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Residents of the area around Cottage Grove, Minnesota, who enjoy reading a good book and meeting with others to talk about it.
About Us
- Natalie S.
- Love to wonder so many things, and find out so many things, and laugh at so many things! Have a faith that Jesus will give me strength and guidance! Love my husband Max, and girls: Amanda, Molly & Caitlin and dog, Macy!
Books We Have Read
- YELLOW HOUSE by Sarah M. Broom
- FORTY AUTUMNS by Nina Willner
- VIRGIL WANDER by Leif Enger
- EROTIC STORIES FOR PUNJABI WIDOWS by Balli Kaur Jaswal
- THE RED ADDRESS BOOK by Sofia Lundgren
- BEARTOWN by Fredrik Backman
- THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES by Peter Wohllenben
- MY BELOVED WORLD by Sonia Sotomayor
- THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA by Philip Roth
- HISTORY OF WOLVES by Emily Fridlund
- THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens
- BIG FISH A NOVEL OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS by Daniel Wallace
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
- NEW BOY by Tracy Chevalier
- MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman
- LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
- HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi
- THE WANGS VS . THE WORLD by Jade Chang
- HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS by Luis Alberto Urrea
- THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE by Jessica Shattuck
- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot
- BOHEMIAN FLATS by Mary Relindes Ellis
- THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
- HOUSE RULES by Jodi Picoult
- THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS by Tan Twan Eng
- THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier
- THE LEDGER by Lloyd David Holm
- THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman
- KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST by J. Ryan Stradal
- A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrick Backman
- WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE by Maria Semple
- FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Barbara Kingsolver
- THE LEGENDS OF SHEBA by Tosca Lee
- QUIET: THE POWER by Susan Cain
- THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey
- HOME FIRES by Julie Summers
- LUCKY US by Amy Bloom
- STILL LIFE by Louise Penny
- WINTERING by Peter Geye
- THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
- A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole
- THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTELby Deborah Moggach
- SHOTGUN LOVESONGS by Nickolas Butler
- THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE by Alan Bradley
- THE FAULT OF OUR STARS by John Green
- ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
- A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
- LITTLE HEATHENS by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin
- MOLOKA'I by Alan Brennert
- THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
- THE ORCHARDIST by Amanda Coplin
- A WALK ACROSS THE SUN by Corban Addison
- THE CROSS GARDENER by Jason F Wright
- WILD by Cheryl Strayed
- THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
- PATTY JANE'S HOUSE OF CURL by Lorna Landvik
- UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand
- A STAR FOR MRS. BLAKE by April Smith
- THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE by Alexander McCall Smith
- LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M.L. Stedman
- ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger
- MAYA'S NOTEBOOK by Isabel Allende
- THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce
- AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
- WAITING TO BE HEARD by Amanda Knox
- THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- THE WORLD'S STRONGEST LIBRARIAN by Josh Hanagarne
- THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE by Elif Shafak
- CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
- I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK by Nora Ephron
- SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO by Peg Kehret
- THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE by Katherine Howe
- THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson
- TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE by Ayana Mathis
- MISS JULIA SPEAKS HER MIND by Ann B. Ross
- THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
- THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka
- REZ LIFE by David Treuer
- THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
- FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E L James
- HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
- SAINT MAYBE by Anne Tyler
- THE HIDING PLACE by Corrie Ten Boom
- THE HEALING by Jonathan Odell
- BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katherine Boo
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
- AVA'S MAN by Rick Bragg
- A SOFT PLACE TO LAND by Susan Rebecca White
- BOOKS MY FATHER READ, by Alice Ozma
- FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen
- CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, by Tom Franklin
- HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
- SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME, by Lawrence Hill
- SECRET DAUGHTER, by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- PLAGUE OF DOVES, by Louise Erdich
- HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Wall
- A PRIVATE HISTORY OF AWE, by Scott Russell Sanders
- THE TALL PINES POLKA, by Lorna Landvik
- THE WIVES OF HENRY OADES, by Johanna Moran
- QUEEN OF THE ROAD, by Doreen Orion
- YOU BETTER NOT CRY, by Augusten Burroughs
- OLIVE KITTREDGE, by Elizabeth Strout
- THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
- NICKEL AND DIMED IN AMERICA, by Barbara Ehrenreich
- STILL ALICE, by Lisa Genova
- SUITE FRANCAISE, by Irene Nemirovsky
- YEAR OF WONDERS, by Geraldine Brooks
- LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave
- OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson
- LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Drew Horan
- SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW, by Peter Hoeg
- DEWEY: a small-town library cat who touched the world, by Vicki Myron
- MARCH, by Geraldine Brooks
- THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion
- STALKING SUSAN, by Julie Kramer
- THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski
- MIDDLESEX, by Jeffrey Eugenides
- THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory
- THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER, by Patricia Hampl
- CHOOSING CIVILITY, by Dr. P.M. Forni
- THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs
- THE BROKEN CORD, by Michael Dorris
- A REDBIRD CHRISTMAS, by Fannie Flagg
- THE FEAST OF LOVE, by Charles Baxter
- THE INFIDEL, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- THE GUN SELLER, by Hugh Laurie
- THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, by Ken Follett
- A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini
- THINGS FALL APART, by Chinua Achebe
- THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold
- THE RED TENT, by Anita Diamont
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen
- THE GOOD EARTH, by Pearl S. Buck
- ASSORTED MYSTERY NOVELS by William Kent Krueger
- POPE JOAN: A NOVEL, by Donna Cross
- OF MICE AND MEN, by John Steinbeck
- A WALK IN THE WOODS, by Bill Bryson
- THE FREE FALL OF WEBSTER CUMMINGS, by Tom Bodett
- THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY, by Michael Chabon
- THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards
- MY SISTER'S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
- THE WORST HARD TIME, by Timothy Egan
- THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN, by Anne Fadiman
- THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger
- ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS, by Lorna Landvik
- PEACE LIKE A RIVER, by Leif Enger
- FAST FOOD NATION, by Eric Schlosser
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I'm enjoying Ava's Man a LOT and have put his previously published book (the one about his Mother) on my to-read list. Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 27th!
ReplyDeleteGinger Bollinger