each other.  Two points of view as to what is the Goon Squad.  Give it a read and decide.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Date Posted: 9/12/2012 | Go To Book Page

The whole club enjoyed this book.  We were surprised at the depth of the writing.  We learned some things and were entertained at the same time.
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
Date Posted: 11/10/2015 | Go To Book Page

Delightful imagery. Must stay involved as you read, as the story is complex. Great discussion at our meeting, relating to our own lives. One member enjoyed the book on tape.
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American Pastoral
Date Posted: 9/10/2013 | Go To Book Page

Lively discussion by our club.  May universal themes, and compared it to F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender is the Night.  Roth touches on many sore memories of the turbulent sixties, and the seeming perfection of the American Dream in the fifties.  It really is a burden to be marked as beautiful and gifted by our society, as was the case for the swede and his wife.
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By Kathleen Grissom: The Kitchen House: A Novel
Date Posted: 10/9/2012 | Go To Book Page

We were surprised how swiftly the author brought us into the time and place. We felt like flies on the wall.  We had doubts about a white Irish girl living with the kitchen slaves, bet we became believers.  The author wrote extremely well for her first book.
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City of Thieves: A Novel
Date Posted: 9/10/2013 | Go To Book Page

One of my modern favorites!
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Dead Souls
Date Posted: 9/16/2016 | Go To Book Page

Challenging read, enjoyed by all. We recommend The Overcoat, also by Gogol, a short story. Similar to Dickens in the minute descriptions and character studies.
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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Date Posted: 12/1/2014 | Go To Book Page

What a wasted life, we wonder if she had some mental illness? All that wasted money, why not put it to good use?
Mildly Unleashable

Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Date Posted: 5/12/2016 | Go To Book Page

We will r4ead anothe by bthis author. We all were surprised at how we interpreted the themes covered by this author.
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Freedom: A Novel
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

We cannot understand why this is such a rave in current literature.
Very Unleashable

Little Bee: A Novel
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

Great!
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Never Let Me Go
Date Posted: 8/30/2011 | Go To Book Page

Great reading and disxcussions.  Watch the movie, and compare.
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Rules of Civility: A Novel
Date Posted: 4/17/2012 | Go To Book Page

We give it 5 bookmarks! We all loved it, and we would like ito see it produced into film.
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Tender is the Night
Date Posted: 9/10/2013 | Go To Book Page

Better than The Great Gatsby.  Many similarities to our culture today, with universal themes.
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Date Posted: 9/15/2015 | Go To Book Page

Enjoyed by all of our readers. Many of us laughed out loud. Some dark humor. Good discussions on many topics covered in the book: friendship, moral code, empathy for characters, do the times we live in shape our character, and nature or nurture, which forms ou into adults.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Date Posted: 12/15/2015 | Go To Book Page

Our group enjoyed this uplifting slice of life from 9/11. We think the writer is more of a reporter, and would not necessarily read another book by him
Very Unleashable

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

We did not care about these characters.  Two members fully enjoyed the book.
Mildly Unleashable

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Date Posted: 4/16/2014 | Go To Book Page

Very good historical research, we can identify with the women, a part of our history we did not know.
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The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

Wonderful book.
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The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
Date Posted: 3/14/2013 | Go To Book Page

All ages and backgrounds cherished this book.  Especially delicate descriptions of love.
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The Marriage Plot: A Novel
Date Posted: 11/14/2012 | Go To Book Page

We rated a 3 out of 5.  Some of us wondered, " Why should we care about these people?"  It is recommended to read the other book by this author, Middlesex.
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The Rent Collector
Date Posted: 2/16/2017 | Go To Book Page

We found much love and harmony in this book, surprising us because of the bleak and desperate location. Great conversations grew out of the book, using the discussio9n questions included in the book.
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Date Posted: 12/9/2014 | Go To Book Page

Mixed group of readers all enjoyed this seriousbook and would recommend to a friend.
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The Truth About Sascha Knisch
Date Posted: 10/17/2013 | Go To Book Page

Nobody liked this book, and I am ashamed that I recommened it!  Save ypor reading time for anything better.
Not good as a mystery, as a story, as soft porn.
Forget it!
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Date Posted: 2/7/2012 | Go To Book Page

Worth the time to get through the science and data.  Relates to various crisis that happen today, financial, hurricanes, drought, infertility, and more.
Worth the effort to read.
DEFINITELY Unleash it

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Date Posted: 9/12/2012 | Go To Book Page

Wonderful!
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Date Posted: 6/19/2012 | Go To Book Page

Wow!  All members enjoyed this cultural revolution book on multiple levels.  We discussed courage, feminist attitudes, politics, the opening of trade with China, history, where were we when these things were happening and much more.
DEFINITELY Unleash it
 
 

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