Today Show Book Club
Dates: 1/15/04,4:14 PM through 1/16/04,11:27 AM (10 postings)
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FROM: Cynthia Blietz <[removed]@sslic.net>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:14 PM
Verified:
The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard
Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker
The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
Nine Horses - Billy Collins
Raising Fences - Michael Datcher
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
You Are Not s Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Unverified:
The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer
The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst
Can anybody verify the unverified? : - )
Thanks!
Cynthia Blietz
[removed]@sslic.net
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:30 PM
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Cynthia Blietz wrote:
> I am trying to compile a list of the books that were selections of the
> Today Show Book Club, but I
> haven't been able to verify all the titles.
>
> Verified:
> The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard
> Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker
> The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
> Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
> Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
> Nine Horses - Billy Collins
> Raising Fences - Michael Datcher
> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
> You Are Not s Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
> Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
> The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
> Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
> The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
>
> Unverified:
> The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
> A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
> Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer
> The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst
>
> Can anybody verify the unverified? : - )
> Thanks!
>
> Cynthia Blietz
> [removed]@sslic.net
> Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
>
>
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FROM: [removed]@carmel.lib.in.us (Mary Bennett)
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:41 PM
At 04:04 PM 1/15/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>I am trying to compile a list of the books that were selections of the
>Today Show Book Club, but I
>haven't been able to verify all the titles.
>
>Verified:
>The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard
>Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker
>The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
>Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
>Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
>Nine Horses - Billy Collins
>Raising Fences - Michael Datcher
>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
>You Are Not s Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
>Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
>The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
>Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
>The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
>
>Unverified:
>The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
>A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
>Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer
>The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst
>
>Can anybody verify the unverified? : - )
>Thanks!
>
>Cynthia Blietz
[removed]@sslic.net
>Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
>
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@mtlib.org>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:47 PM
Cynthia, I think you should be able to get this through my library's
catalog at:
catalog.greatfallslibrary.org
The link is in the lower right side as "Today Book Club"
I sometimes hesitate to suggest this as I always access the
catalog from "in house." I'm not always sure how an outsider sees
all this.
I'm sure there's other sites, too. Good Luck. BYE!
Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@mtlib.org
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beings, isn't it?" Barbara Pym; SOME TAME GAZELLE
FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@mtlib.org>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:47 PM
Cynthia, I think you should be able to get this through my library's
catalog at:
catalog.greatfallslibrary.org
The link is in the lower right side as "Today Book Club"
I sometimes hesitate to suggest this as I always access the
catalog from "in house." I'm not always sure how an outsider sees
all this.
I'm sure there's other sites, too. Good Luck. BYE!
Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@mtlib.org
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"I do not approve of this hushed and reverent attitude towards
our great Library. After all, it is a place for human
beings, isn't it?" Barbara Pym; SOME TAME GAZELLE
FROM: "Grace Lillevig" <[removed]@hcpl.net>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 4:57 PM
Grace
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Cynthia Blietz
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:05 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Today Show Book Club
I am trying to compile a list of the books that were selections of the
Today Show Book Club, but I
haven't been able to verify all the titles.
Verified:
The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard
Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker
The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
Nine Horses - Billy Collins
Raising Fences - Michael Datcher
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
You Are Not s Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Unverified:
The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer
The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst
Can anybody verify the unverified? : - )
Thanks!
Cynthia Blietz
[removed]@sslic.net
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
FROM: "Carolyn Leifheit " <[removed]@oswego.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 5:03 PM
Carolyn
>>> Cynthia Blietz <[removed]@sslic.net> 01/15/04 04:04PM >>>
I am trying to compile a list of the books that were selections of the
Today Show Book Club, but I
haven't been able to verify all the titles.
Verified:
The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard
Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker
The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett
Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
Nine Horses - Billy Collins
Raising Fences - Michael Datcher
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
You Are Not s Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Unverified:
The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer
The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst
Can anybody verify the unverified? : - )
Thanks!
Cynthia Blietz
[removed]@sslic.net
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library
FROM: "Jennifer Hendzlik" <[removed]@mail.sgcl.org>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 5:30 PM
~Jen
Today Show Book Club:
7-02 The emperor of ocean park by Stephen L. Carter, recommended
by John Grisham
8-02 You are not a stranger here by Adam Haslett, recommended by
Jonathan Franzen.
9-02 A girl named zippy by Haven Kimmels, recommended by Elizabeth
Berg.
10-02 Raising fences by Michael Datcher, recommended by Terry
McMillan.
11-02 The clothes they stood up in and the lady in the van by Alan
Bennett, recommended by Helen Fielding.
12-02 Paradise alley by Kevin Baker, recommended by Frank McCourt.
1-03 Crow lake by Mary Lawson, recommended by Mary Higgins Clark
2-03 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith,
recommended by Amy Tan
3-03 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros, recommended Louise Eldrich.
4-03 Nine horses by Billy Collins, recommended by James Patterson.
5-03 Drinking coffee elsewhere by ZZ Packer, recommended by John
Updike.
6-03 Dogs of babel by Carolyn Parkhurst, recommended by Anna
Quindlen
7-03 The curious incident of the dog in the night time by Mark
Haddon, recommended by Dave Barry.
8-03 Shadow baby by Alison McGhee, recommended by Emma McLaughlin
& Nicola Kraus.
9-03 Time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger, recommended by
Scott Turow.
10-03 The great fire by Shirley HAzzard, recommended by Anita
Shreve.
11-03 The known world by Edward P. Jones, recommended by Carl
Hiaasen.
12-03 The way the crow flies by Anne-Marie MacDonald, recommended
by Allison Pearson.
1-04 The breathtaker by Alice Blanchard
Jennifer Hendzlik, MLS
Reference Department Manager
Brentwood Branch Library
Springfield, MO 65804
(417)874-8130
[removed]@mail.sgcl.org
FROM: "Marika Zemke" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 6:59 PM
The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Shadow Baby by Alison McGhee
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Dinking Coffee Elsewhere by Zz Packer
Nine Horses by Billy Collins
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker
The Clothes They Stood Up in: And, the Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story by Michael Datcher
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel
You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
Of these, I've read The Time Traveler's Wife (great!), The Curiious Incident
of the Dog in the Night-Time (I must be one of the only ones who didn't
think that it was all that great), The Dogs of Babel (good read), Crow Lake
(fabulous!!) and A Girl Named Zippy (one of the funniest that I've read all
year)
Hope that this helps
Marika Zemke-Adult Services
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
4600 Walnut Lake Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
248-232-2303
http://www.wblib.org
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FROM: Cynthia Blietz <[removed]@sslic.net>
REC'D: 1/16/04, 11:27 AM
The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter (John Grisham)
You Are Not a Stranger Here - Adam Haslett (Jonathan Franzen)
A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel (Elizabeth Berg)
Raising Fences - Michael Datcher (Terry McMillan)
The Clothes They Stood Up In & The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett (Helen
Fielding)
Paradise Alley - Kevin Baker (Frank McCourt)
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson (Mary Higgins Clark)
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros (Louise Erdrich)
Nine Horses - Billy Collins (James Patterson)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer (John Updike)
The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Pankhurst (Anna Quindlen)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon (Dave Barry)
Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
The Known World - Edward P. Jones
Way the Crow Flies - Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Breathtaker - Alice Blanchard (Jacquelyn Mitchard)
Authors names in parantheses are the ones who selected the title - which
is what got me started on
compiling this list in the first place!
Cynthia Blietz
[removed]@sslic.net
Reference Librarian
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