March 26 - This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
This Earth of Mankind, the first novel in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's series known as the Buru Quartet, tells of the adventures of Minke, a young Javanese student living equally amongst the Dutch colonists and the colonized Javanese of late nineteenth-century. It is through a beautiful woman named Annelies and her family that Minke finds the strength to embrace the world of Indonesia, a world brimming with beauty and possibility as well as brutality and anger. This remarkable tale, the first in the Buru Quartet, was originally recited orally by Indonesian political prisoner Toer to his fellow cellmates in daily installments. ~ publisher description.

April 30 - Kindred by Octavia Butler

Recently reissued in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Kindred is a thought-provoking novel of identity. In our day and age, it’s easy to look back to the antebellum South and vow that we would act differently than those living then. We’d like to think that we wouldn’t let ourselves become slaves, nor own them, but Butler shows us that the issue isn’t as black and white as we’d like to think. When a twentieth century woman is snatched back in time to rescue her slave-owning ancestor, we witness how easy it is to fall into the mindset of the times. By overlaying a modern sensibility on the social mores of the past, Butler demonstrates that the will to survive may compromise even our deepest beliefs. A very compelling and thought-provoking novel. ~ Dana

May 21 - Tales From the Town of Widows by James Canon

One Sunday morning, a band of guerrillas comes to Mariquita and takes all the men away, leaving behind only the priest and a fair-skinned boy disguised as a little girl. Without men, the small Colombian mountain village becomes a sinking wasteland filled with women resigned to food shortages, littered streets, and mourning. But Rosalba viuda de Patiño, wife of the former police sergeant, envisions a different future for the town of widows. Declaring herself magistrate, she promises to instill law and order, and restore the failing economy and infrastructure—and proceeds to create a utopia far greater than any revolutionary's imagined ideal society. Deft, rich, and darkly humorous, Tales from the Town of Widows marks the arrival of an unforgettable new literary talent. ~ from publisher description

AAUW
• March - A Land Remembered by Smith
• April - Gentlemen and Players by Harris

ALLIANCE
• March 11 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• April 8 - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
• May - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

BETWEEN THE SHEETS (aka COLD CEREAL)
• February - The French Liutenant's Woman by Fowles
• March - The Thief Taker by Gleeson
• April - Like Water for Chocolate by Esquivel

BLUESTOCKINGS (3rd Tues)
• March - The Thirteenth Tale by Setterfield
• April - No Great Mischief by MacLeod
• May - Infidel by Ali (tentative)

BOOKENDS
• March 26 - Glass Castle by Walls
• April 30 - Eye Contact by McGovern
• May 28 - Best Friends by Moody
• August - Water for Elephants by Gruen
• September 24 - Lost and Found by Parkhurst
• October 29 - Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson
• November 26 - City of Falling Angels by Berendt

BOOKER BABES
• March - The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
• May - Nick Adams Stories by Hemingway
• July - Double Bind by Bohjalian

BOOKMARCS
• March - Dreams FRom my Father by Obama

BOUND TO READ
• March - Razor's Edge by Maugham

CAHOOTS
• February - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

DOZEN DAMES
• March - Memory Keeper's Daughter by Edwards

FLIP, QUIP, & SIP (1st Tues)
• February - Water for Elephants by Gruen

JEZEBELS
• May 21 - Alias Grace by Atwood

LAKEVIEW TEACHERS
• February - THe Book Thief by Zusak

MARQUETTE FOOD CO-OP This is an open group and meets in the Conference Room above the Co-op on Thursday, January 31, at 7 p.m. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

NMU WOMEN 2007-2008
• March 25 - Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky
• April 22 - Omnivore's Dilemma by Pollan
• May 27 - Postville by Bloom
• June 24 - Eat, Pray, Love by Gilbert

PETER WHITE PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Meets 1st Tues. of every month & is open to anyone interested in the current book. Contact Caroline Jordan 228-9510 for more info.)
• March - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
• April - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

SEABISCUITS
• April - Julia's Chocolates by Lamb

SECOND SUNDAY
• March - Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini
• April - Master of Souls by Tremayne

SHEATHENS

SHELTER BAY
• March - The Worst Hard Time by Egan

SIDETRACKED READERS (Crystal Falls)
• March - Saving Grace by Edwards
• April - The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar WIlde
• May - Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O'Brien
• June - Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

SINE NOMENE
• 1000 White Women by Fergus

SUNFLOWERS
• February - Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

SUPERIOR WILD WOMEN
• March - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Haddon
• April - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie

THREAD OF GRACE
This group is open to any woman "looking to share the reading of books and what we think, hope and question" Meets the 4th Wednesday of the month at Grace Methodist Church (927 W. Fair, Mqt.) at 7 p.m.
• February - Last Days of Dog Town by Diamant

THURSDAYS WITH PETER

TOTAL IMMERSION
• March - THe Secret River by Grenville

TWISTED SISTERS
• Mar - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hossieni
• April/May - Pillars of the Earth by Follett