Website for July's book:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/ruins/
6/19/08
6/18/08
Queen for a Day
Yes, we do enjoy following through with the theme of a book...congratulations to Angie for best dressed, to Mary Ann for best hostess, to Jean for most fun hair, to Kay for best scepter, to Ann for most colorful, and to Chanon for best sash.
5/16/08
Answers to Homework for May
If you could only have five books, what five books would you choose?
In no particular order and not attributed to any particular Bluestocking, here are some of the books we listed (I told you we were an eclectic group!):
Roget's Thesaurus
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag
The Bible
Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Military Brats: Life Inside the Fortress by Mary Edwards Wertsch
Grendel by John Gardner
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Oxford English Dictionary
Norton Anthology
a medical reference book
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
a cookbook
In no particular order and not attributed to any particular Bluestocking, here are some of the books we listed (I told you we were an eclectic group!):
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
a poetry anthology
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Webster's DictionaryRoget's Thesaurus
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag
The Bible
Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Military Brats: Life Inside the Fortress by Mary Edwards Wertsch
Grendel by John Gardner
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Oxford English Dictionary
Norton Anthology
a medical reference book
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
a cookbook
12/20/07
2007
01/12-14/07 - retreat - Katzenjammer by Jackson Tippett McCrae
02/15/07 - jc - The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King
02/15/07 - jc - The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King
03/15/07 - mc - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
04/12/07 - cc - The Glass Castle - by Jeannette Walls
05/17/07 - pb - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd: A Novel by Jim Fergus
06/14/07 - kb - Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlen
07/19/07 - aw - Savannah Blues & Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews
08/17/07 - jc - Live Like You Were Dying by Michael Morris
09/13/07 - as - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
10/11/07 - mc - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
11/15/07 - kb - Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor
12/13/07 - cc - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
12/30/06
2006
01/13-15/06 - retreat - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
02/16/06 - mc - The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
03/23/06 - pb - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
04/20/06 - aw -Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
02/16/06 - mc - The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
03/23/06 - pb - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
04/20/06 - aw -Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
05/18/06 - jc - Slow Way Home by Michael Morris
06/15/06 - ds - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
07/20/06 - cc - The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
08/17/06 - kb - Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
09/14/06 - mc - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
10/12/06 - as - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
11/16/06 - pb - Mockingbird by Charles Shields
12/14/06 - aw -The Christmas Guest by Anne Perry
12/20/05
2005
01/13/05 - nh - The Children's Corner by Jackson Tippett McCrae
02/17/05 - mw - Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
03/17/05 - ds - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
04/21/05 - mc - The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
05/19/05 - kb - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
06/16/05 - pb - Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
07/21/05 - jc - Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
08/18/05 - aw - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
09/15/05 - mw - The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
10/13/05 - wg - The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
11/10/05 - ds - She is Me by Cathleen Schine
12/08/05 - kb - Christmas Gift by Ferrol Sams
02/17/05 - mw - Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
03/17/05 - ds - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
04/21/05 - mc - The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
05/19/05 - kb - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
06/16/05 - pb - Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
07/21/05 - jc - Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
08/18/05 - aw - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
09/15/05 - mw - The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
10/13/05 - wg - The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
11/10/05 - ds - She is Me by Cathleen Schine
12/08/05 - kb - Christmas Gift by Ferrol Sams
12/30/04
2004
04/15/04 - cc - Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell
05/20/04 - pb - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
06/17/04 - hf - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
07/15/04 - mc - The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
08/26/04 - jc - The Bark of the Dogwood by Jackson Tippett McCrae
09/16/04 - aw - The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
10/14/04 - kb - A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
11/11/04 - cc - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
12/09/04 - wg - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
05/20/04 - pb - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
06/17/04 - hf - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
07/15/04 - mc - The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
08/26/04 - jc - The Bark of the Dogwood by Jackson Tippett McCrae
09/16/04 - aw - The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
10/14/04 - kb - A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
11/11/04 - cc - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
12/09/04 - wg - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
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