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GENRE - NONFICTION
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BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
You
may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie
doesn’t count!
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GENRE – Literary Fiction
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GENRE - WESTERN
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questions for this title will be posted on Tales from the RAT Queen once a day, a week before the book talks posting date.
BOOK TALKS TO BE POSTED BEGINNING: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
BOOK TALKS TO BE POSTED BEGINNING: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Many of the titles on the following list are
winners of or nominees from awards lists and representative of various Western
sub-genres. You may choose
an alternate title but it should be from the genre we are currently covering;
keep in mind HOW your choice is characteristic of
that genre.
Backlands: a Novel of the American West – Michael McGarrity
Butch Cassidy: the Lost Years -
William W. Johnstone
The Coyote Tracker – Larry D. Sweazy
Crossing Purgatory – Gary Lester Schanbacher
Glorious
– Jeff Guinn
The High Divide – Lin Enger
The Last Kind Words Saloon –
Larry McMurtry
The Last Shootist – Miles Hood Swarthout
Light of the World – James Lee Burke
* The Outcasts – Kathleen Kent
Panhandle – Brett Cogburn
Ragtime Cowboys – Loren D. Estleman
Silent We Stood – Henry Chappell
The Son – Philip Meyer
Spider Woman’s Daughter –
Anne Hillerman
Sundance – David Fuller
Unbroke Horses – D. B. Jackson
The Whip – Karen Kondazian
With Blood in Their Eyes – Thomas
Cobb
Staff, please
post your book talk annotation on the SCCCLD Book Challenge
blog. Keep checking Tales from the RAT Queen for more information about the
genre study program.
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie doesn't count!
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie doesn't count!
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GENRE - NONFICTION
*BENCHMARK marked with * - discussion questions for this title will be posted on Tales from the RAT Queen once a day, a week before the book talks session.
BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Many of the titles on the following list are winners of or
nominees from awards lists and representative of various Nonfiction subject areas. You may choose an
alternate title but it should be from the genre we are currently covering; keep
in mind HOW your choice is representative of
that genre.
Birdmen:
the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies -- Lawrence
Goldstone
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and
Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics -- Daniel James
Brown
Command
and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety – Eric Schlosser
Cooked:
a Natural History of Transformation – Michael Pollan
Frozen
in Time: an Epic Story of Survival, and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World
War II
-- Mitchell Zuckoff
*In the Kingdom of Ice: the Grand and
Terrible Polar Voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette -- Hampton Sides
The
Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the
Digital Revolution
– Walter Isaacson
Little
Demon in the City of Light: a True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle
Epoque Paris
-- Steven Levingston
On
Paper: the Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History -- Nicholas A.
Basbanes
On the
Map: a Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks -- Simon Garfield
Quiet:
the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking -- Susan Cain
Stuff
Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World -- Mark Miodownik
The
Swerve: How the World Became Modern -- Stephen Greenblatt
What
If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions -- Randall Munroe
Year Zero:
a History of
1945 -- Ian Buruma
If
attending the Book Talks session on Wednesday, Dec 3 in person, bring a copy of
your book with you. Please post your RA Training
annotation on the staff reading SCCCLD Book Challenge blog. Keep checking Tales from the RAT Queen
for more information about the genre study program.
You
may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie
doesn’t count!
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GENRE – Science Fiction
BOOK
DISCUSSION: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Everyone will read: Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach
BOOK TALKS
SESSION: Wednesday, September 24,
2014
Many
of the titles on the following list are winners of or nominees from awards
lists and representative of various Science
Fiction subgenres. You may choose an alternate title but it should be from
the genre we are currently covering; keep in mind HOW your choice is representative of that genre.
The
Hydrogen Sonata
(A
Culture Novel) – Iain M. Banks
Hull
Zero Three
– Greg Bear (Audio CD and Downloadable audio available)
Dark
Eden
– Chris Beckett
Red
Rising
– Pierce Brown
Beyond
the Frontier: Dreadnaught (The Lost Fleet) – Jack Campbell
Earth
Unaware: the First Formic War – Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
(Audio CD available)
Parasite – Mira Grant (Downloadable
audio available)
After
the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall – Nancy Kress
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
On
Such a Full Sea –
Chang-rae Lee
The
Best of All Possible Worlds – Karen Lord
Love
Minus Eighty
– Will McIntosh
Nexus – Naam, Ramez
Three – Jay Posey
2312:
a Novel
– Kim Stanley Robinson
The
Testament of Jessie Lamb – Jane Rogers
Redshirts – John Scalzi
Neptune’s
Brood
– Charles Stross
Archetype – M. D. Waters
The Martian – Andrew Weir
(Large Print available)
If
attending the Book Talks session on Wednesday, Sept 24 in person, bring a copy
of your book with you. Please post your RATraining
annotation on the staff reading
SCCCLD Book Challenge
blog - http://scccldbc.blogspot.com/. Keep checking the Tales from the RAT Queen blog
for information about the genre study program - http://ratqueentales.blogspot.com/
You
may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie
doesn’t count!
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GENRE – Romance
AUDIOBOOK
DISCUSSION: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Everyone will listen to: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts; Read by
Katherine Kellgren
BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Many
of the titles on the following list are either winners of or nominees from
awards lists and are representative of various Romance subgenres. You may
choose an alternate title but it should be from the genre we are currently
covering; keep in mind HOW your choice is representative of that genre.
Against
the Tide
– Elizabeth Camden (Book or Audio edition available)
Any
Duchess Will Do
– Tessa Dare
At
Your Pleasure
– Meredith Duran
The
Autumn Bride
– Anne Gracie
The
Black Hawk
– Joanna Bourne
Blossom
Street Brides
– Debbie Macomber
Crystal
Gardens
– Amanda Quick (Audio edition)
Dreams
of Lilacs
– Lynn Kurland [On Order]
Firelight
–
Kristen Callihan
The
Heiress Effect
– Courtney Milan [On Order]
A Lady
Awakened
– Cecilia Grant
Lucky
in Love
– Jill Shalvis
The
Masterful Mr. Montague – Stephanie Laurens
One
Good Earl Deserves a Lover – Sarah MacLean
Promise
to Return
– Elizabeth Byler Younts
The
Rosie Project
– Graeme Simsion (Book or Audio edition)
Shadow’s
Claim
– Kresley Cole
The
Sweet Spot
– Laura Drake
Sweet
Talk
– Julie Garwood (Audio edition)
The
Way Back Home
– Barbara Freethy
If
attending the Book Talks session on Wednesday, June 25th in person, please
bring a copy of your book with you. Your
annotations should be posted on the Tales from the RAT Queen
blog - http://ratqueentales.blogspot.com/ by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.
You
may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie
doesn’t count!
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GENRE – Biography/Autobiography
BOOK
DISCUSSION: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Everyone will read: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution,
Betrayal,
and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
BOOK TALKS
SESSION: Wednesday, April 30,
2014
Many
of the titles on the following list are either winners of or nominees from awards
lists and are representative of various types of Biography/Autobiography. You may
choose an alternate title but it should be from the genre we are currently covering;
keep in mind HOW your choice is representative of that genre.
All in
All: an Actor’s Life On and Off the Stage – Stacy Keach
Bach:
Music in the Castle of Heaven – John Eliot Gardiner
Brain
on Fire: My Month of Madness – Susannah Cahalan
Dot
Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives – Randi Zuckerberg
Historic
Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy – Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis
Kennedy Onassis
I’d
Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had – Tony Danza
Jeneration
X: One Reluctant Adult’s Attempt to Unarrest Her
Arrested Development, or Why It’s Never Too Late for Her Dumb
Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner – Jen Lancaster
Arrested Development, or Why It’s Never Too Late for Her Dumb
Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner – Jen Lancaster
Johnny
Cash: the Life
– Robert Hilburn
Lawrence
in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of
the Modern Middle East – Scott Anderson
the Modern Middle East – Scott Anderson
Let’s
Pretend This Never Happened (a Mostly True Memoir)
– Jenny Lawson
– Jenny Lawson
Little
Failure: a Memoir
– Gary Shteyngart
Mastering
the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from
a Year in Paris – Ann Mah
a Year in Paris – Ann Mah
Mirror,
Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not
Looking at It for a Year – Kjerstin Gruys
Looking at It for a Year – Kjerstin Gruys
Orr:
My Story
– Bobby Orr
Portrait
of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American
Masterpiece – Michael Edward Gorra
Masterpiece – Michael Edward Gorra
Saturday
Night Widows: the Adventures of Six Friends Remaking
Their Lives – Becky Aikman
Their Lives – Becky Aikman
Short
Nights of the Shadow Catcher: the Epic Life and Immortal
Photographs of Edward Curtis – Timothy Egan
Photographs of Edward Curtis – Timothy Egan
Soundings:
the Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the
Ocean Floor – Hali Felt
Ocean Floor – Hali Felt
Still
Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Were the
Hell Are My Keys? – Billy Crystal
Hell Are My Keys? – Billy Crystal
Tesla:
Inventor of the Electrical Age – W. Bernard Carlson
If
attending the Book Talks session on Wednesday, April 30 in person, please bring
a copy of your book with you. Your
annotations should be posted on the Tales from the RAT Queen
blog - http://ratqueentales.blogspot.com/ by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
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GENRE – Literary Fiction
BOOK DISCUSSION: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Everyone will read: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Each of the titles on the following list is either the winner of or a nominee from awards lists for the last three years and all are representative of Literary Fiction. You may choose an alternate title but it should be from the genre we are currently covering - keep in mind HOW the title is representative of that genre. For this genre, please choose an alternate title from a Literary Fiction award list.
The Art of Fielding -- Chat Harbach
Bring Up the Bodies -- Hilary
Canada -- Richard Ford
The Dog Stars -- Peter Heller
The Forgotten Waltz -- Anne Enright
Lost Memory of Skin -- Russell Banks
The Pale King: an Unfinished Novel -- David Foster Wallace
The Privileges -- Jonathan Dee
The Round House -- Louise Erdrich
The Sense of an Ending -- Julian Barnes
The Snow Child -- Eowyn Ivey
The Surrendered -- Chang-rae Lee
Swamplandia! -- Karen Russell
The Testament of Mary -- Colm Toibin
This is How You Lose Her -- Junot Diaz
The Tragedy of Arthur -- Arthur Phillips
Train Dreams -- Denis Johnson
A Visit From the Goon Squad -- Jennifer Egan
We Need New Names -- NoViolet Bulawayo
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank -- Nathan Englander
If attending the Book Talks session in person, bring a copy of your book with you to the Wednesday, January 29th meeting. All participants should post their annotation on the Tales from the RAT Queen blog - http://ratqueentales.blogspot.
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie doesn’t count!
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GENRE – Horror
BOOK DISCUSSION: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Most of the titles on the following list are either winners of or nominees from awards lists and are representative of various Sub-Genres. You may choose an alternate title BUT it should be from the genre currently being covered; keeping in mind HOW that title is representative of that genre.
A Matrix of Angels by Christopher Conlon
The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche
The Return Man by V. M. Zito
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
The Ritual by Adam L. G. Nevill
Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley
Wide Open by Deborah Coates (Deborah May)
GENRE – Horror
BOOK DISCUSSION: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
BOOK TALKS SESSION: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Most of the titles on the following list are either winners of or nominees from awards lists and are representative of various Sub-Genres. You may choose an alternate title BUT it should be from the genre currently being covered; keeping in mind HOW that title is representative of that genre.
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino
The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin
Dream With Little Angels by Michael Hiebert
Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
Floating Staircase by Ronald Damien Malfi
The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin
Dream With Little Angels by Michael Hiebert
Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
Floating Staircase by Ronald Damien Malfi
A Matrix of Angels by Christopher Conlon
The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche
The Return Man by V. M. Zito
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
The Ritual by Adam L. G. Nevill
Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley
Wide Open by Deborah Coates (Deborah May)
If attending the Book Talks session on Wednesday, October 30 in person, please bring a copy of your book with you. Participants should post their annotation on the Tales from the RAT Queen blog by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, October 29, 2013.
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie doesn’t count!
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of any of the books, but watching a movie doesn’t count!
