CLAY AND WATTLES: Kris Allen

Bible Verses

Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. Neh 8:10b
He has sent me to...bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning. (Isaiah 61:1, 3)
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).
18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted. (Psalm 34:18)
We may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid." (Hebrews 13:6)

Book Stack

Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom (2018)
Hillbilly Elegy - J. D. Vance (2018)
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming - Rheta Grimsley Johnson (2018)
Poor Man's Provence - Rheta Grimsley Johnson (2018)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult (2016)
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine - A. McCall-Smith (2016)
Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (2016)
Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon (2016)
Father and Son - Larry Brown (2016)
Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee (have read)
So Big - Edna Ferber
My Dog the Paradox - The Oatmeal
The Book Thief - Markus Zusac (have read)
Dog Songs - Mary Oliver
Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt (have read)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson (have read)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
The Christmas Train - David Baldacci
1927: One Summer, America - Bill Bryson (read or listened)
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (have read)
Man in the Blue Moon - Michael Morris
The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts - Neil White (have read)
The Virginian - Owen Wister (have read)
The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
The End of Your Life Book Club - Will Schwalbe (have read)
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
Wild - Cheryl Strayed (have read)
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen
At Home in Mitford - Jan Karon (have read)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Corduroy Mansions - Alexander McCall Smith
Careful Use of Compliments - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
True Grit - Charles Portis
Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier
A Change of Altitude - Anita Shreve
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery (have read)
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt - Beth Hoffman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (have read)
Roadside Crosses - Jeffery Deaver
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein (have read)
Kiss & Tell - Loretta Brabant
The Help - Kathryn Stockett (have read)
Have a Little Faith - Mitch Albom
The Shunning - Beverly Lewis
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley (have read)
Waking the Dead - John Eldredge
TrueFaced
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
Home Safe - Elizabeth Berg
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Alexander McCall Smith
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County - Tiffany Baker
Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs
The Last Gift of Time - Carolyn Heilbrun
Dewey the Library Cat - Vicki Myron (have read)
Grace - Richard Paul Evans
Leeway Cottage - Beth Gutcheon
Here Lies the Librarian - Richard Peck
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (have read)
The Traveler's Gift - Andy Andrews
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski (have read)
Thinking About Memoir - Abigail Thomas
The Shack - William P. Young (have read)
Truth and Beauty - Ann Patchett (have read)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
Safekeeping - Abigail Thomas
Life Images - Somerset Magazine
Winter Study - Nevada Barr (have read)
Gabriel Hounds - Mary Stewart
Miracle at Speedy Motors - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
Forward From Here - Reeve Lindbergh
An Irish Country Doctor - Patrick Taylor
The Pig Did It - Joseph Caldwell (have read 2 of 3)
A Three Dog Life - Abigail Thomas
Gifted Hands - Dr. Ben Carson (have read)
Take the Risk - Dr. Ben Carson
The Whistling Season - Ivan Doig
March - Geraldine Brooks (have read)
Thank You Power - Deborah Norville
On Mystic Lake - Kristin Hannah
The Things We Do For Love - Kristin Hannah
Grieving the Death of a Mother - by Harold Ivan Smith (have read)
Sisterchicks Say Ooh LaLa - By Robin Jones Gunn
Sisterchicks On the Loose - by Robin Jones Gunn
Three Cups of Tea - by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls (have read)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (have read)
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
Between, Georgia - Joshilyn Jackson
Somerset "Life" Magazine (Art)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith (have read)
The Camel Bookmobile - Masha Hamilton
The Quiet Game - Greg Iles
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah (have read)
The Pearl - John Steinbeck

Some Movies

Quartet - Maggie Smith
Despicable Me 2 - Iuka Drive-in with Sher 7-22-13
Catch 22 - Alan Arkin....
M*A*S*H - Donald Southerland...
Silver Linings Playbook - Bradley Cooper
Sharpe's Challenge - PBS - Sean Bean
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Ep. 1&2 - TV Movie - Jill Scott
Did You Hear About the Morgans? - Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant
The 39 Steps - Rupert Penry-Jones
Alice in Wonderland (3D) - Johnny Depp
Return to Cranford (Part 1) - PBS - Judy Dench
Slumdog Millionnaire - Dev Patel
Angels & Demons - Tom Hanks
Up in the Air - George Clooney
The Blind Side - Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw
All About Steve - Sandra Bullock
Julie and Julia - Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Ratatouille
The Wedding Singer - Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler
50 First Dates - Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler
Prince of Tides - Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte
Australia - Nicole Kiddman, Hugh Jackman
New in Town - Renee Zellwegger, Harry Connick, Jr.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
Paul Blart, Mall Cop - Kevin James
Night at The Museum 2
It Happened One Night - Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable
Teacher's Pet - Doris Day, Clark Gable
Big - Tom Hanks
A River Runs Through It - Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt
Witness for the Prosecution - Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power
Last Chance Harvey - Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson
In the Good Ol' Summertime - Judy Garland, Van Johnson
Shop Around the Corner - Jimmy Stewart
All the President's Men - Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
Nights in Rodanthe - Diane Lane, Richard Gere
Mamma Mia! - Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
Cranford (all) - PBS Masterpiece
My Boy Jack - PBS Masterpiece
A Room With a View - PBS Masterpiece
Castaway - Tom Hanks
Sense and Sensibility - PBS Masterpiece
Emma - PBS Masterpiece
True Grit - John Wayne
Housesitter - Hawn, Martin
The Queen - Helen Mirren
A Room With a View - PBS Masterpiece

BOOK CLUB LIST 2015