Book Discussion Group
Book Discussion Group
Come join our group which usually meets on the last Friday of each month at Flat Creek Eatery at 11:15 a.m. Come once or come every time - new, regular, or occasional participants are always welcome. We order lunch individually, catch up on each other's news, and then discuss the book. Books are chosen one or a few at a time, depending on the recommendations from the group. Check the newsletter or calendar for changes in date or location. The Hayward Library has 10-12 copies available each month. Just ask for the Methodist Book Club book.
Books for 2019
January - Hillybilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Books for 2018
December - Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
November - Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa Sue
October - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
September - Lunch at Piccadilly by Clyde Edgerton
August - Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan and Phillip Sendker
July - Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
June - My Family & Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
May - The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
April - Faithful by Alice Hoffman
March - Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick
February - Glass Houses by Louise Penny
January - The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
December - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
November - The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
October - The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
September - Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
August - In a Dark, Dark, Wood by Ruth Ware
July - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
June - The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
May - The Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
April - Sister North by Jim Kokoris
March - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
February - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
January - Scream Quietly by Elizabeth W. Carlson
December - The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
November - The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
October - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
September - Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
August - Room by Emma Donoghue
July - The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
June - Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
May - Home Front by Kristen Hannah
April - Ruth's Journey by Donald Mccaig
March - Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
February - Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
January - A Dirty Life: a memoir of farming, food and love by Kristin Kimball
November - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
October - America's Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aaseng
September - Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
August - House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
July - Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
June - Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
May - The Boys In the Boat by Daniel James Brown
April - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
March - Summer Guest by Justin Cronin
February - Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
January - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Books for 2014
December 19, 2014 - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
November 21,2014 - English Creek by Ivan Doig
October 31, 2014 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
September 26, 2014 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
August 29, 2014 - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kreuger
July 25, 2014 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
June 27, 2014 - Altar of Bones by Phillip Carter
May 30, 2014 - A Good Dream by Donna Vonliere
April 25, 2014 - The Roundhouse by Louise Erdich
March 28, 2014 - Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
February 28, 2014 - Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
January 31, 2014 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books for 2013
December 20, 2013 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
November 22, 2013 - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
October 25, 2013 - Growing Up Amish by Ira Wegler
September 27, 2013 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
August 30, 2013 - Mocking Bird by Charles Shields
July 26, 2013 - Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
June 28, 2013 - Nineteen Minutes by Jodie Picoult
May 31, 2013 - A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick
April 26, 2013 -
The World We Found by Thrity Umrigan
March 22, 2013 -
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen
February 22, 2013 - In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
January 25, 2013 - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Books for 2012
December 28, 2012 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
November 30, 2012 - A Good American by Alex George
October 26, 2012 - Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard
September 28, 2012 - Population 485 by Michael Perry
August 31, 2012 - Last Night at the Lobster by Steward O'Nan
July 27, 2012 - Empire Falls by Richard Russo
June 29, 2012 - Welcome to the Great Mysterious by Lorna Landvik
May 25, 2012 - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
April 27, 2012 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
March 30, 2012 - Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
February 24, 2012 - Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
January 27, 2012 - Pope Joan by Donna Woodfolk Cross
Books for 2011
December 16, 2011 - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Nov. 18, 2011 - Cutting for Stone by Verghese
Oct. 28, 2011 - A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse
Sept. 30, 2011 - Prayers For Sale by Sandra Dallas
August 26, 2011 - Woman in the Wilderness by Nancy L. Bunge
July 29, 2011 - Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West
June 24, 2011 - Honolulu by Alan Brennert
May 27, 2011 - Little Bee by Chris Cleave
April 29, 2011- World & Town by Gish Jen
March 25, 2011 - Fragile Beasts by Tawny O'Dell
February 25, 2011 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
January 28, 2011 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Books for 2010
December 17, 2010 - God of the Animals by Arne Kyle
November 19, 2010 - City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
October 29, 2010 - Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
September 24, 2010 - Stern Men: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
August 27, 2010 - Secrets of Eden: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian
July 30, 2010 - Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
June 25, 2010 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
May 28, 2010 - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
April 30, 2010 - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
March 26, 2010 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February 26, 2010 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
January 29, 2010 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Books for 2009
December 18th, 2009 - Elegance of the HedgeHog by Muriel Barbery
November 20th, 2009 - One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
Oct 30, 2009 - So Brave, Young & Handsome by Leif Enger
Sep 25, 2009 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
August 28, 2009 - Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
July 31, 2009 - Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
June 26, 2009 - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
May 29, 2009 - The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaeffer & Annie Burrows
April 24, 2009 - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
March 27, 2009 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
February 27, 2009 - Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
January 30, 2009 - Madonnas of Lenningrad by Debra Dean
Books for 2008
December 19, 2008 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
November 21, 2008 - Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
October 31, 2008 - The Florist's Daughter by Patricia Hampl
September 26, 2008 - TheThird Angel by Alice Hoffman
August 29, 2008 - Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
July 25, 2008 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
June 2008 - Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
May 2008 - Escape by Carolyn Jessop
April 2008 - Fall to Grace by Kerry Casey
March 2008 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
February 2008 - Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson & Relin
January 2008 - The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Books for 2007
December 2007 - When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
November 2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalel Hosseini
October 2007 - Until They Bring the Streetcars Back by Stanley Gordon West
September 2007 - The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
August 2007 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
July 2007 - The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King
June 2007 - Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See
May 2007 - The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston
April 2007 - Giants in the Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaag
March 2007 - Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
February 2007 - Losing Moses on the Freeway by Chris Hedges
January 2007 - The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Books for 2006
December 2006 - March by Geraldine Brooks
November 2006 - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
October 2006 - The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer
September 2006 - A Firing Offense by David Ignatius
August 2006 - Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
July 2006 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
June 2006 - The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin
May 2006 - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
April 2006 - The Piano Tuner by Daniel mason
March 2006 - The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
February 2006 - One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
January 2006 - Over the Edge of the World, Magellan's Circumnavigation by Laurence Bergreen
Books for 2005
December 2005 - First Mothers by Bonnie Angelo
November 2005 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
October 2005 - Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
September 2005 - In the Deep Midwinter by Robert Clark
August 2005 - Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
July 2005 - The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
June 2005 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
May 2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
April 2005 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
March 2005 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
February 2005 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
January 2005 - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Books for 2004
December 2004 -
November 2004 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October 2004 - Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
September 2004 - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
August 2005 - Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
July 2004 - The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
June 2004 - Deception Point by Dan Brown
May 2004 - Staggerford by Jon Hassler
April 2004 - The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
March 2004 - All He Ever Wantedby Anita Shreve
February 2004 - Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
January 2004 - The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
