2007 Book List

Here is a rundown of books that our club read in 2007, including the theme foods we ate that month at our meeting. Click on the books to learn more at Amazon.

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January

The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield. It is a "Stacy Pick."
*A FOOD FOR THOUGHT PICK

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Menu: hot dutch oven ginger cake and cream, gingerbread, Hershey's Goodnight Kisses Hot Cocoa, scones and honey butter, crackers with British cheeses and lemon spread, and mini cheesecakes


February

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See. It is a "Judy Pick."






Menu: salmon, crab, and lobster pastries, spring rolls and dip, Chinese dumplings, fortune cookies, chocoloate chip cookies

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March

Cane River, by Lalita Tademy. It is a "Sherry Pick."
*A FOOD FOR THOUGHT PICK





Menu: southern baked beans, sweet potato casserole, southern bread, homemade cornbread and honey butter, and peach cobbler (Lalita Tademy's recipe found in The Book Club Cookbook)

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April

The Winthrop Woman, by Anya Seton. It is a "Ruth Pick."






Menu: mixed nuts, very berry fruit salad, blueberry buckle, baguette with brie and smoked gouda cheeses, and strawberry shortcake

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May

Our book for May 2007 is The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan. It is a "Pat K. Pick."






Menu: frozen chocolate crunch pie made with "rocks," Texas sheet cake, whole grain pretzels and cheese, saltines and cheese, and "depression cookies"--saltine sandwiches with buttercream frosting

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June

Our book for June 2007 is Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a "Verlyn Pick."
*A FOOD FOR THOUGHT PICK

Menu: frozen raspberry lemonade pie, strawberry pie, summer sausage, caramel popcorn, mixed nuts, watermelon, and mini eclairs

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July

Our book for July 2007 is The Light in the Forest, by Conrad Richter. It is a "Pat M. Pick."


Menu: beef jerky, Berty Botts Every Flavor Beans (a tribute to Harry Potter 7), homemade rolls with butter and jam, cheddar cheese and onion flavored pretzels, chips and homemade salsa, oatmeal raisin cookies

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August

Our book for August 2007 is Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri. It is a "Denise Pick"


Menu: homemade grilled na'an plus two additional types of na'an, carrot pudding with pistachio nuts, almond torte, pineapple, and mango.

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September

Our book for September 2007 is Revolutionary Characters, by Gordon Wood. It is a "Mark M. Pick"


Menu: Sun-dried tomato dip (from Revolutionary Recipes) and crackers, cashew and walnut-encrusted caramel apples, Chex Party Mix, peach cobbler, chocolate "ugly" cake

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October

Our book for October 2007 is Wating For Godot, by Samuel Beckett. It is a "Stacy Pick"


Menu: Carrot/cream cheese roll cake, pumpkin-cream cookie dip with ginger snaps and vanilla wafers, and Heath bar cake

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November

Our book for November 2007 is A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. It is a "Mark F. Pick"

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December

Here are the books from our Holiday Yankee Swap, including who brought each one:

Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer (Stacy)
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (Mark F.)
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Ruth)
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, by Fannie Flagg (Verlyn)
Playing for Pizza, by John Grisham (Judy)
A Reporter's Life, by Walter Cronkite (Pat K.)
The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman (Pat M.)
The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion (Mark M.)