{"id":636,"date":"2015-01-05T21:19:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T21:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/?p=636"},"modified":"2016-12-29T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T22:11:57","slug":"2014-15-book-club-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"2014-15 Book Club List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our Alpine Book Club has been going on for almost ten years. It has been so enriching &#8211; even if no one really reads the books! When we first moved here to Alpine, I was complaining to an old friend who was in my Virginia book club. She moved to Seattle the same time we moved here and we were both trying re-create the wonderful book club we had just left. I was a little frustrated that no one really read the books we were supposed to be discussing, with the exception of two or three ladies. She sent me this refrigerator magnet that I love:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/min10reg__31533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/min10reg__31533.jpg\" alt=\"min10reg__31533\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/min10reg__31533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/min10reg__31533-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For this group we generally choose books that are recommended by at least one member of the book club or by a trusted source to avoid reading books that are inappropriate. We like to stick with PG rated books! For nine of the twelve months we select books from each of the following categories:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2022 Biography\/Autobiography<br \/>\n\u2022 Classics<br \/>\n\u2022 American History (for July &#8211; can be fiction or non-fiction)<br \/>\n\u2022Human suffering (Cultural Revolution in China, Holocaust, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia etc&#8230;)<br \/>\n\u2022 Juvenile or Young Adult<br \/>\n\u2022 Christmas<br \/>\n\u2022 Halloween\/Mystery<br \/>\n\u2022 Christian book for Easter<br \/>\n\u2022 Parenting or self-help book<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">2014-15 Reading List<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have some really interesting titles this year!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>December: <strong><em>A Certain Small Shepherd<\/em><\/strong> by Rebecca Caudill<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>January:<i><b> To Mormons with Love<\/b><\/i> by Chrisy Ross<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>February: <i><b>Gift from the Sea <\/b><\/i>by Anne Morrow Lindbergh<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>March: <i><b>Driven: An Autobiography<\/b><\/i> by Larry H. Miller<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>April: <i><b>The Power of Everyday Missionaries: The What and How of Sharing the Gospel<\/b><\/i> by Clayton Christensen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">May: <i><b>Running for my Life: One Lost Boy&#8217;s Journey from the killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games<\/b><\/i> by Lopez Lomong<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">June:<i><b> Still Alice<\/b><\/i> by Lisa Genova<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">July: <i><b>River of Doubt<\/b><\/i> by Candice Millard<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">August: <em><strong>Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less<\/strong><\/em> by Terry Ryan<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">September: <i><b>Cinder<\/b><\/i> by Marissa Myer<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">October: <i><b>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<\/b><\/i> by Seth Grahame-Smith<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">November: <i><b>The Five Love Languages<\/b><\/i> by Gary D. Chapman. You may choose to read any (or all) of the books. The 5 Love Languages original, The 5 Love Languages of Children, The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition, The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers&#8230;There is even a 5 Love Languages Military Edition!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Alpine Book Club has been going on for almost ten years. It has been so enriching &#8211; even if no one really reads the books! When we first moved here to Alpine, I was complaining to an old friend who was in my Virginia book club. 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