Tag Archives: 2005

Book Club Kit: Assassination Vacation

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell First Published: 2005 5 Copies & Reading Guide Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrumsof American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. She takes us on a journey to the … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Twilight

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer First Published: 2005 6 Copies & Reading Guide Isabella Swan’s move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Broker

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

The Broker by John Grisham First Published: 2005 9 Copies & Reading Guide With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See First Published: 2005 10 Copies & Reading Guide In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Hummingbird’s Daughter

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luís Alberto Urrea First Published: 2005 10 Copies & Reading Guide It is 1889, and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Blink

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell First Published: 2005 6 Copies & Reading Guide How do we make decisions–good and bad–and why are some people so much better at it than others? That’s the question Malcolm … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Closers

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

The Closers (Harry Bosch #11) by Michael Connelly First Published: 2005 5 Copies & Reading Guide In Los Angeles in 1998, a 16 year old girl who had disappeared from her home was later found dead with a single gunshot … Continue reading →

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[Kit Unavailable] Book Club Kit: The Lincoln Lawyer

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly First Published: 2005 9 Copies & Reading Guide Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Year of Magical Thinking

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion First Published: 2005 10 Copies & Reading Guide Didion’s journalistic skills are displayed as never before in this story of a year in her life that began with her daughter in a … Continue reading →

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