Meramec reporting late, but going strong!

Meramec's numbers for April are way up! Our 12 readers read a total of 40 books, 11774 pages. Becky Helbling tops the chart with 6 books and 1823 pages. Here's what we read in April:

 

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing	Charlie Papazian
Brewing Classic Styles	Jamil Zainasheff & John J. Palmer
The Famished Road	Ben Okri
Autobiography of Us	Aria Sloss
Tenth of December	George Saunders
Cocktail Waitress	James M. Cain
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain	Betty Edwards
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet	Jamie Ford
This One is Mine	Maria Semple
Then End of Illness	David Agus
The Fall of the Faculty	Benjamin Ginsberg
The Phantom	Jo Nesbo
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children	Ransom Riggs
Something Rotten	Jasper Fforde
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance	Lois McMaster Bujold
Death of Yesterday	M.C. Beaton
Death of Yesterday	M.C. Beaton
Blueberry Muffin Murder	Fluke
Lady of Expectations	Laurens
Farewell,  Dorothy Parker	Meister
Killer Crust	Cavender
Nothing to Lose	Lee Child
Bride by Moonlight	Carlyle
Conquest of Lady Cassandra	Hunter
And Then She Fell	Laurens
And Then the Miss Ran Away	Doyle
Rascal	Chris Brady
Leadershift	Orrin Woodward
Five Love Languages of Children
Launching a Leadership Revolution
A Short History of the Early Church	Harry R. Boer
The First Muslim: the Story of Muhammad	Lesley Hazleton
Twentysomething: why do young adults seem stuck	Henig
Touch	Tiffany Field
Authority Vested	Mary Todd
The art of fielding	Chad Harbach
The Burgess Boys	Elizabeth Stout
Unwanted	Krisitina Olston
Midnight in Peking	Paul French
Life After Life	Kate Atkinson

FLO'S TOTALS ARE EMBARASSING

Well the gang here has really slipped.  We had all of 3 readers reading 7 books for a total of 2469 pages.

At least Abby is still chugging along at the Wildwood campus.  She managed to put away 8 books for a total of 2665 pages.

Here's what got read:

A Feast For Crows by George R R Martin

Molokai by Alan Brennert

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly

World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith

Sleep No More by Iris Johansen

Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

Death of Yesterday by M C Beaton

Sacrifice by S J Bolton

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins

Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton

The Snow Child by Edwyn, Ivey

Safe House by chris Evans

The Good House by Ann Leary

HPIR lags in April

Our five participants logged a total of 3088 pages. Jim was first with 1431 pages, then Jane with 1036. We need a renaissance! Here's what we read:

"Getting Closer" in New Yorker magazine / Steven Millhauser

"There was a ripping sound" in African American Review / Quincy Scott Jones

"Signs and Deliverance" in African American Review / Edward Kelsey Moore

A Sunless Sea / Anne Perry

"Paranoia" in New Yorker magazine / Said Sayrafiezadeh

"The Other Place" in New Yorker magazine / Mary Gaitskill

Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet / John G. Turner

Private London / James Patterson & Mark Pearson

A Girl Like You / Maria Geraci

Death Angels / Åke Edwardson

Harper's Magazine (April 2013)                                                                                      

World War Z / Max Brooks

Gifts of the crow / John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Forest Unseen / David George Haskill

What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatism Won the Heart of America / Thomas Frank

Bones are Forever / Kathy Reichs

The Fire Engine That Disappeared / Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo

FLO COMES BACK IN MARCH. A BIT, ANYWAY

So, here's the scoop:  Flo-Valley had 6 people, reading 18 books for a total of 6637 pages.  Numbers are still down overall but, we have some new part timers that we're going to strong arm into joining the party.  LOL!  We need to get our numbers back up gang!

Meanwhile, out in the boonies known as Wildwood, Abby read 7 books for a total of 2501 pages.  No, HPIR, you may not absorb Abby into your ranks.  If anyone gets her, it's US!  After all I've been blogging for her, and she likes me best anyway.  Right, Abby?  :p  lol

Here's the list of books that we read and mostly enjoyed.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Hegashino
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
Hereafter by David Brian Winter
Robert B Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman
Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber
Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon
Istanbul: The Imperial City by John Freely
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know by Andrew Finkle
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher
Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
A Rush of Blood by Quintin Jardin
The Healing by Jonathan Odell
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn



The Rag Tag Readers of Highland Park March on

The FIVE readers left in our little band read a total of 7122 pages. First prize goes to Sheila with 1930 pages, second to Jim with 1817 pages, and third to yours truly with 1620 pages. Here's what we read:

The Paris Wife / Paula McLain

Best man to die / Ruth Rendell

Forest unseen / David George Haskill

The Glass Key / Dashiell Hammett

Enemy of Mine / Brad Taylor

Private Berlin / James Patterson & Mark Sullivan

Standing in another man's grave / Ian Rankin

Touch and Go / Lisa Gardner

Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Never Ending Highway / Hank Reineke

The Thin Man / Dashiell Hammett

Angle of Repose / Wallace Stegner

Wish You Were Here / Graham Swift

The Scarecrow / Michael Connelly

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross / James Patterson

Husband List / Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly

Deeper Winter (in Harper's) / Alexander Maksik

various (in African American Review) / various

Mississippi Harvest / Lisa Knopp in Big Muddy

I hate to wash the Mississippi out / Jill Reid in Big Muddy

Narcissus over morning coffee / Tim Leach in Big Muddy

Contemporary American Indian Life in The Owl’s Song and Smoke Signals / Jim Charles in English Journal

A Vision beyond Time and Place / Scott N. Momaday in The Way to Rainy Mountain

Really including diversity in early childhood classrooms / Ruth Elswood in Young Children

Zoo / James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge

Harper's Magazine (December 2012)                                    

Devil Sent the Rain / Tom Piazza

Stone Arabia / Dana Spiotta

A Sunless Sea / Anne Perry

Umbrella / Will Self

Sun and Shadow / Åke Edwardson

Meramec March

What a month: spring break & snowstorms!
Meramec's totals:

• 8 participants
• 33 books
• 8329 pages

 
Here's what we read in March:

 

Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking	Susan Cain
Where’d you go Bernadette	Maria Semple
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat	Edward Kelsey Moore
House of Earth	Woody Guthrie
The House Girl	Tara Conklin
Indiscretion	Charles Dubow
The City of Devi	Manil Suri
Lake People	Abi Maxwell
Rule of Four	Caldwell
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children	Riggs
This Dog for Hire	Benjamin
The Dog Who Knew too Much	Benjamin
Death by theory	Preatizel
Importance of Being Wicked	Alexander
Curiosity Thrilled the Cats	Kelly
The Well of Lost Plots	Jasper Fforde
Dragonborn	Toby Forward
Angle of Repose	Wallace Stegner
Irresistible	Balogh
Regency Valentine	various authors
Midnight Pleasure	James
The best short stories of guy de Maupassant	Guy De Maupassant
The Mystery of the Cross	Judith Couchman
The Balkans: People in Conflict	Hal Marovitz
The Music School	John Updike
Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very short Stories
Twentysomething: Why do young adults seem stuck	Henig & Henig
Sweet Tooth	Ian McEwan
Testament of Mary	Colm Toibin
Live By Night	Dennis Lehane
Mortality	Christopher Hitchens
Launching a Leadership Revolution	Orrin Woodward & Chris Brady
Children’s books (various titles)

Meramec is hanging in there!

We've slipped a little, but we're still hanging on!
 
The 11 participants in the Meramec Reading the Dream Team read 38 books, 9572 pages in February. Betty is the powerhouse again with 13 books and 2433 pages.

Here's what we read:

The Affinity Bridge- George Mann

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power- Jon Meacham

Far From the Tree- Andrew Solomon

Friendfluence- Arlin Flova

Beer, Brats, and Baseball- Jim Merkel

The Mystery of the Cross- Judith Couchman

The Bosnians: an introduction to their history and culture- Lynn Maners

Lutheran Questions,  Lutheran Answers- Marin Marty

The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant - Guy de Maupassant

Return of Jeeves- Wodehouse

Bertie Wooster Sees It Through- Wodehouse

The Butler did It- Wodehouse

Old Reliable- Wodehouse

A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night- Deborah Harkness

Jewels of Paradise- Donna Leon

Where’d You Go,  Bernadette?- Maria Semple

Casual Vacancy- J.K. Rowling

The Dark Room- Rachel Seiffert

Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power- Jon Meachem

Paris Wife- Paula McClain

The Dinner- Herman Koch

Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation- Loren Collins

Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn

A Week in Winter- Maeve Binchy

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln- Stephen L Carter

Christmas Promise- Balogh

Under the Mistletoe- Balogh

It Happened One Night- Balogh

Reasons for Marriage- Laurens

Nightsong- Berk

Enemy Pie- Munson

Tooth Mouse- Hood

Charley’s First Night- Hest

Each Kindness- Woodson

Lady of Expectations- Laurens

Unwilling Conquest- Laurens

Importance of Being wicked- Alexander

Lord Stillwell’s Excellent Engagement- Alexander

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore- Robin Sloan