PALEHUA BOOK CLUB: Lost December 12/12/12

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Lost December 12/12/12

What a fun Christmas inspired Book Club Evening! Everyone enjoyed this month's choice,

Lost December by Richard Paul Evans.

I thought it was a great story in true Richard Paul Evans style. Something we've come to depend on from one of our favorite go-to authors.

As in December's past, we had a cookie exchange that was yummy!
(** totally scrumptious **).
Everyone brought 2 dozen cookies to swap. Cortney brought a variety of delicious treats.

We met at my house and in attendance:
Joy, Moana, Cortney, Ashley, Kanoe, and welcome to Krystal!

Everyone went home with a gift, the book "The Merchant from Bethlehem" by Johan Christian.

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est. July 2003

~ Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson 8-23 ~ The Downstairs Girl by Stacy Lee 6&7-23 ~ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 5-2023 ~ Fablehaven by Brandon Mull 4-23 ~ Persuasion by Jane Austen 3-23 ~ The Rose Code by Kate Quinn 2-23 ~ A Man Called Ove by Fedrick Backman 1-23 **Movie Night** ~ The Christmas Promise by Richard Paul Evans 12-22 ~ The Forgotten Room by White, Williams, Willig 11-22 ~ The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 10-22 ~ The Ladies Room by Carolyn Brown 9-22 ~ Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan 8-22 ~ Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain 7-22 ~ The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore 6-22 ~ The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen 5-22 ~ Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews 4-22 ~ And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 3-22 ~ When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson 2-22 ~ The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See 1-22 ~ The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans 12-21 ~ The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright 11-21 ~ Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco 10-21 ~ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab 9-21 ~ Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price 8-21 ~ Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah 7-21 ~ The Time In Between by Maria Dueñas 6-21 ~ The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey 5-21 ~ My Name is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner 4-21

~ Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon 3-21

~ Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 3-20

~ Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli 2-20

~ The Call of the Wild by Jack London 1-20

~ The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford 12-19

~ The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee 11-19

~ Tell No One by Harlan Coban 10-19

~ What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon 9-19

~ The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 8-19

~ The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans 7-19

~ 16th Anniversary 6-19

~ Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan 5-19

~ Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen 4-19

~ Girl in the Ice 3-19

~ Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 2-19

~ The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 1-19

~ The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans 12-18

~ Tisha by Robert Specht 11-18

~ Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco 10-18

~ Beauty by Robin McKinley 9-18

~ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 8-18

~ ** 15th Anniversary** 7-18

~ The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 4-18

~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 2-18

~ Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 1-18

~ The Mistletoe Inn by Richard Paul Evans 12-17

~ Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos 11-17

~ Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 10-17

~ Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult 9-17

~ My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares 8-17

~ Left Neglected by Lisa Genova 7-17

**14th Anniversary**

~ The Rent Collector by Camron Wright 6-17

~ Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery 3-17

~ The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer 1-17

~ The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans 12-16

~ Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder 11-16

~ I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells 10-16

~ Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry 9-16

~ Stung & Cured by Bethany Wiggins 8-16

~ The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker 6&7-16

**13th Anniversary**

~ Ready Player One by Earnest Cline 5-16
~ The Land Uncharted by Keely Brooke Keith 4-16
~ Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan 10-15
~ Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore 9-15
~ Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde 3&8-15

**12th Anniversary**
~ Blackmoore by Julianna Donaldson 2-15
~ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 1-15
~ The Gift by Richard Paul Evans 12-14
~ The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 11-14
~ We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 10-14
~ The Maze Runner by James Dashner 9-14
~ Inferno by Dan Brown 8-14
~ Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers 7-14

*11th Anniversary*
~ Dangerous by Shannon Hale 5 & 6-14
~ The Giver by Lois Lowry 4-14
~ UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn 3-14
~ The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck 2-14
~ Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline 1-14
~ Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans 12-13
~ My Story by Elizabeth Smart 11-13
~ The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 10-13
~ The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors 9-13
~ Austenland by Shannon Hale 8-13
~ Anguish by Lila Felix 7-13 *10 Year Anniversary*
~ The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker 6-13
~ The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman 5-13
~ The Devil Colony by James Rollins 4-13
~ Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson 3-13
~ Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks 2-13
~ The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 1-13
~ Lost December by Richard Paul Evans 12-12
~ The Gates of Zion(Zion Chronicles #1) by Brodie & Brock Thoene 7-12 9th Anniversary
~ Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 6-12
~ Divergent by Veronica Roth 5-12
~ The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 4-12
~ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3-12
~ To the Last Man by Zane Grey 2-12
~ Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine 1-12
~ The Christmas Train by David Baldacci 12-11
~ Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 11-11
~ The House at Riverton by Kate Morton 9&10-11
~ Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 8-11
~ Happy 8th Anniversary Palehua Book Club 7-11
~ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 5-11
~ Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 4-11
~ Day of Tears by Julius Lester 3-11
~ The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 2-11
~ The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins 1-11
~ The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans 12-10
~ The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 11-10
~ The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 10-10
~ Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 9-10
~ Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 8-10
~ Happy 7th Anniversary Palehua Book Club 7-10
~ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 6-10
~ Graceling by Kristin Cashore 5-10
~ The Help by Kathryn Stockett 4-10
~ Kane and Abel by Jeffery Archer 3-10
~ The Princess Bride by William Goldman 2-10
~ Grace by Richard Paul Evans 12-09 & 1-10
~ The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 11-09
~ The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 10-09
~ The Immigrants by Howard Fast 9-09
~ A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 8-09
~ Happy 6th Anniversary 7-09
~ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 6-09
~ Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson 5-09
~ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 4-09
~ Princess Academy by Shannon Hale 3-09
~The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks 2-09
~The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale 1-09
~ North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 12-08
~ Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (read before seeing the movie on Nov. 22nd)
~ The Wednesday Letters - Jason F. Wright 10-08
~ Breaking Dawn (Book 4 of the Twilight Saga) - Stephenie Meyer 9-08
~ These is My Words - Nancy E. Turner 8-08
~ The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 7-08 - 5th Anniversary
~ The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards 6-08
~ The Last Promise - Richard Paul Evans 5-08
~ Kindred - Octavia E. Butler 4-08
~ The True Story of Hansel and Gretel - Loise Murphy 3-08
~ The Sunflower - Richard Paul Evans 2-08
~ Love Comes Softly - Janette Oke 1-08
~ Thorn In My Heart - Carol Higgs 12-07
~ A Girl Named Zippy - Growing Up Small . . . Haven Kimmel 11-07
~ Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 10-07
~ Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas - James Patterson 9-07
~ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling 8-07
~ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7-07 4th Anniversary *Movie Night*
~ The Sea Runner - Ivan Doig 6-07
~ Redeeming Love – Francine Rivers 5-07
~ Fried Green Tomatoes…Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg 4-07
~ Candle In the Darkness - Lynn Austin 3-07
~ Running Blind - Lee Child 1 & 2-07
~ The Greatest Salesman In The World - Og Mandino 12-06
~ The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver 11-06
~ The Hiding Place - Corrie ten Boom 10-06
~ The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman 9-06
~ Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom 8-06
~ The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho 7-06 - 3rd Anniversary
~ The Hours – Michael Cunningham 6-06
~ Just One Look – Harlan Coben 5-06
~ The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis 4-06
~ Life of Pi – Yann Mortel 3-06
~ State of Fear – Michael Crichton 2-06
~ Winds of War – Mitchner 1-06
~ The Book Borrower – Alice Mattison 12-05
~ Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik 11-05
~ Pope Joan - Donna Cross 10-05
~ Sahara – Clive Cussler 9-05
~ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 8-05
~ The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd 7-05 -2nd Anniversary
~ Timeline – Michael Crichton 6-05
~ Tisha- Robert Specht 5-05
~ Deception Point – Dan Brown 4-05
~ Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes 2&3-05 *BRAVO's Dinner*
~ The Simple Truth – David Baldacci 1-05
~ Skipping Christmas – John Grisham 12-04 *Movie Night*
~ Summer Light – Luanne Rice 11-04
~ Sacred Clowns – Tony Hillerman 10-04
~ The Summerhouse – Jude Deveraux 9-04
~ Dragonriders of Pern – Ann McCaffery 8-04 *Sheri McEntire's Baby Shower*
~ The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks 7-04 -1st Anniversary *Movie Night*
~ Angels and Demons – Dan Brown 6-04
~ Tell No One – Harlan Coban 5-04
~ Tara Road – Maeve Binchy 4-04
~ First King of Shannara – Terri Brooks 3-04 *Zippy's Dinner*
~ The Brethren – John Grisham 2-04
~ The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom 1-04
~ Coast Road – Barbara Delinsky 12-03
~ The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck 11-03
~ Seabiscuit – Linda Hillenbrand 10-03
~ At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon 9-03
~ Wish You Well – David Baldacci 8-03
~ 1st Meeting Sheri McEntire's Home July 28, 2003