One thing you can be sure of --there is always a lot going on for booklovers at the Library!
You are welcome to join any book discussion group listed. To register, please call the Reference Desk at 456-2400 x 7.
Night Owls – Mondays, 7:30 pm
We read a selection of fiction and non-fiction books on topics of current social and literary interest. Lively discussions always ensue!
| 09/14/09 |
Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber |
| 10/12/09 |
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout |
| 11/09/09 |
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 12/14/09 |
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie |
| 01/11/10 |
Boomsday by Christopher Buckley |
| 02/08/10 |
Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts |
| 03/08/10 |
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller |
| 04/12/10 |
Poetry Month! Good Poems or Good Poems for Hard Times collected by Garrison Keillor |
| 05/10/10 |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer |
| 06/14/10 |
Franklin and Lucy by Joseph Persico (with a possible trip to Hyde Park!) |
| 07/12/10 |
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks |
Snoops in the Stacks – Tuesdays, 7 pm
We’re a lively bunch that enjoys reading and talking about mysteries. Many are long-standing mystery lovers and others are new to the genre. What is really interesting is reading authors one might never think to try and being pleasantly surprised, or even better—hooked.
| 09/22/09 |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie |
| 10/20/09 |
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson |
| 11/17/09 |
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett |
| 12/15/09 |
Dust by Martha Grimes |
| 01/19/10 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 02/16/10 |
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey |
| 03/16/10 |
The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown |
| 04/13/10 |
Bodies in Winter by Robert Knightly |
| 05/11/10 |
Double Indemnity by Raymond Chandler |
| 06/08/10 |
Terror, Mystery and the Birth of Hollywood by Howard Blum |
Knit One, Read Too – Wednesdays, 2 pm
This group features well-known, contemporary writers, primarily (but not exclusively) fiction by women authors. Participants may, if they wish, bring a needlework project to work on during the discussion.
| 09/02/09 |
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus |
| 10/07/09 |
Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez |
| 11/04/09 |
Pope Joan by Donna Cross |
| 12/02/09 |
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner |
| 01/06/10 |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer |
| 02/03/10 |
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez |
| 03/03/10 |
Three Women by Marge Piercy |
| 04/07/10 |
On Beauty by Zadie Smith |
| 05/05/10 |
The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis |
| 06/02/10 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini |
International Women Writers – Wednesdays, 7 pm
Our book discussion group focuses on critically acclaimed literature – both fiction and nonfiction – by and about women around the world. Many of the books we read touch upon the themes of the lives of women in their native cultures, as well as their experiences living in and navigating cultures vastly different than their own.
| 09/28/09 |
When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant |
| 11/18/09 |
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien |
| 01/20/10 |
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim |
| 03/17/10 |
My Father's Country by Wibke Bruhns |
| 05/19/10 |
I Do Not Come to You By Chance by Adaobi Nwaubani |
| 07/21/10 |
The View from Castle Rock: Stories by Alice Munro |
“Great Books” Book Discussion Group ® - Thursdays, 7 pm
Are the “classics” still worth reading? We think they are! Join us as we discuss books that you’ve always wanted to read, or may have read growing up but want to read again!
| 09/03/09 |
Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 10/01/09 |
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser |
| 11/05/09 |
Kim by Rudyard Kipling |
| 12/03/09 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| 01/07/10 |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass |
| 02/04/10 |
Walden by Henry David Thoreau |
| 03/04/10 |
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
| 04/01/10 |
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert |
| 05/06/10 |
Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux |
| 06/03/10 |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll |
Life Adventures – Thursdays, 7 pm
Our lives are full of adventures…difficult and demanding, exciting and exhilarating. The fiction and nonfiction titles selected for this group feature people experiencing life’s many adventures. Won’t you join in the adventure?
| 09/24/09 |
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz |
| 10/22/09 |
The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright |
| 11/19/09 |
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks |
| 12/17/09 |
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck |
| 01/14/10 |
My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher |
| 02/11/10 |
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold |
| 03/11/10 |
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles |
| 04/08/10 |
Mistaken Identity by Don Van Ryn |
| 05/06/10 |
The Beach House by Jane Green |
| 06/03/10 |
The Shack by William Young |
