January Book: The Scorch Trials

Sarah's choice for January is The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. This is the sequel to Donovan's choice from a while back, The Maze Runner. So, if you skipped that one, you might want to go back and read it, as well.

All files are in the dropbox.

December: No Book

With December being so busy, no book for this month. However, consider reading some Christmas books. Or catch up on a book you missed this year. Or pre-read your selection for the coming year.

November Book: NPCs

For November, Doug has chosen NPCs by Drew Hayes. Files are in the dropbox.

October Book: Emma

Tanya's choice for October is Emma by Alexander McCall Smith. My understanding is that this is a modern retelling of Jane Austin's classic. Files are in the dropbox. Enjoy!

September Book: The Unwanteds

For September, Olya has chosen The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann. It is the first in a 5-book (so far) children's series. The epub/mobi is in the dropbox. I should have the audio there by the end of the week. I'll also be getting the audio for the follow-up books soon, and I'll try to fit them in there, as well.

August Book: The Flight of the Angel Falls

Donovan's choice for this month is The Flight of the Angel Falls by Quinn L. Orr. This is a genre with which most of us are unfamiliar: LDS scifi. Should be interesting.

The epub/mobi is in the dropbox. Because this book comes from a local publisher, there is no audio version.

July Book: Z for Zachariah

For July, Ilene has chosen a childhood favorite, Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien. The ebook files are in the dropbox, and the audio should be up, tonight.

June Book: An Unwelcome Quest

I feel like this book chose itself. My first choice for the club was Off to be the Wizard. As good as it was, I followed it up with the sequel Spell or High Water. Since the third (last?) in the trilogy came out in February, I feel almost obligated to select it for this month. (To be fair, I read it and really liked it; I would rate it above Spell and not quite as good as Off.)

So, Greg's choice for June is An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer. All file formats are available.

May Book: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Mom's choice, this month. She has chosen Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. All files are in the dropbox.

An update

It doesn't seem that long ago we started this little book club blog; in fact it's been less than 2 years. But, in that time we've cycled through the family with everyone having a chance to choose a book for the club twice. Some of us couldn't narrow the selection to a single book. Some have picked a book after the first in a series, causing others of us to go back and read the preceding books. Some of us have chosen books that prompted reading books later in the series, as well. And some have chosen not to participate.

A couple numbers you might be interested to know. If you've read all of the books that were selected each month (including the months where there was more than one book), so far you've read 22 books! If you're like me, that includes books you might not have otherwise read. Those books are comprised of 7,268 pages!

That's a lot of reading.

And, now, we start cycle number 3, with Dad's choices for April in the preceding post.

April Book: Wicked Appetite or The Boys in the Boat

Dad's turn, again, and as becomes him, he can't make a choice. So, the choice is yours! Pick either, or both, if you can't choose either. The first option is Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. Dad writes:

"Witch/Warlock style book set in modern-day Salem.  Very humorous.  Start of a series, if you want to get hooked.  Clean, but with a few double entendres."

I'll make this comment: in searching for this book, I came to learn that Janet Evanovich is a Romance author. And this is definitely a trashy romance. But it's fun and not nearly as dirty as you would expect a romance novel to be.

The second option is The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. Dad writes:

 "This is the story of the University of Washington rowing team that went to Hitler's Olympics in 1936.  It's a great depression-era story and a good read.  Fairly long."

Both books have files in the dropbox. Unfortunately, searching everywhere, I was unable to find a ebook of Wicked Appetite, so if you want that one you're either on your own to find it in print at the library, or you'll have to settle for audio. (UPDATE: I found an ebook for this, after all. Epub/mobi files are in the dropbox.) The Boys in the Boat is available in all formats.

(Funny note, since Boys is a new and VERY popular book, in order to get the audio I had to sneak into the library where it was being held for someone else, steal it for a half hour to rip it, and then return it to the holds shelf. It was that or wait until probably October to get it; so I sneaked).

March Book: The Man Who Would Be King

Julie's book choice this month is The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling.

This is our shortest book yet (only 37 pages), so it should be a quick read. Epub, mobi and audio files are all in the dropbox.

February Book: Agenda 21: Into the Shadows

Sarah's choice for this month is Agenda 21: Into the Shadows by Harriet Parke, also tagged with Glenn Beck as owner of the publication rights.

Unfortunately, because this is a brand new book, I have been unable to locate either an ebook or audiobook of this title, so you're on your own to find a paper copy from the library or other source.

Also note, this is a sequel to Agenda 21 also by Harriet Parke/Glenn Beck.