Unbound by John Shors (New Release)
0 votes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Free Choice)
1 vote
Carrie brought these in and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Classic) was chosen as our book for March.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Classic)
2 votes
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb (Free Choice)
0 votes
Hillary brought these in and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (New Release) was chosen as our book for February.
My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul (New Release)
1 vote
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Classic)
1 vote
Kerry brought these in and A Separation by Katie Kitamura (Free Choice) was chosen as our book for January.
This year we experimented with having each member bring in three book choices when it was their turn to present options. These included one classic, one new release, and one free choice. To finish out the year’s book choices, we chose to pick a second chance from each of our three categories. Because we were also such a small group this time, each person picked two books per category which allowed us to avoid ties and runoff votes.
CLASSICS
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
1 vote
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
2 votes
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
1 vote
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
3 votes
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
0 votes
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
0 votes
Emma by Jane Austen was chosen as our book for September.
FREE CHOICE
The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy
0 votes
Colour Bar by Susan Williams
1 vote
Gulp by Mary Roach
2 votes
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
1 vote
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
2 votes
Moonglow by Michael Chabon was chosen as our book for October.
NEW RELEASES
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
0 votes
Emma by Jane Austen was chosen as our book for September.
Moonglow by Michael Chabon was chosen for our book for November.
America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie was chosen as our book for December.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
0 votes
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
1 vote
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
0 votes
Steph brought these in and The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen was chosen as our book for August.
Emma by Jane Austen
2 votes
America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
1 vote
Danica brought these in and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan was chosen as our book for July.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1 votes
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
2 votes
Chelsea brought these in and Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood was chosen as our book for April.
Gulp by Mary Roach
1 votes
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
1 votes
Sarah brought these in and Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy was chosen as our book for April.
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
3 votes
Colour Bar by Susan Williams
0 votes
Carrie brought these in and The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan was chosen as our book for March.
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
1 votes
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
4 votes
Kerry brought these in and The Spy by Paulo Coelho was chosen as our book for March.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
0 votes
The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy
3 votes
Tami brought these in and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman was chosen as our book for February.
We did things a little differently in choosing the rest of the year’s books. We each brought in a few choices on our to read lists and then each dispersed 5 votes for the 5 books we wanted to read the most. Here are the results.
About the Night by Anat Talshir and Evan Fallenberg
3 votes
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3 votes
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
1 vote
Lexicon by Max Barry
3 votes
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne
1 vote
Out of Sorts by Aurelie Valognes, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant and The Martian by Andy Weir were chosen as the books we are going to be reading for the rest of 2016.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2 votes
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2 votes
Steph brought these in and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was chosen as our book for July.
Lexicon by Max Barry
2 votes
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
2 votes
Chelsea brought these in and Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor was chosen as our book for June.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
2 votes
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
1 vote
Sarah brought these in and The Hot Zone by Richard Preston was chosen as our book for May.
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
2 votes
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
2 votes
Kerry brought these in and Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff was chosen as our book for April.
