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The Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks book club usually meets on 
the third Tuesday of the month 
in the welcoming atmosphere of the Truckee Library.


On June 15th at 7:00 p.m. 
we will discuss 



Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese


Everyone is welcome to attend. Participants at book group meetings receive 
a coupon for 15% off a one-time book purchase at the store.  


 

Former Bookshelf Book Club picks :

Still Alice
by Lisa Genova was the April book.
In preparation for 
Khaled Hosseini's visit to the Squaw Valley Institute, 
we read both 
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns 
in March.
In January we read
Lift 
by Rebecca K. O'Connor
November's read was 
Sonata for Miriam 
by Linda Olsson

 

In October, 
author
Mahbod Saraji joined us by phone for our discussion of her book
The Rooftops of Tehran 
 

 

Our book for the September discussion was 
Dreamers of the Day 
By Mary Doria  Russell
In August we read
Asta in the WIngs
By Jan Elizabeth Watson

The Art of Racing in the Rain 
by Garth Stein

was our July pick.
The book for our May discussion was  
City of Thieves 
by David Benioff

In April  we discussed
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life

by Arlene Blum


Gardens of Water
 by Alan Drew 

was the book for our March discussion.
Mary: Mrs A Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman was our February book
Crashing Through by Robert Kurson was the  pick for our January meeting.

In December we discussed My French Whore: A Love Story by Gene Wilder and Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan

 


Run by Ann Patchett
was the book for November. 
The book for October was 
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
by Amy Tan
In September we read
River of Doubt
by Candice Millard
Our choice for August was 
The Secret of Lost Things 
by Sheridan Hay
In July we discussed 
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers 
by Xiaolu Guo
The book for June was 
Bird of Another Heaven

by James D. Houston


In May we read 
The Thirteenth Tale 
by Diane Setterfield

 

The book for our April discussion was
Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World 
by Jack Weatherford
 


 

 


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