The Northridge book club was formed as a social activity for the Northridge sub division in Erie, Colorado. Our first meeting was held on June 30th, 2009. We meet from 7 – 8:30 on the first Tuesday of every month with a different member hosting the book club.

Jolene is the book club’s secretary. Please contact Jolene directly if you have any questions about the book club or need contact information about other members.

Giving back to the community:

2012:

• Nancy shared this story: She attended the gift wrapping event for the Christmas Tree program we supported.  She was able to meet many wonderful people and see the joy on the faces of the children who were able to bring Christmas gifts home.  Nancy asked one woman why she was volunteering and the woman told her that last year her family was a recipient of the Christmas Tree program and she wanted to give back.   Nancy, thanks for sharing the story and I am honored to be part of this caring book club who believes that giving back is an essential part of being part of a community.
• 2012 support organizations will be determined next month.  Considering the Library again and the Eerie Erie.

2012 Planned Reading:

• February 7th: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand at Margot’s home
• March 6th: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan – Need a host
• April 3rd: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller at Michelle’s home ***BOOK BAG***
• May 1st: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot at Chris’s home
• June 5th: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (Chinese Family Life before WWII- Pulitzer Prize) at Jolene’s home ***BOOK BAG***
• <July 3rd: Up from the Blue by Susan Henderson at Kristina’s home
• <August 7th: The Dove Keepers by Alice Hoffman >at >Nancy’s home
• September 4th: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson at Esther’s home
• October 2nd:  TBD at Cathy’s home
• November 6th: TBD at Connie’s home
• December 4th: TBD at Marilyn’s home

2012 Books read and discussed

(go to end of page to review 2011, 2010 and 2009 books read)

• February 7th:Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• March 6th

Books under consideration:

Book bags available at the library:  A lot to choose from – Search for yourself

BBC Book Quiz - Provides good ideas for selecting books for 2012.

• Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas (The Great Depression & the Human Spirit)
• Icy Sparks by Gwen Hyman Rubio (young girl growing up with turrets syndrom  1950′s – Oprah Pick)
• Sold by Patricia McCormick (girl from Napal sold into slavery)
• The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright (Love letters a husband wrote to his wife – every Wed)
• Leisure Seekers by Michael Zadoorian (Easy Rider meets the Notebook)

Other recommendations – not in Book Bags

• Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada aka Hans Fallada
• Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Galileo’s Finger by Peter Atkins
• Four Women – Frank Lloyd Wright by T.C. Boyles
• Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
• Same kind of different as me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
• The Charm School by Nelson Demille
• South of Broad by Pat Conroy
• Half The Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• In defense of Internment by Michelle Malkin
• Praise the Human Season by Don Robertson
• No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

2011 Books Read

• February 1st meeting. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wioblewski.
• March 1st meeting: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
• April 5th meeting: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• May 3rd meeting: Watership Down by Richard Adams
• June 7th meeting: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeisterat
• July 5th meeting: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
• August 2nd meeting: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson at Cathy S’s home.
• September 6th meeting: Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein at Nancy C’s home
• October 4th meeting: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan at Connie’sDeitsch’s home — BOOK BAG
• November 7th meeting: The 13th Tale by Diane Setterfield Lisa host at Nancy B’s home.
• December 6th meeting: Paper Bag Chirstmas by Kevin Alan Milne at Jolene’s home.

2010 Books Read

• January No meeting
• February 2nd meeting: Peter the Great.
• March 2nd meeting: To Kill a Mockingbird
• April 6th meeting: Beneath the Marble Sky.
• May 6th Measure of a Man.
• June 1st A tree grows in Brooklyn.
• July 6th meeting. People of the book by Geraldine Brooks
• August 3rd meeting. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
• September 7th meeting. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
• October 5th meeting. Nothing to Envy by B. Demick
• November 2nd meeting. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
• December 7th meeting. The Autobiography of Santa Clausby Jeff Guinn.

2009 Books Read

• August 4th meeting: Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
• September 1st meeting: Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• October 6th meeting: The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
• November 3rd meeting: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• December 1st meeting: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

Giving Back to the Community

2011:

• $200 Cash Donations to the library  -  allowed them to add two new book bags. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck and The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.
• Food bank donations in summer – car load of food.
• Christmas gifts to children in need in the Erie community from the giving tree at Summit Bank.

Some of our favorite things from our hosts:

Great Wine: McManis Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Great Desserts: