The
Palo Altans Read Every New Tome
Bookclub
Original
Members
* members still going as of 30 Aug 2004
Audrey Alonis*
Vanessa Drebin
Nancy Eldredge*
Lisa Foshay
Kris Grantz(founder)
Liz Kaubisch*
Susan Mrozack
Christine Quinn Kurihara*
Suzanne Ramirez*
Sharon Witte*
Ellen Van Stone*
Books We have Read
| Meeting | Book(s) | Author(s) | Hostess |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thousand Acres | Jane Smiley | Kris |
| 2 | Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| 3 | Animal Dreams | Barbara Kingsolver | |
| 4 | The Book of Laughter and Forgetting | Milan Kundera | Chris |
| 5 | The Shipping News | E.Annie Proulx | |
| 6 | To Kill a Mockingbird The Bone People A Big Storm Knocked it Over |
Harper Lee Kerri Hulme Laurie Colwin |
|
| 7 | Possessing the Secret of Joy The Closed Eye |
Alice Walker Anita Brookner |
Suzanne |
| 8 | The Secret History | Donna Tartt | Susan |
| 9 | Particles and Luck | Louis B. Jones | |
| 10 | China Boy | Gus Lee | Chris |
| 11 | House of Spirits | Isabel Allende | |
| 12 | Ladder of Years | Anne Tyler | |
| 13 | Stones from the River The Snapper |
Ursula Hegi Roddy Doyle |
|
| 14 | Snow Falling on Cedars | David Guterson | Lisa |
| 15 | Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | |
| 16 | Robber Bride | Margaret Atwood | Vanessa |
| 17 | Opal on Dry Ground | Sandra Scofield | |
| 18 | How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent | Julia Alvarez | Chris |
| 19 | The Literary Lover Feather Crowns |
Ed: Larry Dark Bobbie Ann Mason |
Nancy |
| 20 | The Invisible Circus | Jennifer Egan | Audrey |
| 21 | The Sixteen Pleasures | Robert Hellenga | Susan |
| 22 | Knowledge of Angels | Jill Paton Walsh | Liz |
| 23 | Crooked Little Heart | Anne Lamott | Sharon |
| 24 | Into The Wild | Jon Krakauer | Suzanne |
| 25 | Almost Perfect | Alice Adams | Lisa |
| 26 | The Jump-Off Creek | Molly Gloss | Chris |
| 27 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier | Susan |
| 28 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Crossing to Safety |
P.D.James Wallace Stegner |
Nancy |
| 29 | Piano Lessons | Noah Adams | Sharon |
| 30 | A Year in Provence | Peter Mayle | Lisa |
| 31 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : A Novel | Rebecca Wells | Suzanne |
| 32 | One True Thing | Anna Quindlen | Nancy |
| 33 | Bridget Jone's Diary | Helen Fielding | Vanessa |
| 34 | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | Ellen |
| 35 | Chocolat Woman |
Joanne Harris Natalie Angier |
Chris |
| 35 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Mama Makes Up Her Mind |
J.K.Rowling Bailey White |
Lisa |
| 36 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rumours of Peace |
J.K.Rowling Ella Leffland |
Liz |
| 37 | Widow for One Year | John Irving | Restaurant |
| 38 | The Hours The Everlasting Story of Nory |
Michael Cunningham Nicholson Baker |
Suzanne |
| 39 | Pay it Forward | Catherine Ryan Hyde | Vanessa |
| 40 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Ellen |
| 41 |
Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades |
Oakley Hall |
Chris |
| 42 | Daughter of Fortune | Isabelle Allende | Fontana's |
| 43 | Plain Song | Kent Haruf | Sharon |
| 44 | |||
| 45 | Waiting Neither Here Nor There |
Ha Jin Bill Bryson |
Cafe Barrone |
| 46 | Lisa | ||
| 47 | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | Dave Eggers | Nancy |
| 48 | The Red Tent | Anita Diamant | Ellen |
| 49 | Feast of Love Wild Life |
Charles Baxter Molly Gloss |
Suzanne |
| 50 | ?? | ||
| 51 | John Adams | David McCullough | Beppos |
| 52 | Tales of a Female Nomad | Rita Goldman Gilman | Stanford Museum Cafe |
| 53 | The Burgher's Daughter | Nadine Gordimer |