A long-standing tradition at the Colon Township Library, the Ladies of Literature (or LoL for short) are always reading something great!
Ladies of Literature meets the fourth Thursday of each month, except November and December when the meeting is generally the third Thursday.
This years list includes:
Ladies of Literature 2020/21 Title Selections
March: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
April: Becoming by Michelle Obama
May: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
June: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
July: What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
August: This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
Sept: Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Oct: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Nov: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman really liked it
Dec: **To be announced**
Jan 2021 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Feb 2021 The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
2019 LADIES OF LITERATURE SELECTIONS—Colon Township Library
Jan Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Feb Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
March Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
April The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
May Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
June Educated by Tara Westover
July Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Aug All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
Sept Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
Oct The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Nov Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Dec Children’s or YA selection – to be announced
2018 Ladies of Literature Selections
January 25 Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
February 22 Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey… Clint Hill
March 22 The Master Butchers Singing Club Louise Erdrich
April 26 OBOC – American Pain John Temple
May 24 Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly
June 28 I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter… Caitlin Alifirenka
July 26 Little Fireflies Everywhere Celeste Ng
Aug 23 The Girl Who Wrote In Silk Kelli Estes
Sept 27 The Long Earth (SF) Terry Pratchett, S. Baxter
Oct 25 Friends Divided: John Adams & Thomas Jefferson Gordon S. Wood
Nov 15 Radium Girl: The Dark Story of America’s… Kate Moore
Dec 13 Child or YA book – to be announced
Ladies of Literature 2017 Book Selections
January Ordinary Grace Kent Krueger
February The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick
March Waiting Ha Jin
April The Passage Justin Cronin
May Being Mortal Atul Gawande
June A Man Called Ove Fredik Backman
July The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
August News of the World Paulette Jiles
September One Book, One County selection (to be announced)
October Born a Crime Trevor Noah
November A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
December Children’s book (to be announced)
2016 Ladies of Literature Colon Township Library
January Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee
February A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
March Last Bus to Wisdom Ivan Doig
April Rosemary: the Hidden Kennedy Daughter Kate Clifford Larson
May Nightingale Kristin Hannah
June Girl of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter
July Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman
August Boy in the Suitcase Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis
September OBOC Selection-to be announced
October Sci-Fi/Fantasy Selection-to be announced
November Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo
December Short book-to be announced
2015 Ladies of Literature Colon Township Library
January The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin
February The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd
March China Dolls Lisa See
April The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown
May The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley
June Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
July The Martian Andy Weir
August Code Name Verity Elizabeth E. Wein
September A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri *One Book, One County selection
October The Storied Life of AJ Fickry Gabrielle Zevin
November The Book of Strange New Things Michael Faber
December Rain Reign (YA selection) Ann Martin