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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Book Club Kit: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford First Published: 2009 10 Copies & Reading Guide When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, Henry … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Kit, Fiction
Tagged 10 Copies, 2009, books, Historical Fiction, Jamie Ford, PCLD, reading, World War II
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Book Club Kit: The Family on Beartown Road
The Family on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Love and Courage* by Elizabeth Cohen First Published: 2003 5 Copies & Reading Guide Soon after her daughter’s first birthday, Elizabeth Cohen’s husband walked out of their rambling old house in the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Kit, Non-fiction
Tagged 2003, 5 Copies, AJPL, Alzheimer's Disease, books, Elizabeth Cohen, Memoir, reading
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Book Club Kit: Shopaholic & Baby
Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic #5) by Sophie Kinsella First Published: 2007 6 Copies & Reading Guide Becky Bloomwood Brandon is pregnant! She couldn’t be more overjoyed, especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, 6 Copies, AJPL, books, reading, Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella
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Book Club Kit: The Shack
The Shack by William P. Young First Published: 2007 6 Copies & Reading Guide Mackenzie Allen Phillips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, 6 Copies, AJPL, books, Pacific Northwest, Paul Young, reading, Religion, Wm Paul Young
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Book Club Kit: The Innocent Man
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham First Published: 2006 8 Copies & Reading Guide In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail watiress was raped and murdered. The police suspected Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, but … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Kit, Non-fiction
Tagged 2006, 8 Copies, AJPL, books, John Grisham, reading, True Crime
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Book Club Kit: The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller First Published: 1992 5 Copies & Reading Guide Robert Kincaid, a photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, reveal what … Continue reading
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Tagged 1992, 5 Copies, AJPL, books, reading, Robert James Waller
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Book Club Kit: Unwind
Unwind by Neal Shusterman First Published: 2007 8 Copies & Reading Guide Connor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev’s unwinding has been … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Kit, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged 2007, 8 Copies, books, dystopia, Neal Shusterman, PCLD, reading, Science Fiction, Unwind
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Book Club Kit: Blue Blood
Blue Blood: A Debutante Dropout Mystery (#1) by Susan McBride First Published: 2004 5 Copies & Reading Guide To the dismay of her high society mother Cissy, Dallas heiress Andy Kendricks wants no part of the Junior League life — … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, 5 Copies, AJPL, Andy Kendricks, books, Humor, Mystery, reading, Susan McBride, Texas
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Book Club Kit: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells First Published: 1996 6 Copies & Reading Guide When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in the New York Times about a hit play she’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, 6 Copies, AJPL, books, reading, Rebecca Wells
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