Dear Life by Alice Munro

Meeting Date: February 8, 2013

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra - 4.5
Debbie -3
Elizabeth - 2.5
Jamie  4
Jim -2.5
Jo - 4.5
Todd - 4.5
Average - 3.5

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Meeting Date: January 11, 2013

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra - 4
Debbie - 4
Donna - 5
Jim - 4
Jo - 4
Todd - 5
Average - 4

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Meeting Date: November 9, 2012

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra -4
Debbie - 4
Donna -4
Jim - 4.5
Todd -2.5Judy - 2.5
Average - 3.5

The olive tapenade at Donna's got a 5 star rating.

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Meeting Date: October 12, 2012

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra - 3.5
Debbie - 3.5
Elizabeth - 4
Jim - 4
Jo -3.5
Average - 3.5

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

Meeting Date: September 14, 2012

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra -3.5
Debbie -2
Jamie - 4
Jim - 3
Jo - 2.5
Judy - 3.5
Average - 3

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Meeting Date: August 10, 2012

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra - 4
Donna - 4
Jamie - 3
Jim - 3.5
Todd - 3.5
Average - 3.5

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Meeting Date: July 13, 2012

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra - 4.5
Debbie - 5
Donna - 4.5
Elizabeth - 4
Jamie - 5
Jim - 5 
Jo - 4.5
Judy - 5
Michael - 5
Todd - 5

Average - 4.5

Hope: a Tragedy by Shalom Auslander

Meeting Date: November 11, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra -0
Elizabeth -1
Gail - 0
Jim - 2
Jo - 0
Michael - 4.5 
Todd - 1 (for the fawn on the cover)

Average  - 1

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Meeting Date: November 11, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra -4.5
Jamie -3
Jim - 2
Jo - 4.5
Judy - 3.5
Michael - 5
Average -4

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Meeting Date: November 11, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Audra -3.5
Debbie - 4
Elizabeth - 4
Jamie -3
Jim - 4
Jo - 4
Todd - 3.5
Average - 3.5

The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Meeting Date: October 14, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)

Debbie - 4
Jamie - 4.5
Jim - 5
Michael -5
Average - 4.5

The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

Meeting Date: September 9, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Audra - 3.5
Donna - 3.5
Jamie - 3
Judy - 3
Michael - 4
Todd - 3
Average - 3.5

The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman

Meeting Date: July 8, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Debbie - 3
Jim - 3
Judy - 3
Todd - 3
Average - 3

2011 Children's and YA Award Winners

The discussion of the children's and young adult award winners went well. Since there were so many titles, we didn't collect star votes for them.

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Meeting Date: March 11, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Donna - 4.5
Elizabeth - 2
Jim - 4
Judy - 4
Lisa - 4
Zeke - 5
Average - 4

Room by Emma Donoghue

Meeting Date: January 14, 2011

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Audra - 4.5
Debbie - 4.5
Donna - 4
Elizabeth - 5
Jackie - 4
Jim - 5
Jo - 4
Judy - 4
Lisa - 4
Michael - 4.5
Todd - 4
Zeke - 3.5
Average - 4.5

One Day by David Nicholls

Meeting Date: November 12, 2010

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Debbie - 4
Jackie - 4
Jim - 4.5
Judy - 5
Todd - 4.5
Zeke - 3.5
Average - 4.0

The Cradle by Patrick Somerville

Meeting Date: September 10, 2010

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Audra - 4.5
Donna - 4
Jim - 3.5
Judy - 4
Lisa - 3.5
Michael - 4
Todd - 4
Average - 4

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

Meeting Date: July 9, 2010

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Audra - 4
Donna - 5
Jim - 4
Judy - 4
Michael - 4
Zeke - 3
Average - 4

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich

Meeting Date: June 11, 2010

Member Ratings (1-5, 5 is best)
Donna - 2
Jim - 3.5
Judy - 3
Todd - 3.5
Zeke - 2.5
Average - 3