Quite often, we get requests to see the list of books that the Teton Valley Women’s Book Club has chosen for past and future discussions. Therefore, we decided to post the list here for anyone interested. It might be a good way to find your next book to read! (Not to mention, all book club books are always 10% off!)
The TV Women’s Book Club meets monthly (current meeting date is the first Monday of each month) and encourages new members. If you would like to get more information, email us!
And, if you’re on FaceBook, we have a group for the Teton Valley Women’s Book Club.
NEXT MEETING
April 4, 2011– Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Complete Reading List for the Teton Valley Women’s Book Club
December 1998- 2011
2011
Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
Monday, March 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Infidel by Ayann Hirsi Ali
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Where the Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge by Jonathan Waterman.
2010
Jan. 4, 2010 So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
Feb. 1, 2010 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Mar. 1, 2010 same kind of different as me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
April 5, 2010 Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
May 3, 2010 The Hearts of Horses by Molly Glass
June 7, 2010 The Ghosts of Pioneers by Twain Braden
July 5, 2010 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., The Day the World Came to Town by James Defede
September 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. : The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
October 4, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
November 1, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.: Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
December 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. : Amaganset by Mark Hulls
2009
Jan: The Best of Friends by Sara James & Ginger Mauney
Feb: Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
Mar: Plainsong by Kent Haruf
April: The Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
May: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
June: John Updike — Reader’s Choice
July: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
August: The Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely
September: Moloka’i by Allan Brennert
October: The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
November: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
December: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(and January, 2010: So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger)
2008
Jan: (cancelled due to blizzard; book choice discussed in April)
Feb: Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Mar: Readers Choice by Kurt Vonnegut
Apr: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
May: Meeting cancelled; date changed.
Jun: An Unreasonable Life by Ferenc Mate
Jul: Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Aug: Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
Sep: If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name by Heather Lende
Oct: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Nov: The Devil and Miss Prym by Paolo Coelho
Dec: I Always Did Like Horses and Women by Earle F. Layser (author visit)
2007
Jan: The River Midnight by Lilian Nattel
Feb: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Mar: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Apr: Reader’s Choice by author Elie Wiesel
May: Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Jun: Rowing to Latitude by Jill Fredston
Jul: Confessions of a Slacker Wife and Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro
Aug: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Sep: Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg (One Book selection)
Oct: Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao
Nov: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Dec: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
2006
Jan: The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
Feb: Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett and Autobigraphy of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Mar: Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
Apr: She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
May: “Wilderness Month” with special guests Megan Bogle and Linda Merigliano
Jun: Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle (Special guest Alex Frakt)
Jul: Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
Aug: March by Geraldine Brooks
Sep: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Oct: Paula by Isabel Allende
Nov: The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
Dec: Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene
2005
Jan: Yokota Officers Club by Sarah Bird
Feb: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Mar: Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Apr: Bookman’s Wake by John Dunning
May: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Jun: (cancelled—book choice to be discussed in August)
July: Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig – meeting at Jenny Lake
Aug: Soul of the Land by Chan Atchley (Guests: Chan and Judith Atchley)
Sept: The Preservationist by David Maine
Oct: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seirstad
Nov: Favorite Children’s Book Night
Dec: The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryon Sykes
2004
Jan: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk
Feb. “My Favorite Cookbook”
Mar: My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Neel
Apr: Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt
May Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Jun: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jul: Two in the Far North by Margaret “Mardy” Murie –at Jenny Lake
Aug: House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
Sep: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman; (Special guest: Michael Hoffman)
Oct: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Nov: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Dec: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
2003
Jan: Sign-Talker: The Adventures of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by James Alexander Thom
Feb: Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
Mar: Reader’s Choice of a Presidential Biography
Apr: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
May: A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick
Jun: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Jul: Reader’s Choice on Ernest Hemingway – at Jenny Lake Lodge
Aug: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Sep: The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
Oct: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Nov: Stones from the River by Amy Tan
Dec: Elegy for Iris by John Bayley and The Bell by Iris Murdoch
2002
Jan: Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Chang
Feb: A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird
Mar: Reader’s Choice on Islam (Guest Speaker: Betsy White)
Apr: Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas
May: Reader’s Choice on John Steinbeck
Jun: Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Jul: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain –at Jenny Lake
Aug: Rising From the Plains by John McPhee
Sep: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, with the author as guest speaker
Oct: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Nov: The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
Dec: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
2001
Jan: Color of Water by James McBride
Feb: Possession by A.S. Byatt
Mar: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis (Discussion Leaders: Hendrika Cantwell and Pat Mataisz)
Apr: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
May: Book Borrower by Alice Mattison
Jun: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Jul: Reader’s Choice on Jane Austen – Meeting at Jenny Lake Lodge (Leader: Angela Beaumont)
Aug: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier and Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (artwork cross-referenced by Alan McKnight)
Sep: Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Stein
Oct: Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel
Nov: Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain
Dec: Second Harvest and The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
2000
Jan: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Feb: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Mar: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Apr: The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
May How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Jun: Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
Jul: Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Aug: Lady’s Choice, edited by Frances Love Froidevaux and Barbara Love (with Francie Froidevaux as special guest)
Sep: Tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Oct: West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Nov: Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado short stories by Edgar Allen Poe
Dec: The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas – Quilts by Mary Kolts and Martha Boyer
1999
Jan: Patty Jane’s House of Curl by Lorna Landvik
Feb: The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham
Mar: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Apr: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
May: The Virginian by Owen Wister (Guest facilitator: Peter Anderson)
Jun: The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer
Jul: The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
Aug: Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Sep: 1000 Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Oct: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Nov: Reader’s Choice on Poetry
Dec: A Personal History by Katherine Graham
1998
Dec: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
I really appreciate this blog. I read it almost daily and I feel this connects me with Teton Valley. We anticipate our return to Teton Valley around the 21st of May. I’m hoping to be prepared for the June Book Club meeting. I really hate to admit my ignorance, but I don’t understand the reading for June. Would you please explain it to me ?
It is a beautiful day in Minnesota today. I like walking around the local Coon Rapids Dam on the Mississippi River. Some of the spring wildflowers are in bloom. It is refreshing to see the very white bloodroots, the trout lilies, spring beauties, and the hepatica.
I’m sorry to read of Penny Bronns passing. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to meet her.
Happy Spring and Happy reading. Thanks again for all the updates. Lois Peterson
Hi Lois, Thanks for writing! It’s fun to hear about your spring and that the blog is helping connect you to all of us here in Teton Valley….. Our June book club is a “reader’s choice” by the late author John Updike, which means everyone will read an Updike title (not necessarily the same one!) and come ready to share some something about the book — on these nights we discuss an author’s style of writing and literary legacy (which should be interesting with Updike.) Will look forward to your safe return! ‘Til then, take care and happy reading…….