<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/xsl/rss2html.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/scripts/wpcss/wiki/plbookclub/skin/spots/rss" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>SDCL Poway Library Book Club - Recently Updated Pages</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updated</link><description>Recently Updated Pages on http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com</description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>info@wetpaint.com</webMaster><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:59 CST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:59 CST</lastBuildDate><generator>wetpaint.com</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>SDCL Poway Library Book Club</title><url>http://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gif</url><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com</link><description>The Poway branch of the San Diego County Library sponsors a monthly book club. This wiki is for that group of readers to discuss our books after our meetings and be informed of upcoming titles.</description></image><item><title>Book Club Members</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members</link><author>kayofpoway</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members</guid><comments>Member added</comments><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:59 CST</pubDate><description>&lt;div class=&quot;wikiWrapper&quot;&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Member Name&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Member Name&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Member Name&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Barbara&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Helen&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Linda&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Carol&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Dee&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Lidia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Cathy&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Janette&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Mary&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Chris&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Janice&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Sylvia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Connie&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Jim&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Valerie&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Connie&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Joy&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Vicki&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Debbie&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Kay&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;33%&quot;&gt;  Wilfredo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Meeting+Details&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Meeting Details&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2009</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009</link><author>kayofpoway</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009</guid><comments>Ratings given for Oct &amp; Nov 09</comments><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:27:50 CST</pubDate><description>&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;1&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; height=&quot;89&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Book Title&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Cover&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Month/Year&lt;br&gt;We Read It and Rating&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Comments&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1934648574%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cranford&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Elizabeth Gaskell&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Dec, 2009&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007136838/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;And Then There Were None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, aka &lt;i&gt;Ten Little Indians&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Agatha Christie&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.9&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 6&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446672211/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Where the Heart Is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Billie Letts&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.2&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 5&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767900383/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Under the Tuscan Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Frances Mayes&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.0&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  Most of us weren&amp;#39;t expecting the travelogue, journal type book this is. It was slow to read and easy to put down. Yet we found the descriptions interesting of parts like picking the olives and making their own oil. Mayes&amp;#39; wonder at the history buried just below the surface was evident and she was able to portray the lushness of the area. One member found the book lyrical, with Mayes&amp;#39; using her poet&amp;#39;s voice to describe an area she loved. We all agreed that Mayes and her husband accomplished quite a feat.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375760377/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hawaii&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  James Michener&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.5&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 5&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  This epic novel spanned so much and gave us a lot to talk about. There are many different themes, such as the different cultures in later years, how the New England missionaries profoundly affected the islands, the strength of some of the women, and the environmental changes brought to the islands, especially through irrigation. Some thought Michener&amp;#39;s writing was great, but many felt it needed some tightening up. Michener&amp;#39;s research and story telling bring the islands to life for the reader. We were all impressed by the story of the first island settlers - we&amp;#39;re having trouble picturing that first ocean voyage in large canoes across thousands of Pacific Ocean miles.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2009&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060837551/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Thorn Birds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Colleen McCullough&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.2&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 4.5&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  We discussed some of the way &lt;i&gt;The Thorn Birds&lt;/i&gt; was perceived now versus when it was published back in the 1970&amp;#39;s. We found the Australian background and description of that section of the Outback fascinating.The Catholic Church is a large part of this novel so we talked about the realities versus the perceptions versus the possible future of the institution.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0515141674/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bondwoman&amp;#39;s Narrative&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Hannah Crafts&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  Although this is a novel, we read the long introduction by Dr. Gates and understand that it is a fictionalized version of true events as chronicled by a black slave woman in Virginia in the 1850&amp;#39;s. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743246985/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Jung Chang&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/greatgatsby.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  F.Scott Fitzgerald&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.7&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/romance/pride.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pride and Prejudice&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Jane Austen&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.5&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;br&gt;Low: 7.5&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  This book was originally named &lt;i&gt;First Impressions&lt;/i&gt;, which certainly fits the book. We all liked it. The biggest problem we see with this book is the 200 year old language. We know that some people wouldn&amp;#39;t get past it. There was laughter in the room as we discussed the characters, especially Mr. Collins. We also discussed the cultural differences. The Bennet women were reliant on the men for their living. Marriage was the goal of women because it is how they survived.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.betterworld.com/list.aspx?SearchTerm=confessions+of+an+ugly+stepsister&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Gregory Maguire&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.8&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;br&gt;Low: 2&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  This is Cinderella with a twist.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Current Book Pick</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick</link><author>kayofpoway</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick</guid><comments>Dec book listed</comments><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:24:35 CST</pubDate><description>&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;  &lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td class=&quot;WPC-edit-custom-bgColor&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;6&quot;&gt;December&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;6&quot;&gt;, 2009&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Title of the Book:&lt;font color=&quot;#7f15bd&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt; Cranford&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;Author: Elizabeth Gaskell&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Year published: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#5f0d8f&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;From &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375760377/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;   &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Meeting Details</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Meeting+Details</link><author>kayofpoway</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Meeting+Details</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:58:37 CST</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;   &lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Date of next meeting: November 17, 2009&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;+0&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;San Diego County Library&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;  Poway Branch&lt;br&gt;13137 Poway Rd&lt;br&gt;Poway CA 92064&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&amp;country=US&amp;popflag=0&amp;latitude=&amp;longitude=&amp;name=&amp;phone=&amp;level=&amp;addtohistory=&amp;cat=&amp;address=13137+Poway+Rd.&amp;city=&amp;state=&amp;zipcode=92064&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Directions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;We are choosing books for the following year at this meeting.&lt;/font&gt;   &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  We meet the third Tuesday of each month to discuss our book. From January through November we meet in the Poway Library in the small Meeting Room behind Adult Fiction. In December we meet at someone&amp;#39;s home for a pot luck holiday party. Thanks, Mary, for hosting our last holiday meeting.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-none&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>About Our Club</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/About+Our+Club</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/About+Our+Club</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:40:10 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;4&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;       &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Our History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;In January, 2001, a group of readers started gathering at the Poway Library Branch of the San Diego County Library System to discuss books. The group had a wide variety of tastes and it shows in the book selections they chose to read. The first book they discussed was &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/042516876X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Range of Motion&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a new novel by Elizabeth Berg, quickly followed by two Barbara Kingsolver novels. We moved on to.mysteries, classics, biographies, or whatever the group chose.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since the group is sponsored by the Library, we are open to any new member. Over the next seven years more of us joined. Others dropped out or moved away. Unfortunately, two members have died, leaving us the memory of their presence. But the love of reading and the discussions did not change. Janette was our recording secretary until the end of 2007, then Kay took over. Sylvia is our leader.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At first the books were chosen each month for the next month. Finally, after 5 years, in 2006 we changed how we decided what to read. The selection process often took 15 to 30 minutes per meeting, cutting into our discussion time. That could be frustrating when the library closes at 8 PM and we had to leave before we were finished talking. So we set aside one meeting to choose books for the upcoming year. We set aside the April meeting for book nominations. Everyone brought a list of possible books. Then we chose what we wanted to read for the next year. One of the books we chose was &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/gonewind.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gone with the Wind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Margaret Mitchell. We all knew that was a long book, so we purposefully scheduled it to be discussed in May, 2007. In April, 2007, we chose the books for another year, giving us two months to read the Southern classic. For 2008, we read &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679774386/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dr. Zhivago&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Boris Pasternak over the two month period that included our selection meeting in July. For 2009, we read &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449213358/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hawaii&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/i&gt;by James A. Michener for our two month period. In 2010 our August meeting will be our choosing meeting for 2011, and our two month book for September is &lt;i&gt;John Adams&lt;/i&gt; by David McCullough.&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How To Join:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#39;s very easy to join our group. We are a community sponsored group and open to that community. If you&amp;#39;d like to talk about our books with us, show up at the Poway Branch Library any third Tuesday of the month. We&amp;#39;ll be there.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Meeting+Details&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Meeting Details&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Poway Library Book Club</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Poway+Library+Book+Club</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Poway+Library+Book+Club</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:32:48 CDT</pubDate><description>  &lt;br&gt;&lt;h2&gt;  &lt;br&gt;Welcome to the Poway Library Book Club Wiki!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#333333&quot;&gt;On the third Tuesday of every month you can find a group of readers in the back room of the Poway Library (behind the Adult Fiction). There we discuss the book we have chosen to read for that month. We may be reading fiction or non-fiction, great classic literature, new literature that may become a classic, or something lighter that we hope to enjoy. &lt;/font&gt;This is our central meeting place online. &lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#333333&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anyone who is interested in the Poway Library Book Club meetings is welcome to join us here. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;October, 2009&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Meeting+Details&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Meeting Details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Other+Books+That+Have+Been+Suggested&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Nominated Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book Club Members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/About+Our+Club&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;About Our Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+Club+Members&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Other Books That Have Been Suggested</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Other+Books+That+Have+Been+Suggested</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Other+Books+That+Have+Been+Suggested</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:22:55 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;div class=&quot;wikiWrapper&quot;&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;See also&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick &lt;/a&gt;| &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;New Book Nominations for 2009/2010 - that weren&amp;#39;t chosen:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;Debbie:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/055356174X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Sorrow in Our Heart &amp;ndash; The Life of Tecumseh&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Allan W. Eckert&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ramona&lt;/i&gt; by Helen H. Jackson&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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&amp;#39;s inspiring  story. (Vicki checked - the library holds a good number of copies of different editions of this)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440204933/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Traveller&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Richard Adams&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Examines the events  of the Civil War through the eyes of General Robert E. Lee&amp;#39;s closest companion  and devoted horse, Traveller&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Vicki:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446403237/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Bootlegger&amp;#39;s Daughter&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Margaret Maron&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Well written, cozy detective mystery featuring a woman lawyer running for judge in North Carolina&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/015602943X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Time Traveler&amp;#39;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Audrey Neffinger&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;He has a chromosome disorder that makes him travel through time. She&amp;#39;s the woman who has known him since she was small and loves him. Their life together is chaotic and compelling.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.powells.com/review/2001_05_31&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Catch 22&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Joseph Heller&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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 &amp;quot;catch-22&amp;quot; was invented for this book?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chris&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670803073/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Fortunate Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by A.B. Facey&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A classic story of life in early Australia. Currently is out of print. Also, the San Diego County Library System DOES NOT CARRY this book.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;Connie N&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1601870213/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Judas Window&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Carter Dickson&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A classic locked room mystery. Carter Dickson is also known as John Dickson Carr&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cathy&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679774025/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;All Over But the Shoutin&amp;#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Rick Bragg&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A memoir of growing up a &amp;quot;hardscrabble&amp;quot; life in the southern Appalachians in Alabama&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Book Nominations for 2008/2009 that weren&amp;#39;t chosen:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;Click on the title for a link to a review&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Freedomland-Richard-Price/dp/038533513X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215632666&amp;sr=1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Freedomland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by Richard Price&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Tully-Paullina-Simons/dp/0006490018/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215632748&amp;sr=1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tully&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by Paullina Simons&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014029628X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Girl in Hyacinth Blue&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Susan Vreeland&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594489505/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Thousand Splendid Suns&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Khaled Hosseini&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800759494/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;90 Minutes in Heaven: a True Story of Death and Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080622-9999-1a22willett.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Writing Class&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jincy Willitt&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399154051/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bleeding Kansas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Sara Paretsky&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594483299/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Junot Diaz (2008 Pulitzer Prize winner)&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1401322573/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Richard Carlson (author of &lt;i&gt;Don&amp;#39;t Sweat the Small Stuff&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060838728/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bel Canto&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Ann Patchett&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/memorykeepers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Memory Keeper&amp;#39;s Daughter&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Kim Edwards&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743250222/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Robbing the Bees&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;i&gt;A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Kelley Bishop&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425219259/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mistress of the Art of Death&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Ariana Franklin &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0439692393/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pictures of Hollis Woods&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Patricia Reilly Giff&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345479297/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Cathy Holton&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679737537/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Timothy (Or Notes of an Abject Reptile)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Verlyn Klinkenborg &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765342308/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Briar Rose&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jane Yolan&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034548083X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Taste of Conquest: the Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Michael Krondl&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451213092/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;On Wings of Eagles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Ken Follett (History, non-fiction)&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067972477X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I Claudius&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Robert Graves&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812976533/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Midnight&amp;#39;s Children&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Salmon Rushdie&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446679224/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Original Sin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by P.D. James&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;  These are other books that have been nominated for our group in the past:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ol&gt;  &lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/i&gt; by Alexandre Dumas&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Fate (Destiny) of a Man&lt;/i&gt; by Mikhail Sholokhov&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The First Man in Rome&lt;/i&gt; by Colleen McCullough &lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Gate to Women&amp;#39;s Country&lt;/i&gt; by Sheri S.Tepper   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312340842/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Honeymoon with My Brother&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/i&gt;by Fran Wisner&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Joseph and His Brothers&lt;/i&gt; by Thomas Mann   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Leave Me Alone, I&amp;#39;m Reading&lt;/i&gt; by Maureen Corrigan   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Lincoln and His Generals&lt;/i&gt; by Doris Kearns Goodwin   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Love of Impermanent Things&lt;/i&gt; by Mary Rose O&amp;#39;Reilley&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Moving Feast&lt;/i&gt; by Ernest Hemingway   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Other Side&lt;/i&gt; by Judy Goldstein Botello   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Peace Like a River &lt;/i&gt;by Leif Enger   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Pied Piper&lt;/i&gt; by Nevil Shute&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Professor and the Madman&lt;/i&gt; by Simon Winchester   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Rain of Gold&lt;/i&gt; by Victor Villasenor   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Spot of Bother&lt;/i&gt; by Mark Haddon&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;   &lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Stumbling on Happiness &lt;/i&gt;by Daniel Gilbert&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Summons &lt;/i&gt;by John Grisham   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Thousand Acres&lt;/i&gt; by Jane Smiley&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Tortilla Curtain&lt;/i&gt; by T.C. Boyle   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Then We Came to an End&lt;/i&gt; by Joshua Ferris&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Thirteen Moons&lt;/i&gt; by Charles Frasier   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;This Life&lt;/i&gt; by Sidney Poitier&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Three Weeks with My Brother&lt;/i&gt; by Nicholas and Micah Sparks&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2010</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2010</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2010</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:12:05 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;1&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; height=&quot;1411&quot; width=&quot;1022&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Book Title&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Cover&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Month/Year&lt;br&gt;We Read It and Rating&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Comments&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Dec, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061537969/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The  Art of Racing in the Rain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;Garth Stein&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0143038257%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_new%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Three  Cups of Tea: One Man&amp;rsquo;s Mission to Promote Peace One School at a  Time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;Greg  Mortenson &amp;amp; David Oliver Relin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Oct, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F141657588X%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_new%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;John Adams&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  David McCullough&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Aug, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;Discussion and choice of books for 2010 - 2011&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743277708/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Watership Down&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Richard Adams&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/guernsey.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The  Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;Mary  Ann Shaffer &amp;amp; Annie Barrows&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jun, 2010&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400032520/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The  Blood Doctor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Barbara  Vine aka Ruth Rendell&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0679640517%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_new%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Enchantress  of Florence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Salman Rushdie&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/sfbooks/doomsday.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Doomsday Book&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Connie Willis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0743498666%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Imperium:  A Novel of Ancient Rome&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Robert Harris&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;26%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0060786507%2Fjandysjoint%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3E&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The  Poisonwood Bible&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;19%&quot;&gt;  Barbara Kingsolver&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;35%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2003</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2003</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2003</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:55:13 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2004&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2004&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2003&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060723521/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Two Old Women&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Velma Wallis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Dec, 2003&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451207149/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Pillars of the Earth&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Ken Follett&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct and Nov, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375726659/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;No Great Mischief&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Alistair McCleod&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/twocits.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Tale of Two Cities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Charles Dickens&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/lifepi.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Life of Pi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Yann Martel&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871318741/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Down the Common&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Ann Baer&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/lvlybons.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Lovely Bones&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Alice Sebold&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743297334/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Sun Also Rises&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Ernest Hemingway&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385334575/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Go Tell It on the Mountain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  James Baldwin&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1552782492/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Potter&amp;#39;s House&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Rosie Thomas&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060959037/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Prodigal Summer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Barbara Kingsolver&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2003&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2008</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:54:34 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2004&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2004&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2003&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Book Title&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Cover&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Month/Year&lt;br&gt;We Read It and Rating&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;  Comments&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399154493/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Lottery&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Patricia Wood&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Dec, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Rating: 7.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;High: 8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Low: 6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  We have changed this book because we will have a chance to speak with the author. Our original December choice, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312330871/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;And Then There Were None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;will be read later.&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689856741/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Call of the Wild&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Jack London&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Rating: 8.0&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;High: 9.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Low: 6.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  Here&amp;#39;s another book we all enjoyed. Many of us had read it before, but a good number of us hadn&amp;#39;t, either. Those who had read it when they were much younger commented on how the story changes perspective with age. The animal abuse was disturbing, but we understand that London was depicting reality of the time. We think the Russian translation of the title is apt - their title translates to &lt;i&gt;The Call of the Ancestors&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550810510/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Random Passage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Bernice Morgan&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.5&lt;br&gt;High: 8.5&lt;br&gt;Low: 6&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  We all liked this book. There were several comments about the vivid descriptions and passages. We discussed the living conditions, the ruggedness, the hardships encountered, and the characters. Linda, who is from New Foundland, gave us more history and a feeling of the culture and people there.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034546401X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saving Fish from Drowning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Amy Tan&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.5&lt;br&gt;High: 7.5&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  We were across the board in a appreciation of this book. Some of us didn&amp;#39;t finish it, others felt like they struggled, others really enjoyed the book. Most of us agreed the travelers were very naive and we had trouble empathizing with the characters.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679774386/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dr. Zhivago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Boris Pasternak&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.5&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  Many of us had problems with this book because the English translation from Russian was clumsy. The English version has been revised and now flows better. One person mentioned that the relationship of the people reflects what was happening in Russia at the time - the joining, the upheavals, and the acceptance of the new. Thank you to Lidia, our Russian immigrant. She gave a talk about Russian history and Pasternak&amp;#39;s life that helped bring the book into focus.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060956704/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Giant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Edna Ferber&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.5&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  Cathy calls this book &amp;quot;a historical soap opera&amp;quot;. Most of us had trouble reading it - lack of punctuation, not enough explanation, too much repetition, etc. Our overall rating was just above average - not great but had some interesting parts.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312965788/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;All Creatures Great and Small&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  James Herriot&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 9.3&lt;br&gt;Low: 8&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  &amp;quot;The copy on my bookshelf is about 30 years old - it&amp;#39;s still one of my favorites.&amp;quot;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/techrman.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Teacher Man&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Frank McCourt&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.9&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  We agreed that this was an easy to read book. After that, our opinions ranged from excellent, almost perfect to it was dark and depressing and disliked. The first two thirds of the book is about his early, harder teaching years. That&amp;#39;s the dark section. The last third is about the encouraging part of his career, so it picks up there.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/middlemarch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Middlemarch&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  George Eliot&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb - Mar, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.2&lt;br&gt;Low: 2&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;I&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;t was dense and hard to read the older English. Most of us appreciated the characters and their struggles. Not all of us finished it. Vicki commented on how the more people change, the more they stay the same. For example, the people in Middlemarch were longing for &amp;quot;the good old days&amp;quot;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/wtrelephants.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Water for Elephants&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Sara Gruen&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating 6.9&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We enjoyed this book. We discussed how realistic it may be - Valerie pointed out that the language didn&amp;#39;t always fit with the character.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;                                                                      &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Holy Man&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Susan Trott&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Dec, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Other&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Thomas Tryon&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Suzanne&amp;#39;s Diary for Nicholas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  James Patterson&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Confederacy of Dunces&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  John Kennedy Toole&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/redtent.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Red Tent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Anita Diamant&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/mckngbrd.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Harper Lee&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Raney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Clyde Edgerton&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Painted House&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  John Grisham&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Blackbird - a Childhood Lost and Found&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Jennifer Lauck&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Hotel Honolulu&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Paul Theroux&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Dave Eggers&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Gap Creek&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Robert Morgan&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2002&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Evening Class&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Mave Binchley&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Dec, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;House of Sand and Fog&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Andre Dubus&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;A Personal History&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Katherine Graham&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Earth Abides&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  George Stewart&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;White Oleander&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Janet Fitch&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The Persian Pickle Club&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Sandra Dallas&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/shewalks.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;She Walks These Hills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Sharyn McCrumb&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/wlkwoods.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Walk in the Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Bill Bryson&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/allhorse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;All the Pretty Horses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Cormac McCarthy&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/mystery/booked.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Booked to Die&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  John Dunning&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571171788/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pigs in Heaven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Barbara Kingsolver&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061097314/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Bean Trees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Barbara, Kingsolver&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/042516876X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Range of Motion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Elizabeth Berg&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2001&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2004</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2004</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2004</guid><comments>Moved from: Book List 2008</comments><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:35:25 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2004&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2004&lt;/a&gt; Book List 2003&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618197370/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Jacques Pepin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Dec, 2004&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014044369X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Torrents of Spring&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Ivan Turgenev&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743205413/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Summer of My Greek Taverna&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Tom Stone&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Oct, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307275132/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Empire Falls&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Richard Russo&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/yaya.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Rebecca Wells&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060528036/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Book of Dead Birds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Gayle Brandeis&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565123875/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Purple Hibiscus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Chimamanda N. Adichie&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/scrtbees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Secret Life of Bees&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Sue Monk Kidd&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/mystery/1ladies.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The #1 Ladies&amp;#39; Detective Agency&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Alexander McCall Smith&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067973225X/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;As I Lay Dying&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  William Faulkner&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553273914/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;House of Spirits&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Isabel Allende&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307387143/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Love in Time of Cholera&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Gabriel Garcia Marquez&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2004&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2005</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:21:29 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; Book List 2004 Book List 2003&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/gnzlsdtr.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gonzales &amp;amp; Daughter Trucking Co&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Maria Amparo Escandon&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Dec, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/kiterunr.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Kite Runner&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Kahled Hosseini&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Nov, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.1&lt;br&gt;Low: 6&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812975766/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;My Life so Far&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Jane Fonda&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Sep and Oct, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 5.5&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/lesndyng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Lesson Before Dying&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Ernest Gaines&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Aug, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553381563/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Lords of Discipline&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Pat Conroy&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jul, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.9&lt;br&gt;Low: 0&lt;br&gt;High: 9.8&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/dayworld.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Day the World Came to Town&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Jim Defede&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jun, 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/aheb.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Lorna Landvik&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  May, 2005&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400032717/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Mark Haddon&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Apr, 2005&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/ageincnc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Age of Innocence&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Edith Wharton&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Mar, 2005&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0142000663/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Grapes of Wrath&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  John Steinbeck&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Feb, 2005&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/gooderth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Good Earth&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;  Pearl Buck&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;  Jan, 2005&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2006</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:10:54 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; Book List 2004 Book List 2003&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Book Title&lt;/h3&gt; (Page still under construction)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Cover&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Month/Year&lt;br&gt;We Read It and Rating&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Comments &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/fivepeople.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Five People You Meet in Heaven&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Mitch Albom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Dec, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.1&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/screwtape.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Screwtape Letters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;C.S. Lewis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Nov, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.3&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/phantom.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Phantom&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Susan Kay&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Oct, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.4&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/heartlonely.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Heart is a Lonely Hunter&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Carson McCullers&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Sep, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;Selections from &lt;i&gt;The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Arthur Conan Doyle&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Aug, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.2&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/mrmdchar.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Mermaid Chair&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Sue Monk Kidd&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jul, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.9&lt;br&gt;Low: 2&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/huckfinn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Adventures of Huckleberry Finn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jun, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.4&lt;br&gt;Low: 5&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061120073/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Tree Grows in Brooklyn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Betty Smith&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;May, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;Various Works&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Ray Bradbury&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Mar, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.8&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;We all tried to read the short stories on a list we had, plus extra works by this excellent author&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/blndassn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Blind Assassin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Margaret Atwood&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Feb, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.2&lt;br&gt;Low: 8&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/micemen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Of Mice and Men&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;John Steinbeck&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jan, 2006&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.4&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book List 2007</title><link>http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2007</link><author>vcrom</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2007</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:10:22 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;See also:&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Current+Book+Pick&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Current Book Pick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2009&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2008&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2006&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2006&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.com/page/Book+List+2005&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Book List 2005&lt;/a&gt; Book List 2004 Book List 2003&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Book List 2002 Book List 2001&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Book Title&lt;/h3&gt; (Page still under construction)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Cover&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Month/Year&lt;br&gt;We Read It and Rating&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Comments &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/eatcake.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eat Cake&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Jeanne Ray&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Dec, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 6&lt;br&gt;High: 8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;This book is definitely more fluff. Yet we found a lot of hidden meat in it because of the strength of the characters.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/eatpraylove.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eat, Pray, Love&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Gilbert&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Nov, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 5.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 8.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/13thtale.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Thirteenth Tale&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Diane Setterfield&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Oct, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.1&lt;br&gt;Low: 4&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/glasscastle.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Glass Castle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Jeannette Walls &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Sep, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.8&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;Various Works&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Kurt Vonnegut&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Aug, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 3&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;Different books were read, including &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/sfbooks/slaughterhouse5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Slaughterhouse Five&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/sfbooks/catscrdl.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cat&amp;#39;s Cradle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/bluebeard.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bluebeard&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743422007/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, andcollections of short stories that included &amp;quot;Welcome to the Monkey House&amp;quot;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;bottom&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;WPC-edit-border-all&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/rabbitrun.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rabbit, Run&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;John Updike&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jul, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 4.3&lt;br&gt;Low: 0&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/whiteteeth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;White Teeth&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Zadie Smith&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jun, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 3.2&lt;br&gt;Low: 0&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/genfic/gonewind.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gone With the Wind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Margaret Mitchell&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;May, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 9.4&lt;br&gt;Low: 8&lt;br&gt;High: 10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380715929/jandysjoint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mother Earth, Father Sky&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Sue Harrison&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Mar, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 6.6&lt;br&gt;Low: 5&lt;br&gt;High: 7&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/mystery/rebecca.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rebecca&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;Daphne DuMaurier&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Feb, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 8.3&lt;br&gt;Low: 7&lt;br&gt;High: 9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;25%&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://plbookclub.wetpaint.comhttp://www.jandysbooks.com/nonfic/marleyme.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Marley and Me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;15%&quot;&gt;JohnGrogan&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;9%&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;11%&quot;&gt;Jan, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rating: 7.1&lt;br&gt;Low: 5&lt;br&gt;High: 8.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>