PALEHUA BOOK CLUB: The Giver by Lois Lowry

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Thank you Monica for hosting at your home and suggesting this month's book club pick.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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In Attendance: Monica, Joy, Cortney and Kristin

Up Next: Planning Meeting for book suggestions and what to read over the Summer of 2014

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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