[Nfbv-potomac-announce] 2016-2017 Book Club Selections and Leaders

[John Halverson]

Hello,

 

Here are the book club selections we chose for 2016-2017.  We need to select
a June book, however.

 

Our next meeting will be on November 1 at our home unless someone else would
like to host.

 

John

 

Joe November

 

The residence: inside the private world of the White House DB82761

Brower, Kate Andersen. Reading time: 10 hours, 52 minutes. 

Read by Carol Jacobanis. 

 

Biography

U.S. History

 

Journalist Kate Andersen Brower offers an intimate account of daily life in
the White House for its service staff who tend to the needs of the First
Family. Brower includes first-person anecdotes, interviews with staff, and
archival research to illuminate the details of life in the White House. Some
strong language. 2015.

 

Wanda December

 

I am Malala: how one girl stood up for education and changed the world
DB79878

Yousafzai, Malala; McCormick, Patricia; Vaswani, Neela. Reading time: 4
hours, 55 minutes. 

Read by Neela Vaswani. 

 

Biography

 

Memoir of corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Recounts how Malala risked
her life for the right to go to school. Raised in a changing Pakistan,
Malala stood up against the Taliban and remained an activist for girls'
education. Commercial audiobook. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2014.

 

Sandy January

 

House rules: a novel DB71010

Picoult, Jodi. Reading time: 18 hours, 59 minutes. 

Read by Joe Peck. 

 

Family

Bestsellers

Medical Fiction

 

Eighteen-year-old Jacob Hunt, who has Asperger's syndrome, lives with his
mother and younger brother and has a social-skills tutor. Jacob is obsessed
with forensic science. When a murder occurs in Jacob's small world, both his
hobby and his condition make him a suspect. Strong language. Bestseller.
2010.

 

Arielle February

 

The Rosie project: a novel DB78150

Simsion, Graeme C. Reading time: 8 hours, 12 minutes. 

Read by Guy Williams. 

 

Humor

Bestsellers

Romance

 

Socially stunted geneticist Don Tillman embarks on an endeavor he calls the
Wife Project. As he quantifies the qualities of a perfect wife, he
encounters Rosie, who seeks Don's help in identifying her real father. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2013.

 

Patty March

 

Afraid of the dark DB79462

Grippando, James. Reading time: 14 hours, 16 minutes. 

Read by Erik Sandvold. 

 

Suspense Fiction

Legal Fiction

 

Three years earlier, Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's dying
daughter as she implicated her boyfriend Jamal--and then a blast blinded
Vince. Now Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck has been asked to defend Jamal, who is
accused of terrorist activity. Strong language, some violence, and some
explicit descriptions of sex. 2011.

 

John April

 

The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the
1936 Berlin Olympics DB77138

Brown, Daniel. Reading time: 17 hours, 24 minutes. 

Read by Kerry Dukin. 

John

Sports and Recreation

Bestsellers

 

Recounts the accomplishments of nine working-class athletes from the
University of Washington who beat elite teams at home and abroad and won the
gold medal for rowing at the 1936 Nazi-orchestrated Berlin Olympics.
Bestseller. 2013.

 

Carl May

 

The sixth man DB73352

Baldacci, David. Reading time: 12 hours, 40 minutes. 

Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 

 

Suspense Fiction

Bestsellers

 

 

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