A List of Summer Reading Suggestions

At our summer BBQ and pot-luck this summer we all contributed the titles and brief descriptions of books we had read recently, enjoyed and wished to share. Fortunately Diane took notes, added the names of the authors and made this list:

Name	Book Title/Author	Description
Doris	Brain on Fire-Susannah Cahalan	A memoir describing a woman's struggle to recapture her identity
	The Art of Racing in the Rain-Garth Stein	Narrated from the Dog's point of view- philosophical
Anne	Louise Penny -Trilogy of books and A Great Reckoning	Mysteries from a reknowned Canadian author, newest title: A Great Reckoning
Diane	I Let You Go- Claire MacIntosh	A cunning thriller with lots of plot twists
	Barkskins- Annie Proulx	Two penniless Frenchmen arrive in New France, 1693- plot follows 300 years of them and descendants
	She's not There- Joy Fielding	A child disappears and years later a call from a woman who claims to be that girl
	The Swans of Fifth Avenue- Melanie Benjamin	New York High Society in the 1960's - the arrival of Truman Capote into the mix
Marie	The Canterbury Sisters-Kim Wright	A Woman's Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral and the women she meets along the way
	The Sherlock Holmes books
Marie Therese	Belcanto-Ann Patchett	A hostage situation evolves into a romantic and beautiful plotline
	The Day I started to Live-translation from French
Gisele	Weird Sisters-Eleanor Brown	three sisters named after Shakespearean characters return home to deal with life's problems/answers
Tom	Sutton- J R Moehringer	A novel based o the life of Willy Sutton -a master thief rooted for by the public
	The Philosophical Breakfast Club-Laura Snyder	Four remarkable young men who transformed the meaning of science in a modern world
Terry	Elon Musk biography	The brilliant engineer, inventor and explorer
	Sweetland-Michael Crummey	One man's refusal to relocate from his Newfoundland island
Donna	Left Neglected- Lisa Genoa	A supermom/business exec's journey to recovery after a brain injuring accident
	An Astronomer's Guide to Life on Earth-Chris Hadfield	Chris Hadfield's stories of life as an astronaut
Ginette	The World Until Yesterday- Jared Diamond	explores what western societies can learn from traditional societies, based on studies in New Guinea

For the record - The 2016-2017 Book List

What we read and who hosted in 2016-2017:

Month	Book	Author	Host
Sept	The Moor's Account	Laila Lalami	Linda and Dave
Oct	Tell	Francis Itani	Donna and Bob
Nov	The Elegance of the Hedgehog	Muriel Barbery	Tom
Dec	The Nest	Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney	Diane
Jan	Saturday	Ian McEwen	Marie
Feb 21	Year of Wonders	Geraldine Brooks	Doris
Mar	My Brilliant Friend	Elena Ferrante	Marie T
Apr	The Siege	Helen Dunmore	Carolyn S
May	A Narrow Road to the deep North	Richard Flanagan	Gisele
Jun	Circling the Sun	Paula Mclain	Ginette

For the record - The 2015-2016 Book List

What we read and who hosted in 2015-2016:

Month	Book	Host
Sept	Smoke River - Krista Foss	Doris
Oct	The Marriage of Opposites - Alice Hoffmanis	Carolyn McIntyre
Nov	The Little Paris Book Shop - Nina George	Marie-Therese Latulipe
Dec	Unflinching: A Story of a Canadian Sniper - Jody Mitic	Fairburns
Jan	When the Moon is Low - Nadia Hashimi	Diane McKinnon
Feb	Clapton: the Autobiography - Eric Clapton	Linda
Mar	My Secret Sister - Helen Edwards & Jenny Lee Smith	Ginette
Apr		Carolyn & Paul
May	Red Notice - Bill Brower	Giselle
Jun	They Left us Everything: A Memoir - Plum Johnson	Melinda