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Holy Haystacks
On the Second Wednesday of the month. A reading group, bookclub
Wednesday Readers
Holy Haystacks
Books coming up
June - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
July - Sing and Don't Cry - Cate Kennedy
August - A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian - Marina Lewycka
September - The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
July - Sing and Don't Cry - Cate Kennedy
August - A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian - Marina Lewycka
September - The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Where to find that book! Click through to site
Next Meeting
June 10th at Cazzie's House
Email me for address if you don't have it!
Car pool will meet at the Post Office in Millthorpe at 11.40am
Email me for address if you don't have it!
Car pool will meet at the Post Office in Millthorpe at 11.40am
History of the Wednesday Readers
The first meeting of the Wednesday Readers was held on 10thApril 2002, at Rosebank Guesthouse.
At that meeting the following people were present - Dawn Webster, Mona Bentley, Dorothy Hooper, Gwen Webster, Pet Brazier, Lizzie Lane & Virginia DeSantis. We discussed the idea of forming a group & also how we would like it to function.
The following ideas were adopted: We would meet at 12 midday at the home of one of the members on the 2nd Wednesday of every month except January We would bring our own lunch The host person would supply tea, coffee & water The discussions would not be structured but rely on members feeling free to contribute whatever thoughts and comments they had Books would be choosen by the members - no real rules
Following is a list of books read so far:
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albolm
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling Journey From Venice by Ruth Cracknell
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - many were ready to leave the group after this one!
Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Riders by Tim Winton (Elaine Mortimer never forgave Tim Winton for this one!)
Undaunted by Ethnee Holmes a Court
Miss Smillers Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Billy by Pamela Stevenson
Sunne in Spleandor by Sharon Penman
Jessica by Bryce Courtney
Cloud Street by Tim Winton
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
Tears of the Moon by Di Morrisey
Hemmingways Chair by Michael Palin
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives by Margaret Carroll
Five Quarters of an Orange By Joanne Harris
For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clark
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Holy Cow by Sarah McDonald
The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simons (we're still getting over the sex scenes!)
Road From Coorain by Jill Kerr-Conway
Nellie Melba by John Hetherington
Life on Air by David Attenborough
A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer
The Girl With the Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier
The Touch by Colleen McCollouch
Parcel Arrived Tied With String by Michael Crawford
Lucia's Measure by Angela Malone (we're still confused but we did support a local Author)
Trinity by Leon Uris
Life of Extremes by Jeff McMullen
The Lost Gardens of Helligan by Tim Smit
Those Tracks on my Face byBarbara Hollaway
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Da Vinci Code by Dan
Brown Billy's Kiss by Elizabeth Knox
The Veiled Kingdom by Carmen BinLaden (it was snowing this day!)
No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunin
Australia Down Under by Bill Bryson
London by Edward Rutherfurd ( If Virginia hadn't been a founding member she would have been thrown out for choosing this!)
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
Treasure Islands by Pamela Stevenson
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
March by Geraldine Brooks
White Earth by Andrew McGahan
A Song For Nagasaki by Father Paul Glynn
The Hospital by the River by Catherine Hamlin
How to Kill Your Husbandand Other Handy Household Hints by Kathy Lette ( there were some hints in this that we could do without)
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Falling Leaves by Adeline Wen Mah
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Visurger
The White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra
The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
The Constant Gardener by John LeCarre
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt
La Cucina by Lily Pryor (this one put Margaret Rush into quite a lather!)
Black Diamonds by Kim Kelly
Dark Quartet by Lynne Reid Banks
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kaled Hosseini
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Orlando by Virginia Wolf
Eleanor Dark by Barbara Brooks with Judith Clark
The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark
Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita
My Place by Sally Morgan
Shallows by Tim Winton
The Red Tent by Anita Diament
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Iris by John Bayley
Heavenly Dates and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith
Blue Shoes of Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
Life of Pi by Yan Martel
Salvation Creek by Susan Duncan
At that meeting the following people were present - Dawn Webster, Mona Bentley, Dorothy Hooper, Gwen Webster, Pet Brazier, Lizzie Lane & Virginia DeSantis. We discussed the idea of forming a group & also how we would like it to function.
The following ideas were adopted: We would meet at 12 midday at the home of one of the members on the 2nd Wednesday of every month except January We would bring our own lunch The host person would supply tea, coffee & water The discussions would not be structured but rely on members feeling free to contribute whatever thoughts and comments they had Books would be choosen by the members - no real rules
Following is a list of books read so far:
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albolm
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling Journey From Venice by Ruth Cracknell
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - many were ready to leave the group after this one!
Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Riders by Tim Winton (Elaine Mortimer never forgave Tim Winton for this one!)
Undaunted by Ethnee Holmes a Court
Miss Smillers Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Billy by Pamela Stevenson
Sunne in Spleandor by Sharon Penman
Jessica by Bryce Courtney
Cloud Street by Tim Winton
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
Tears of the Moon by Di Morrisey
Hemmingways Chair by Michael Palin
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives by Margaret Carroll
Five Quarters of an Orange By Joanne Harris
For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clark
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Holy Cow by Sarah McDonald
The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simons (we're still getting over the sex scenes!)
Road From Coorain by Jill Kerr-Conway
Nellie Melba by John Hetherington
Life on Air by David Attenborough
A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer
The Girl With the Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier
The Touch by Colleen McCollouch
Parcel Arrived Tied With String by Michael Crawford
Lucia's Measure by Angela Malone (we're still confused but we did support a local Author)
Trinity by Leon Uris
Life of Extremes by Jeff McMullen
The Lost Gardens of Helligan by Tim Smit
Those Tracks on my Face byBarbara Hollaway
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Da Vinci Code by Dan
Brown Billy's Kiss by Elizabeth Knox
The Veiled Kingdom by Carmen BinLaden (it was snowing this day!)
No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunin
Australia Down Under by Bill Bryson
London by Edward Rutherfurd ( If Virginia hadn't been a founding member she would have been thrown out for choosing this!)
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
Treasure Islands by Pamela Stevenson
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
March by Geraldine Brooks
White Earth by Andrew McGahan
A Song For Nagasaki by Father Paul Glynn
The Hospital by the River by Catherine Hamlin
How to Kill Your Husbandand Other Handy Household Hints by Kathy Lette ( there were some hints in this that we could do without)
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Falling Leaves by Adeline Wen Mah
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Visurger
The White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra
The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
The Constant Gardener by John LeCarre
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt
La Cucina by Lily Pryor (this one put Margaret Rush into quite a lather!)
Black Diamonds by Kim Kelly
Dark Quartet by Lynne Reid Banks
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kaled Hosseini
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Orlando by Virginia Wolf
Eleanor Dark by Barbara Brooks with Judith Clark
The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark
Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita
My Place by Sally Morgan
Shallows by Tim Winton
The Red Tent by Anita Diament
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Iris by John Bayley
Heavenly Dates and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith
Blue Shoes of Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
Life of Pi by Yan Martel
Salvation Creek by Susan Duncan
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