2012 Kickoff Tea

[to the tune of are-you-ready-for-some-FOOTBALL?!]:
"Are you reading for some READING??"

hells yeah! Here we go 2012 Radicals!

Feb 24 ~ Kristen's: Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption, Thomspon-Cannino, Cotton, & Torneo
March 16 ~ Theresa's: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
April 20 ~ Amy's: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver
May 18 ~ Jade's: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
June 29 ~ Sarah's: The Time In Between, Maria Duenas
July ~ shall we see a movie together?
August 17 ~ Alayna's: An American Childhood, Annie Dillard  
September 21 ~ Heather's: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
October 19 ~ Julie: Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
November 16 ~ Leslie: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
December 14 ~ Kjirsten: Bossypants, Tina Fey

Also-Rans:
Sarah's
* An Object of Beauty, (author?)
* One Day I Will Write About This Place, Wainaina
* How to Read the Air, Mengestu
* The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir, Leslie Marmon Silko
Theresa
* The Secret History, Tartt
Heather
* The Paris Wife, Mclain
Jade
* Half Broke Horses, Walls
Julie
* Still Alice, Genova
Amy
* Shadow of the Wind, Zafon
* Kafka on the Shore, Murakami
* Mistress of Spices, Divakaruni
Leslie
* Before I Go to Sleep, Watson
* And Amy chose her other option ...Kevin
Kjirsten
* The Road, McCarthy
* Sarah's Key, De Rosnay
* Yay - Heather chose my first choice, Extremely Loud...

these lists are brought to you mostly by The Enforcer, Ms. B, who asserted her wishes upon book club boot-lickers.