New Book Nominations for 2009/2010 - to be chosen in the July,that 2009weren't meeting:chosen:

Debbie:
A Sorrow in Our Heart – The Life of Tecumseh by Allan W. Eckert

The epic tale of a towering Native American hero by the award-winning author of The Frontiersmen. Published to rave reviews, this extraordinary book tells the story of Shawnee leader Tecumseh, a military genius whose vision was to unite the North American tribes into one powerful Indian nation, capable of forcing back the encroaching white settlers.

Ramona by Helen H. Jackson

This extraordinarily popular novel of the Mission Indians of Southern California has entertained a vast, world-wide readership. Now this new edition brings it to still another generation who will thrill to Ramona's inspiring story. (Vicki checked - the library holds a good number of copies of different editions of this)

Traveller by Richard Adams

Examines the events of the Civil War through the eyes of General Robert E. Lee's closest companion and devoted horse, Traveller

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.

Vicki:
The Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron

Well written, cozy detective mystery featuring a woman lawyer running for judge in North Carolina

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Neffinger

He has a chromosome disorder that makes him travel through time. She's the woman who has known him since she was small and loves him. Their life together is chaotic and compelling.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Counterculture novel about the pilots in World War II showing the insanity of war (as a follow up piece of trivia - did you know the phrase "catch-22" was invented for this book?

MaryThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows How the residents of Guernsey Island handled the German Occupation of their island in World War II. It was one of the few English holdings Germany occupied in its quest to conquer England.(This was also endorsed by Vicki, Joy, Janice, and Cathy)KayJohn Adams by David McCullough (biography) The acclaimed biography (this is over 700 pages - suggest if chosen it be a two month book over our next "choosing" month) The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (time travel) Time travel novel that explores what is happening with the folks in the present who sent someone back to the time of the plague (accidentally) and may have had it return in the time machine. Much is tongue in cheek, written by Hugo award winning author
Cathy
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg

A memoir of growing up a "hardscrabble" life in the southern Appalachians in Alabama

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinNovel about a race car driver's life as told by his dog Enzo - who is frustrated because he can't drive

Book Nominations for 2008/2009 that weren't chosen:

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Freedomland by Richard Price
Tully by Paullina Simons
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver RelinGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
90 Minutes in Heaven: a True Story of Death and Life by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
The Writing Class by Jincy Willitt
Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
John Adams by David McCullough (biography) On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett (History, non-fiction)
I Claudius by Robert Graves
Midnight's Children by Salmon Rushdie
Original Sin by P.D. James

These are other books that have been nominated for our group in the past:

1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
   
2. The Fate (Destiny) of a Man by Mikhail Sholokhov
   
3. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
   
4. The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S.Tepper
5. Honeymoon with My Brother by Fran Wisner
   
6. Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann
7. Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading by Maureen Corrigan
8. Lincoln and His Generals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
9. The Love of Impermanent Things by Mary Rose O'Reilley
   
10. A Moving Feast by Ernest Hemingway
11. The Other Side by Judy Goldstein Botello
12. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
13. Pied Piper by Nevil Shute
    
14. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
15. Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor
16. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
    

    

17. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
    
18. The Summons by John Grisham
19. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
    
20. Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
21. Then We Came to an End by Joshua Ferris
    
22. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frasier
23. This Life by Sidney Poitier
    
24. Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas and Micah Sparks