A History of Reading

"The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
by Dr. Seuss from Oh, the Places You'll Go


WESTHAMPTON MONDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS

2014
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (Dec./Jan'15)
The School of Essential Ingredient by Erica Bauermeister (Nov.)
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen (Oct.)
Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations by Joann Lipman (Sept.)
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (Aug.)
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard Morais (July/ Book & Movie Tie-in)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simson (June)
Watchlist by Jeffery Deaver (May)
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker (Apr.)
Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra (Mar.)
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier (Feb.)
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppell (Dec./Jan.'14)

2013
The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo (Nov.)
The Mask Carver's Son by Alyson Richman (Oct.)
A Time to Kill by John Grisham (Sept.)
On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves (Aug.)
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro (July)
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth (June)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard (May)
Behind the Beautiful Forever: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (Apr.)
Sutton by J/R. Moehringer (Mar./Long Island Reads Selection)
Memoir of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks (Feb.)
My Antonia by Willa Cather (Dec./Jan.'13)

2012
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertant Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (Nov.)
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani (Oct.)
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill (Sept.)
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (Aug.)
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (July/Romance Writers of America Event)
Language of Flowers, The by Vanessa Diffenbough (June)
Red Garden, The by Alice Hoffman (May)
Three Weissmanns of Westport, The by Cathleen Schine (Apr.)
Lost Wife, The by Alyson Richman (Mar./Long Island Reads Selection)
Hunger Games, The by Suzanne Collins (Feb./Book & Movie Tie-in)
Man Who Loved Books Too Much, The by Allison Hoover Bartlett (Dec./ Jan.'12)

2011
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman (Nov.)
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Oct.)
Claude & Camille by Stephanie Cowell (Sept.)
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (Aug.)
Memory Palace, The by Mira Bartok (July)

Prior Selections:
Reliable Wife, The by Robert Goolrick
Poisonwood Bible, The by Barbara Kingsoliver
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent


WHAT I'VE READ
Here is a list of books that I have read over the years and although not each and every book has been my favorite, I am proud to have accomplished the feat of finishing it and therefore am listing them as a recommendation.

Happy reading & please enjoy!

A few of my favorites:
Alice Adventures In Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (classic)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstory (classic)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (young adult)
Apron Anxiety: My Messey Affirs in & Out of the Kitchen by Alyssa Shelasky (memoir)
Bell Jar, The by Silvia Plath (classic)
Bluest Eye, The Toni Morrison (literature)
Book of Lost Things, The by John Connolly (fiction)
Christmas Shoes, The by Donna VanLiere (Fiction)
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The by Mark Haddon (fiction)
Diary of a young Girl, The by Anne Frank (calssic)

Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King (young adult)
Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (non-f)
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (young adult)
Glass Castle, The by Jeannette Walls (memoir)

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (young adult)
Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald (classic)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (classic)
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez (non-f)
Like Life by Lorrie Moore (short stories)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (classic)
Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani (fiction)
Number The Stars by Lois Lowry (young adult)
Outsiders, The by S.E. Hinton (young adult)
Overnight Socialite, The by Bridie Clark (chicklit)
Pact, The by Jodie Picoult (fiction)
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gelledge (graphic novel)
Pipi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (young reader)
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War by Deborah Copaken Kogan (non-f)
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld (fiction)
Sold by Patricia McCormick (young adult)
Speak by Lauri Halse Anderson (young adult/crossover)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (classic)
True confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The by Avi (young adult)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Album (memoir)
Unless by Carol Shields (literature)
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne (young reader)

Reading History:



Ahern, Cecelia – P.S. I Love You
Albee, Edward – Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Albom, Mitch
Five People You Meet in Heaven, The
For One More Day
Have a Little Faith:A True Story
Time Keeper, The
Allison, Dorothy – Bastard Out of Carolina
Allison, WillLong Drive Home
Anderson, Lauri  Halse
Chains
Wintergirls
Archer, Jeffrey
Clifton Chronicles, The Series
Asher, Jay – Thirteen Readons Why (YA)
Babbitt, Natalie – Tuck Everlasting (MS)
Bailey, Frankie Y.  - The Red Queen Dies
Baker, Tiffany – Gilly Salt Sisters, The
Baldacci, David
Camel Club, The
Collectors, The
Hour Game, The
One Summer
Banks, Lynne Reid – Indian in the Cupboard (MS)
Banks, Melissa
Girls Guide to Hunting & Fishing, The
Wonder Spot, The
Barry, Dave & Ridley Pearson
Peter and the Starcatchers Series
Bauermeister, Erica
Joy for Beginners
Lost Art of Mixing
School of Essential Ingredients
Baum, L. Frank – Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (Classic)
Bauman, Beth Ann – Beautiful Girls
Beddor, Frank
Looking Glass Wars Series (YA)
Bellows, Melina Gerosa Wish
Benjamin, Melanie – Alice I Have Been
Berg, Elizabeth
Joy School
Durable Goods
Bjork, Christina – The Other Alice: The True Story of Alice Liddell and Alice in Wonderland
Blanchard, Alice – Life Sentences
Bloom, Judy
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (MS)
Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret (MS)
Three Junes
Bock, Caroline – L.I.E. (YA)
Bohjalian, Chris
Before You Know Kindness
Double Blind
Light in the Ruins, The
Midwives
Bolton, S.J. – Now You See Me
Bradbury, Ray – Fahrenheit 451
Bradford, Barbara Taylor – Playing the Game
Brashares, Ann
Last Summer (of you and Me), The
My Name is Memory
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series (YA)
Bray, Libba
Beauty Queens
Deviners, The
Brown, Dan
Angels & Demons
Da Vinci Code
Lost Symbol, The
Brown, Eleanor Weird Sisters, The
Burgess, Anthony – Clockwork Orange, A
BurgessMelvin – Smack (YA)
Burke, Alafair
Long gone
Never Tell
Burroughs, William S. – Junky: The Definitive Text of “Junk”
Bushnell, Candace – 4 Blondes
Cabot, Meg
Princess Diaries Series
Cain, Chelsea – Heart Sick
Caletti, Deb - He's Gone
Chaltas, Thalia – Because I Move Furniture (YA)
Chbosky, Stephen – Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (YA)
Christopher, Lucy – Stolen: A Letter to My Captor (YA)
Cisneros, Sandra – House on Mango Street, The
Close, Jennifer – Girls in White Dresses
Collins, Suzanne
Hunger Games Series (YA)
Condie, Ally
Matched Trilogy
Connelly, Michael
Echo Park
Lincoln Lawyer
Crouch, Katie – Girls in Trucks
Cutter, Kimberly – Maid, The
Day, Silvia – Bared to You
de los Santos, Marisa – Love Walked In
Dickens, Charles
Tale of Two Cities, A
Great Expectations
Christmas Carol, A
Dillon, Lucy – Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts
Dogar, Sharon – Annexed (YA)
Donoghue, Emma
Room
Slammerkin
Dove, Rita Thomas and Beulah
Doyle, Roddy – Woman Who Walked into Doors, The
Esquivel, Laura – Like Water for Chocolate
EugenidesJeffrey Virgin Suicides, The
Euripides and Rex Water – Medea
Eyre Ward, Amanda
Close Your Eyes
Forgive Me
How to Be Lost
Feldman, Deborah – Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Fey, Tina - Bossypants
Fielding, Helen
Bridget Jone’s Diary
Bridget Jone’s Guide to Life
Edge of Reason
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
Fitch, Janet – White Oleander
Flynn, Gillian
Dark Places
Gone Girl
Sharp Objects
Forman, Gayle
If I Stay Series (YA)
Foster, Ken – Kind I’m Likely to Get: A Collection
Freethy, Barbara – All She ever Wanted
Freymann-Weyr, Garret – Stay with Me (YA)
Galante, Cecilia – Patron Saint of Butterflies (YA)
Ganek, Danielle
Lulu Meets God and doubts Him
Summer We Read Gatsby, The
Garcia, Kami
Caster Chronicles Series
Gardner, Lisa – Love You More
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Lily’s Crossing (MS)
Pictures of Hollis Woods (MS)
Water Street (MS)
Giffin, Emily
Something Borrowed
Where We Belong
Gilbert, Elizabeth – Eat, Pray, Love
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins – Yellow Wallpaper, The
Gladwell, Malcolm
Tipping Point, The: How Little Things can Make a Difference
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking
Outliers: The Story of Success
Goldberg, Myla – False Friend, The
Golden, Arthur – Memoirs of a Geisha
Golding, William – Lord of the Flies
Goodwin, Stephen – Breaking Her Fall
Grebe, Camilla – Some Kind of Peace
Green, Jane
Beach House, The
Bookends
Dune Road
Jemima J
Mr. Maybe
Other Woman, The
Promise to Keep
Second Chance
Swapping Lives
To Have and To Hold
Green, John
Fault in Our Stars, The (NA)
Looking for Alaska (YA)
Gregory, Philippa – Other Boleyn Girl, The
Grisham, John
Client, The
Firm, The
Time to Kill, A
Gross, Andrew
Blue Zone, The
Reckless
Gudenkauf, Heather – These Things Hidden
Hamilton, Edith – Greek Way, The
Hamilton, Gabrielle – Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Handler, Chelsea – Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Hannah, Kristin
Firefly Lane
Fly Away
Glass Case, The
Night road
Hardinge, Frances – Fly By Night
Harper, Rachel, M. – Brass Ankle Blues
Harrington, Laura – Alice Bliss
Hawke, Richard – Speak of the Devil
Hess, Hermann – Siddhartha
Hichcock, Jane Stanton – Trick of the Eye
Highsmith, Patricia – Little Tales of Misogyny
Hodgson, Burnett Frances – Little Princess, A (YA)
Hoffman, Alice
Blackbird House
Blue Diary
Dovekeepers, The
Green Angel (YA)
Here on Earth
Ice Queen
Practical Magic
Red Garden, The
Skylight Confessions
Survival Lessons
Third Angel, The
Hoffman, Jilliane – Pretty Little Things
Hopkins, Ellen – Crank
Hornby, Nick – Long Way Down, A
Howe, James
Watcher, The (YA)
Bunnicula Series (YR)
Hyde, Catherine Ryan – Pay It Forward
Iles, Greg – Turning Angel
JacobsonJennifer Richard – Small as an Elephant
James, E.L.
Fifty shades of Grey Series
Jarzab, Anna – All Unquiet Things
Johnson, Angela – Bird (YA)
Karasyov, Carrie Wolves in Chic Clothing
Kate, Lauren
Fallen Series (YA)
Kaufman, Jennifer – Literacy and Longing in L.A.
Kaysen, Susanna
Camera My Mother Gave Me, The
Girl Interrupted
Kellerman, Faye – Jupiter’s Bones
Kesey, Ken – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Keyes, Daniel – Flowers for Algernon
Keyes, Marian – Anybody Out There
Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees, The
King, David – Devil in the City of Light
Kinsella, Sophie
Confessions of a Shopaholic Series
Koningsburg, E.L.
From the Mixed Up Files of Ms.rs. Basil E. Frankweiler (YA)
Outcast of 19 Schuyler Place (YA)
Kwok, Jean – Girl in Translation
Lamb, Wally
I Know This Much is True
Landay, William – Defending Jacob
Lane, Harriet – Alys, Always
Lansens, Lori
Girls, The
Wife’s Tale
Larbalestier, LoriLiar
Latus, Janine – If I Am Missing or Dead: a Sister’s Story of Love, Murder and Liberation
Lauck, Jennifer – Blackbird: A Child Lost and Found
Lebert, BenjaminCrazy
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Lowry, Lois
Giver, The (YA)
Summer to Die, A (YA)
Lupica, Mike – Miracle on 49th Street (YA)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (YA)
Lynch, ChrisInexcusable
Mackler, Carolyn – Vegan, Virgin, Valentine
Markovits, Anouk – I Am Forbidden
Marr, Melissa
Wicked Lovely Series
Martin, Steve – Shopgirl
Mawer, Simon – Glass Room, The
McCormick, Patricia (YA)
Cut
Never Fall Down
Purple Heart
Sold
McEwan, IanAtonement
McLaughlin, Emma & Nicola Kraus
Nanny Diaries
Nanny Returns
Meldrum, Christina – Madapple (YA)
Meltzer, Brad
Book of Fate, The
Book of Lies, The
Meyer, Stephanie
Twilight Series (YA)
Montgomery, L.M. – Anne of Avonlea Series (YA)
Morrison, Toni
Beloved
Sula
Home
Moore, Lorrie
Birds of America
Self-Help
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
Moyes, Jojo Me Before You
Murphy, Jim – American Plague
Nelson, Jandy – Sky is Everywhere, The
Nabokov, VladimirLolita
Niffenegger, Audrey – Time Traveler's Wife, The
Nissen, Thisbe – Out of the Girls’ Room and Into the Night: Stories
Norman, Marsha – ‘Night Mother
Nujood, Ali – I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Oats, Joyce Carol
After the Wreck I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings and Flew Away (YA)
Turning Angel by Greg Iles
O’Dell, Scott – Island of the Blue Dolphins (YA)
Oliver, Lauren
Delirium Trilogy (YA)
O’Reilly, Brian – Angelina’s Bachelors: A Novel with Food
Orwell, George
1984
Animal Farm
Owen, James
Chronicles of the Imaginariam Geographica Series
Patchett, Ann
Bel Canto
Magician’s Apprentice
State of Wonder
Patterson, James
Alex Cross Series
Private
Women’s Murder Club Series
Pearson, Mary E. – Adoration of Jenna Fox, The (YA)
Peterson, Holly – Manny, The
Phoenix, Michele – In Broken Places
Picoult, Jodi
Between the Lines (coauthored by Samantha VanLeer)
Change of Heart
Handle With Care
Harvesting the Heart
House Rules
Keeping Faith
My Sister's Keeper
Nineteen Minutes
Perfect Match
Plain Truth
Second Glance
Sing You Home
Tenth Circle, The
Vanishing Acts
Proulx, Annie – Brokeback Mountain (Short Stories)
Pullman, Philip
His Dark Materials Omnibus Trilogy (YA)
Quindlen, Anna
Black & Blue
Blessings
How Reading Changed My Life
Rise & Shine
Redfield, James - Celestine Prophecy, Bk1
Richmond, Michelle – Year of Fog, The
Rideout, Tanis - Above All Things
Rieger, Susan - The Divorce Papers
Riordan, Rick
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series (YA)
Richman, Alyson
Swedish Tango/ Rhythm of Music
Last Van Gogh
RosneyTatiana de – Sarah's Key
Roter, Jordan – Girl In Development (YA)
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter Series (YA)
Saberi, Roxana – Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran
Sacher, Louis – Holes (MS)
Sales, Nancy Jo – Bling Ring, The
Salinger, J.D. – Cater in the Rye, The
SapphirePrecious
Schlink, Bernhard – Reader, The
Schickler, David – Kissing in Manhattan
Scott, Elizabeth – Something, Maybe
Scott, Michael
Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Series (YA)
Scottiline, Lisa – Save Me
Sebestyen, Ouida – Girl in the Box, The (YA)
Sebold, Alice
Lovely Bones
Lucky: A Memoir
Almost Moon, The
Sedaris, David – Me Talk Pretty One Day
See, Lisa
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan
Shanghai Girls
Dreams of Joy
Segal, Francesca - Innocence
Selznick, Brian
Invention of Hugo Cabret, The (YA)
Wonder Struck (YA)
Sewell, Anna – Black Beauty (MS)
Shakespere, William
Hamlet
Othello
Romeo & Juliet
Tempest, The
Sheinmel, Alyssa B. – Beautiful Between, The (YA)
Shreve, Anita
Light on Snow
Piolet's Wife, The
Rescue, The
Shull, Megan – Amazing Grace (YA)
Shulman, Irving – West Side Story
Silver, Elizabeth L.
The Execution of Noa P. Singleton
Silverman, Sarah – Bedwetter, The: stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee
Sittenfeld, Curtis
Man of My Dreams, The
Prep
Simmons, Rachel – Odd Girl Out
Sophocles – Oedipus Rex
Sparks, Nicholas
Best of Me, The
Choice, The
Dear John
Last Song, The
Lucky One, The
Notebook, The
Rescue, The
Safe Haven
Wedding, The
Walk to Remember, A
Speare, Elizabeth George – Witch of Black Bird Pond (MS)
Stein, Garth – Art of Racing in the Rain, The
Stevens, Chevy
Still Missing
Never Knowing
Always Watching
Stievfater, Maggie
Wolves of Mercy Falls Series (YA)
Curiosities: A Collection of Stories, The (YA & Various Authors)
Stoffel, Stephanie Lovett – Discoveries: Lewis Carroll in Wonderland
Stockett, Kathryn – Help, The
Talkington, Amy - Liv, Forever (YA)
Tan, Amy – Joy Luck Club, The
Tatum, Beverly Daniel - Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations about Race
Thomas, Rob – Drive Me Crazy
Tolkien, J.R.R. – Hobbit, The
Trigiani, Adriana
Shoemaker's Wife, The
Very Valentine Series
Viola Series (YA)
Turner, Ann – Learning to Swim
Twain, Mark Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (Classic)
Various Authors – Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers (YA)
Vonnegut, Kurt – Slaughterhouse-Five
Voskamp, Ann – One Thousand Gifts
Unger, Lisa
Beautiful Lies
Fragile
Walker, Alice – Color Purple, The
Wall, Elissa – Stolen Innocence
Walls, Jeannette
Half Broke Horses
Silver Star
Weiner, Jennifer
Good in Bed
In Her Shoes
Weisberger, Lauren
Devil Wears Prada
Everyone Worth Knowing
Last Night at Chateau Marmont
Revenge Wears Prado: The Devil Returns
Wells, Rebecca – Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Weston, Riley – Before I Go
Werlin, Nancy
Extraordinary (YA)
Impossible (YA)
Rules of Survival, The (YA)
Wickham, MadelineWedding Girl, The
Wiess, Laura – Such a Pretty Girl (YA)
Wolf, Virginia Room of One's Own, A
Woolf, JennyThe Mystery of Lewis Carroll
Yang, Gene LuenAmerican Born Chinese (Graphic Novel)
Yong, Wm. Paul Shack, The
Yolen, Jane & Bruce Coville – Armageddon Summer (YA)
Zigman, LauraDating Big Bird
Zindel, Paul Pigman, The (YA)

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