Discussion Group - Red Tent Book Discussion Group

Red Tent Group. Our book discussion group has about 10 to 12 core members, but other people do occasionally attend. We read both fiction and non-fiction, and choose the books by consensus, although everyone is encouraged to suggest titles. There is no formal pattern to the discussion, and new participants are welcome.

The group normally meets on the first Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Members take turns hosting the discussions at their homes, but nobody should feel obliged to host.

2012 Book Selections

January The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros at Bernie's
February Day After Night Anita Diamant at Joni's
March Five Chiefs by John Paul Stevens at Nancy's
April The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch at Judith's
May Serena by Ron Rash at Mary's
June Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott at Norma's
July Wolf by ? at Lisa's
August Saving Grandma Frank Schaffer at Beryl's
September The God of Small Things by Roy Arundhati at Bernie's
October On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
November Are You Somebody by Nuala O'Faolain
December

2011 Book Selections

January - Regeneration by Pat Barker at Joni Grady's
February - English Creek by Ivan Doig at Beryl Lawson's
March - Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese at Bernie Mathes'
April - Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher at Nancy Endress'
May - Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver at Judith Hollowood
June - Still Alice by Lisa Genova at Mary Hahn's
July - Salt by Isabel Zuber at Maria Bridgewater's home July 9 NOTE: July is the second Saturday
August - The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd at Nancy Endress' home
September - Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein at Beryl Lawson's.
October - Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
November - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein at Joni Grady's home.
December - The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau at Judith Hollowood's home.

2010 Book Selections

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver - January 2
Olive Kitterage by Elizabeth Strout - February 6
The Help by Kathryn Stockett - March 6
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - April 3
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen - June
East of the Mountains by David Guterson - July
Florabama Ladies Auxilary and Sewing Circle by Lois Battle - August
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - September
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen - October
War Brides by Lois Battle - November
Digging to America by Anne Tyler - December

Others to come:

Regeneration by Pat Barker
English Creek by Ivan Doig
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Rooftops of Tehran Mahbod Seraji
Those who Saved Us by Jenna Blum

2009 Book Selections

Marley and Me by John Grogan - January 3
Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon - February 7
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - March 7
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell - April 4
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - May 2
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - June 6
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin - July
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi - August 1
The Magnificent Spinster by May Sarton - October 3rd
Cane River by Lalita Tademy - November 7th
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver - Cancelled

2008 Book Selections

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg - January 5
Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros - February 2nd
Fall on your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald - March 1st
Emma by Jane Austen - April 5th
A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind - May
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody - July home
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen - August
Bell canto by Ann Patchett - September
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert October
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - November
Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon - December

2007 Book Selections

The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Shirley Valentine, the video - viewing and discussion
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Third Child by Marge Piercy
The Love Spell, and Erotic Memoir of Spiritual Awakening by Phyllis Curott
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diament
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hassein
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lamb by Christopher Moore

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