Chicago Chi Omega Book Club

The Book Club was started back in 2006. Ever since then, we have enjoyed getting together once a month to discuss a book and catch up with our fellow sisters. Our Book Club meets every third Tuesday of the month, unless noted on the News & Events page.

As an added bonus, Chi Omega has joined the Amazon.com Associates Program. For your convenience, the Reading Rewards website features links to Amazon.com for ordering book-club books and other merchandise.

Below are the upcoming books, as well as, all the books we have read so far. All book recommendations are welcome, as well as, offer to host a club night or lead the discussion. If you have a recommendation or questions, please send an email to Erin K.

Book Club Needs Your Help!

We are looking for 1-2 people that would be interested in helping to coordinate our monthly book club meetings this summer (and potentially longer if you are interested).  Coordinating meetings is very easy - it basically entails making sure we pick a book and hostess for an upcoming month and collecting RSVP info to pass along to the hostess beforehand. You do not need to attend every month -- the hostess/leader can help with the book selection! Please let Erin (erinmkelly87@gmail.com) if you are interested in helping out!

FOR A LIST OF UPCOMING BOOKS AND MEETINGS PLEASE VISIT OUR NEWS & EVENTS PAGE

PAST BOOKS:

2011
August: "Left Neglected" by Lisa Genova
July: “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
June:“Moonface” by Angela Balcita
April: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
March: "Room" by Emma Donoghue
February: "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery
January: "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan

2009
January: "Beneath a Marble Sky" by John Shors
February: "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky
March: "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
April: "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
May: "March" by Geraldine Brooks
June: "The Middle Place" by Kelly Corrigan
July: "Chasing Harry Winston" by Lauren Weisberger
August: "Devil in the White City" by Eric Larson
September: "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
October: "Dragon House" by John Shors
November: "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
December: Members bringing their favorite holiday book to share

2008
January: "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
February: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
March: "P.S. I Love You" by Cecilia Ahern
April: "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi
May: "The Other Boleyn Girl: by Philippa Gregory
June: Cancelled due to schedule conflicts
July: "Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster (guest appearance by author)
August: "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides
September: "Stupid & Contagious" by Caprice Crane
October: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby
November: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
December: Cancelled due to winter storm

2007
January: “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult
February: “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss
March: “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran-Foer
April: “Singletini” by Amanda Trimble
May: “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lakiri
June: “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See
July: “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
August: “Sweet Smell of Success” by Ernest Lehman
September: “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards
October: “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert
November: "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
December: rescheduled to Feb

2006
September: “Women of the Silk” by Gail Tsukiyama
November: “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls