It's time to vote for PQ Book of the Year, PQ Bonus Book of the Year and PQ Children's (includes Pinecones and Splinters selections) Book of the Year Please email me your 3 choices or give them to me tomorrow night at our meeting. When you go over the list, remember we need to choose a book for January. The official selection will be Pat Conroy's My Reading Life
Below are all the official selections for the year 2010: Choose One Red - Book of the Year, One Blue - Bonus Book of the Year and One Green - children's Book fo the year: The ones we have read I have underlined. ML's book and Lake of Dead Languages aren't listed because they were GFW giveaways Winging It and South of Broad were from the official 2009 selections.
January – The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Well
Bonus - Home Safe by Elizabeth Ber
What Difference Do It Make? By Ron Hall, Denver Moore, & Lynn Vincent
Splinters – The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander Pinecones – Poppy's Pants by Melissa Conroy
February – The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Town that Raised Them
Bonus - Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz
Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
Splinters - The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Pinecones: Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
March – The Lakota Way by Joseph Marshall III
January – The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Well
Bonus - Home Safe by Elizabeth Ber
What Difference Do It Make? By Ron Hall, Denver Moore, & Lynn Vincent
Splinters – The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander Pinecones – Poppy's Pants by Melissa Conroy
February – The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Town that Raised Them
Bonus - Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz
Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
Splinters - The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Pinecones: Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
March – The Lakota Way by Joseph Marshall III
Bonus – Do-Over by Robin Hemley
Splinters: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Pinecones: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
April – The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Bonus - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kampkamba with Bryan Mealor
Splinters – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Pinecones: The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
May – Spoon: A Novel by Robert Greer
Bonus – Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Splinters – Shiver by Maggie Stiefvader
Pinecones – The of Nicodemus Annie by Angela Bates
June – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Bonus – Seeds: A Memoir by Sasha Vukelja, M.D.
Splinters – Eli the Good by Silas House
Pinecones – Jenny & the Cat Club by Jenny Linsky
Or Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
July – The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel & Nancy Garfinkel or Man of the House by Ad Hudler
Bonus – In Pursuit of Other Interests: A Novel by Jim Kokoris 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
Splinters - Outcasts United by Warren St. John
Pinecones – Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy by Kimberly Willis Holt
August – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Bonus – The Year Before the Flood by Ned Sublette
Yazoo Blues by John Pritchard Splinters – Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper or A Cat Named Squeeky by Vic Reskovic Pinecones – Dewey: There's a Cat in My Library by Vicki Myron
September – The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor
Bonus – Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
Splinters – The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt
Pinecones – Keeper by Kathi Appelt
October – Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Bonus - My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel by Robin Oliveira
A Separate Country by Robert Hicks Pinecones – Countdown by Deborah Wiles
Splinters – 13 Words by Lemony Snicket
November – My Orange Duffel Bag by Sam Bracken with Echo Garrett
Bonus – The Pirate Queen – Patricia Hickman Walking in the Deep End by Susan Parker
The Mailbox by Marybeth Whalen Splinters – Chasing Lilacs – Carla Stewart
Pinecones – The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
December – The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Bonus – The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove:A Novel by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Burning Bright by Ron Rash Splinters – The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Pinecones – Alabama Moon by Walt Key
