Local author Jay Gilbertson joined us at our April meeting for a lively discussion about his new book, Full Moon Over Madeline Island. Jay shared bits and pieces of his creative process and talked about the new book he is just now finishing up.
2013 Reading List
Standard meeting time: Last Tuesday of the month at 6:30
| MONTH | BOOK | HOST |
| April | Full Moon Over Madeline Island by Jay Gilbertson | Jill |
| May | Finding Freedom: The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Runaway Slav, by Walter T. McDonald, Ruby West Jackson | Nancy |
| June | My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor | Sheila and Merv |
| July | Blasphemy by Sherman Alexie | Jodie |
| August | The Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks | Lisa |
| September | The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien | Kay and Mike |
| October | Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford | LaVonne and Joe |
| November | The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh | Rose |
| December 17th | Holiday gathering | Lisa |
| January | “The Way” -by Kristen Wolf | Elsie |
| February | The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker | Joyce |
| March | “An American Childhood”, Anne Dillard | Jill |
| April | “The Presidents Club” by Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy. | Rose |
| May | “The Other Wes Moore, One Name, Two Fates” by Wes Moore. | LaVonne and Joe |
2013 Method of Book Selection
The votes are in!
We will be determining 2013 books by last years ranking system
We will be reading Thunderstruck by Erik Larson in March
At January’s meeting many people liked the idea of having the host determine the book that is discussed that month. A vote was taken and
- 4 people voted to use the ranking system we used last year.
- 3 people voted for having the host select the book
And while we were at it, we voted whether or not to discuss EriK Larson’s book “Thunderstruck” or remove it from our reading list.
4 people voted to read Thunderstruck
3 people voted against reading Thunderstruck.
2012 Book Club Schedule
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 
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