September Meeting Notes

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

Bad Girl Creek by Joanne Mapson

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Swamplandia by Karen Russell

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

Theme for October - friendships among women

Agenda for October - choose themes and locations for the year

What Matters

" . . . cell phones and faxes and take-out food isn't real life. Getting up every day is. Doing your work, even if it means risking your health, going to bed good and tired, and in between times, doing for your friends, that's what matters."

from Bad Girl Creek by Jo-ann Mapson

Maybe it's just because I'm having a bad year, but reading this made me cry. I love the way an author I've never met can eloquently express some of my deepest thoughts.