"Ecology" Book Group Book List

Meets monthly during lunch in the Washington State Department of Ecology Headquarters Building in Lacey, WA (See notes below)

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Number M/Y Book or Books with links to Amazon.com page of reviews Author Chooser
134 5/02 Slaughterhouse Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Tim
133 4/02  My Son's Story Nadine Gordimer Gordon
  3/02 Hiatus    
132  2/02 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Holly
131 1/02 Life of Pi Yann Martel Terra
130 12/02 A Free Man of Color Barbara Hambly Kathy
  11/02 Hiatus    
129 10/02 The Songcatcher Sharyn McCrumb Tim
128 9/02 Ethan Frome Edith Wharton Holly
127 8/02 Malgudi Days R. K. Narayan Gordon
  7/02 Hiatus    
126 6/2002 Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier Terra
125 5/2002 Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury Kathy
124 4/2002 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey Tim
  3/2002 Hiatus    
123 2/2002 The Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver Holly
  1/2002 Hiatus    
122 12/2001 All Over but the Shoutin' Rick Bragg Gordon
121 11/2001 The Pilot's Wife  --- Reading Group Guide Anita Shreve  Debby
120 10/2001 Horse Heaven Jane Smiley Robert
   9/2001 Hiatus    
119 8/2001 This House of Sky  ---  Ivandoig.com with readers guides, etc. Ivan Doig Terra
118 7/2001 The House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III Kathy
117 6/2001 Slaves of New York Tama Janowitz Kathleen
116 5/2001 Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire Tim
115 4/2001 Homestead Annick Smith Ann
114 3/2001 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields Debby?
113 2/2001 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Robert
112 1/2001 The Book of Ruth Jane Hamilton Terra?
111 12/2000 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain Kathy
  11/2000 Group took a hiatus!    
110 10/2000 East of the Mountains David Guterson Terra
109 9/2000 The Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter) J. K. Rowling Kathleen
108 8/2000 The Alienist Caleb Carr Tim
107 7/2000 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding Holly
106 6/2000 The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver Debby
105 5/2000 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier Kathy
104 4/2000 Into the Wild Jon Krakauer Terra
103 3/2000 Breaking Blue Tim Egan Kathleen
102 2/2000 Little Big Man Thomas Berger Robert
101 1/2000 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy Tim
100 12/99 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden Linda
99 11/99 The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Welles Holly
98 10/99 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt Debby
97 9/99 The Green Mile Steven King Kathy
96 8/99 Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Myra
95 7/99 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury Mel
94 6/99 She’s Come Undone Wally Lamb Terra
93 5/99 The Hot Zone Richard Preston Kathleen
92 4/99 Wedding Cakes, Rats, and Rodeo Queens Anne Cameron Robert
91 3/99 Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons Tim
90 2/99 The Giver Lois Lowry Linda
89 1/99 Maximum Bob Elmore Leonard Holly
88 12/98 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Debbie
87 11/98 Wild Swans Jung Chang Kathy
86 10/98 Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie Myra
85 9/98 Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh Mel
84 8/98 Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler Terra
83 7/98 The Education of Little Tree Forrest Carter Robert
82 6/98 Devil in a Blue Dress Walter Mosley Tim
81 5/98 Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose Holly
80 4/98 The Far Pavilions M. M. Kaye Linda
79 3/98 The House of Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorn Debbie
78 2/98 A Lesson before Dying Gaines Yvonne
77 12/97 Return of the Native Thomas Hardy Kathy
76 11/97 Smilla’s Sense of Snow Peter Hoeg Mel
75 10/97 Halloween Party Agatha Christie Margaret
74 9/97 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver Terra
73 8/97 The Meadow James Galvin Robert
72 7/97 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole Tim
71 6/97 Cheaper By the Dozen Gilbreth and Carey Holly
70 5/97 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt Linda
69 4/97 Dune Frank Herbert Debbie
68 3/97 The Runaway Jury John Grisham Yvonne
67 2/97 Winesburg Ohio Sherwood Anderson Kathy
66 1/97 Baja Oklahoma Dan Jenkins Mel
65 12/96 A Holiday for Murder Agatha Christy Margaret
64 11/96 Ishmael Daniel Quinn Terra
63 10/96 The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver Robert
62 9/96 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson Tim
61 8/96 Last of the Breed Louis Lamour Linda
60 7/96 The Thornbirds Colleen McCullough Yvonne
59 6/96 The Shining Steven King Debbie
58 5/96 1984 George Orwell Dorothy
57 4/96 Cry The Beloved Country Alan Paton Kathy
56 3/96 Like Water For Chocolate Laura Esquivel Mel
55 2/96 Screw Tape Letters C. S. Lewis Margaret
54 1/96 Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner Terra
53 12/95 The Virginian Owen Wister Robert
52 11/95 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx Tim
51 10/95 The Chamber John Grisham Yvonne
50 9/95 Any Anne McCaffrey Book Anne McCaffrey Debbie
49 8/95 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Dorothy
48 7/95 To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Kathy
47 6/95 House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday Mel
46 5/95 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Margaret
45 4/95 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac Terra
44 3/95 Green Grass, Running Water Thomas King Robert
43 2/95 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy David
42 1/95 The Devil Drives Fawn M. Brodie Nancy
41 12/94 Middle Passage Charles Johnson Tim
40 11/94 The Good Earth Pearl Buck Debbie
39 10/94 Dracula / Frankenstein Bram Stoker / Mary Shelley Dorothy
38 9/94 Salem's Lot Steven King Mel
37 8/94 Huck Finn Mark Twain Margaret
36 7/94 The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury Kathy
35 6/94 The Ginger Man J. P. Donleavy Tim
34 5/94 Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey Bill
33 4/94 The N***** of the Narcissus Joseph Conrad Yvonne
32 3/94 Sea Wolf Jack London Dorothy
31 2/94 Sometimes a Great Notion Ken Kesey Nancy
30 1/94 Nueromancer William Gibson Mel
29 12/93 Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy Tim
28 11/93 Death Comes to the Archbishop Willa Cather Kathy
27 10/93 Ligaea, Telltale Heart, Pit and Pendulum, Murders in Rue Morgue Edgar Allen Poe Yvonne
26 9/93 Red Sky in the Morning Richard Bradford Margaret
25 8/93 At Play in the Fields of the Lord Peter Mathiessen Bill
24 7/93 The Mysterious Island Jules Verne Mel
23 6/93 Green Mansions W.H. Hudson DeLynne
22 5/93 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Kathy
21 4/93 John Brown's Body Steven Vincent Benet Julia
20 3/93 Richard III Shakespeare Marsh
19 2/93 The Big Rock Candy Mountains Wallace Stegner Tim
18 1/93 Letters From the Earth Mark Twain Bill
17 12/92 The Pawnbroker Edward Wallant Nancy
16 11/92 Reader's Choice of books by: H.P. Lovecraft Tim
15 10/92 The Olde Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens Yvonne
14 9/92 East of Eden John Steinbeck Kathy
13 8/92 Abel Sanchez Miguel Unamuno Bill
12 7/92 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde DeLynne
10, 11 6/92 Lysystrata / Oedipus Rex Aristophanes / Sophocles Julia
9 5/92 The Sunlight Dialogues John Gardener Tim
8 4/92 The Odyssey Homer Marsh
7 3/92 The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway Mel
6 3/92 A Soldier's Play Charles Fuller Bill
5 2/92 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Kathy
4 1/92 Lord Jim Joseph Conrad Bill
3 12/91 Autobiography of... Bevenuto Cellini Tim
2 11/91 Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift DeLynne
1 10/91 Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis Marsh

Notes:

  1. Tim = Tim Hilliard, Robert = Robert Garrigues, Terra = Terra Hegy, Mel = Mel Lick, Kathy = Kathy Hamel, Yvonne = Yvonne Oliva, Debby = Debby Sargeant, Linda = Linda Bradford, Holly = Holly Sullivan, Myra = Myra Barker, Kathleen = Kathleen Kaynor.
  2. New or returning members are "certified" for choosing books after showing up for three discussion meetings.
  3. Books should be chosen and the club members notified of that choice by at least two meetings prior to the discussion date. For example, if the discussion date is in October, the book choice should be announced no later than the August discussion meeting. If a person cannot decide on a book choice within this time frame then she/he "passes" and the choice is up to the next person in the line.
  4. Discussion meetings are held at noon on the second Tuesday of each month (location up in the air).

The new order for choosing is:

1. Tim

2. Ann

3. Kathleen

4. Kathy

5. Terra

6. Debby

7. Gordon

8. Holly

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