Chalice
Lake
Washington
Christian
Church
(Disciples of Christ)

Book Club   Book Club

The LWCC Book Club is an informal gathering of people interested in expanding their horizons by reading.  Unlike most other book clubs, we are choosing primarily non-fiction books.

Next Book & Meeting:

Our next book and meeting will be:

  • Place and Date: October 19 at 7:00 PM at Toni's (Call the office for directions.)
  • Book for discussion: "Seeds of deception: exposing industry and government lies about the safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eating" by Jeffrey M. Smith

New members are always welcome!  Contact the church office for more information.

Past Books:

We have read so many interesting books!  Here's a list of what we have read:

  • "River of doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's darkest journey" by Candice Millard
  • "Bulletproof Faith" by Candace Chellew-Hodge
  • "Modoc : the true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived" by Ralph Helfer
  • "Dry storeroom no. 1: the secret life of the Natural History Museum" by Richard Fortey
  • "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely
  • "Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada" by Will Ferguson
  • A book on Seattle's history -- your choosing.
  • "The sharper your knife, the less you cry" by Kathleen Flinn
  • "A wing and a prayer" by Katharine Jefferts Schori
  • "If you lived here, I'd know your name" by Heather Lende
  • "A Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
  • "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt
  • "After Long Silence" by Helen Fremont
  • "Dancing at the Rascal Fair" by Ivan Doig
  • "The Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals" by Michael Pollan
  • "The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary" by Simon Winchester
  • "American Jesus: how the Son of God became a national icon" by Stephen Prothero
  • "Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything" by Steven D. Levitt
  • "Winter brothers: a season at the edge of America" by Ivan Doig
  • "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
  • "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder
  • "Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest" by Jamling Tenzing Norgay
  • "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis" by Jimmy Carter
  • "Blink: the power of thinking without thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
  • "Bait and Switch" by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
  • "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson
  • "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham
  • "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi
  • "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
  • "Finding Darwin’s God" by Kenneth Miller
  • "It's More Than The Music: life lessons on friends, faith, and what matters most" by Bill Gaither
  • "Heart full of lies: a true story of desire and death" by Ann Rule
  • "Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game" by Michael Lewis
  • "Under The Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer
  • "Circle of Simplicity" by Cecile Andrews
  • "Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson
  • "Absolute Friends" by John Le Carre
  • "Naked in Baghdad" by Anne Garrels
  • "The Opposite of Fate: a book of musings" by Amy Tan
  • "Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses" by Bruce Feiler
  • "The Color of Water: a black man's tribute to his white mother" by James McBride
  • "Salt: A World History" by Mark Kurlansky
  • "All Over but the Shoutin'" by Rick Bragg
  • "The Battle for God" by Karen Armstrong
  • "Who in hell is Wanda Fuca?" by G.M. Ford
  • "Cuba Diaries: an American housewife in Havana" by Isadora Tattlin
  • "The Pact: three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream" by Samson Davis
  • "A River Lost: the life and death of the Columbia" by Blaine Harden
  • " Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 WWII Refugees and How They Came to America" by Ruth Gruber
  • "Tender at the Bone" by Ruth Reichl
  • "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World" by Michael Pollan
  • "Personal History" by Katherine Graham
  • "No More Words" by Reeve Lindberg
  • "Aging with Grace" by David Snoden
  • "The Founding Brothers" by Joseph J. Ellis
  • "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman

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