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1. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier" by Ree Drummond

2. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James

3. "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

4. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James

5. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James

6. "The Ex-Nun Poems" by Jeanine Hathaway

7. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

8. "Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman

9. "Radiating Like a Stone" edited by Myrne Roe

10. "Three Novels of New York" by Edith Wharton

Week ending 04/15/12

Meeting schedule: Third Tuesday of each month.

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Basement room (down the front stairs)

Leader: Beth Golay

This book club reads general literary fiction & non-fiction. It doesn’t have a spiffy title because it's Watermark's original book club. The group is led by Watermark manager Beth Golay who has no particular literary credentials beyond loving books.

See what we're reading this quarter listed below. To see an archived list of our past reading selections, click here.

The Story of Beautiful Girl (Paperback)

By Rachel Simon

$9.60

ISBN-13: 9780446574457
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 2/2012

Other Editions of this Title

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon is our June 19th selection. It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten...and deeply in love.

This book club selection has been discounted 20%.

Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West (Paperback)

By Dorothy Wickenden

$12.00

ISBN-13: 9781439176597
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scribner, 5/2012

Other Editions of this Title

In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, bored by society luncheons, charity work, and the effete men who courted them, left their families in Auburn, NY, to teach school in the wilds of northwestern Colorado. Nearly 100 years later, Dorothy's granddaughter found their letters and reconstructed their adventure in the exhilarating saga Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden. Come meet the author on May 31st at 7:00 p.m., then join our discussion on July 17th.

This book club selection has been discounted 20%.

Trapeze (Paperback)

By Simon Mawer

$12.76

ISBN-13: 9781590515273
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Other Press, 5/2012

Other Editions of this Title

Join us on August 21st as we discuss Trapeze by Simon Mawer. Marion Sutro is a young woman on a dangerous mission. She is recruited in London by the "Inter-Services Research Bureau" and after extensive training is chosen to take part in a mission which involves being parachuted into occupied France during WWII. Marian’s natural aptitude with the French language and her ability to convince the authorities that she is a French citizen make her the perfect candidate for espionage.

This book club selection has been discounted 20%.

Turn of Mind (Paperback)

By Alice LaPlante

$12.00

ISBN-13: 9780802145901
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Grove Press, 3/2012

Other Editions of this Title

Dr. Jennifer White is a retired orthopedic surgeon suffering from dementia. When her neighbor Amanda is found dead with four of her fingers surgically removed, Dr. White is the prime suspect--and she doesn't know whether she did it or not! Join in the discussion of Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante on Sept. 18th.

This book club selection has been discounted 20%.