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BHS BOOK CLUB
2009-10 BOOK CLUB OFFICERS
President Emily Supowit Vice-President Hannah Wendling
Co-Captains Michelle Rosen & Ella Winters
Secratary of Defense Mashhood Salahuddin
 
The BHS Book Club is open to all students and staff. The goal of the club is to read and discuss good books. Book Club meets in the library during lunch on the first Friday of the month. All books are selected by members and anyone who has read the "book of the month" is invited to join the discussion. Newcomers are always welcome! Bring your own lunch or purchase pizza (or some other delectable entree), drinks and dessert for $5 from Mrs. Almos or Mr. Nolan.
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2007-08
2008-09
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2009-10 Selections
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Nov. 6
 When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Dec. 11
 The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Jan. 8 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Feb. 5 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer
Mar. 5 The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
April 9 Run by Ann Patchett
May 7 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
TBA Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
TBA Dracula by Bram Stoker
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2008-09 Selections
Sept. 9
 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Oct. 3
 The Entire Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Nov. 7
 "Hunters in the Snow" and "The Chain" by Tobias Wolff
Dec. 5
 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 
Jan 9
 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
Feb. 6
 Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff 
Mar. 6
 The Watchmen by Alan Moore
April 3
 Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco
May 1 Hero by Perry Moore
June 3
 I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
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  2007-08 Selections
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Aug. 31
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Oct. 5
 The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman 
Nov. 2
 Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson 
Dec. 7
 Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Jan. 11
 The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Feb. 8
 Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Mar. 7
 Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, Peretz's If Not Higher, Tolstoy's Three Hermits, and Chekhov's Vanka.
April 4
 The Complete Persepolis (volumes I & II) by Marjane Satrapi
May 2
 The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
2006-07 Selections
Discussion Date
Title / Author
Sept. 8
 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Oct. 6
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Nov. 3
 Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Dec. 8
 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer
Jan. 5
 Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
Feb. 2
Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
March 2
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
April 13
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
May 4
 High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
June 1
 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
2005-06
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Everything is Illuminatedby Jonathon Safran Foer
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
2004-05
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim: Essays by David Sedaris
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2003-04
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / J.K. Rowling
Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd
The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time / Mark Haddon
The Red Tent / Anita Diamant
Fight Club / Chuck Palahniuk
The Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky
 
2002-03
Spinners / Anthony McCarten
Inn at Lake Devine / Elinor Lipman
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man / Fannie Flagg
Watchers / Dean Koontz
3 Short Stories:
“If Not Higher” / I.L. Peretz
“The Three Hermits” / Leo Tolstoy
“The Blue Bouquet” / Octavio Paz
Updated March 12, 2010