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Book Discussion Groups
Library staff will assist any participant in obtaining books and/or videos for the discussion groups. Sign up at the Fiction, Movies and Music Desk at the Library, or call 285-8006.
ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS BOOK GROUP
TUESDAYS 11:00 A.M.
MEETING ROOM A
Pick up a best-selling book that will take you to a different place or time. You are welcome to bring your lunch to this group.
June 3, 2008
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigan
July 1, 2008
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
August 5, 2008
The Sea by John Banville
September 2, 2008
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson
October 7, 2008
Water by Bapsi Sidhwa
November 4 , 2008
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
December 2, 2008
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
January 6, 2009
House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
February 3, 2009
In the Woods by Tana French
March 3, 2009
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
April 7, 2009
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
May 5, 2009
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
June 2, 2009
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
July 7, 2009
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Burroughs
LITERATURE INTO FILM
TUESDAYS
1:30 P.M.
MEETING ROOM B
Join us to read the book and/or watch the video of classic works of literature. Members meet the last Tuesday of every month. Beverages are provided and members take turns bringing treats.
May 27
Jean de Florette by Marcel Pagnol
June 17
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
July 29
Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams
August 26
Mrs. DeWinter by Susan Hill (Movie – Rebecca)
September 30
Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
October 28
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
November 25
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
(Year end party - start at 1 p.m.)
MYSTERY READERS BOOK CLUB
MONDAYS 12:00 Noon
MEETING ROOM A
Read different titles by the same mystery author and share at the meeting. Members meet the fourth Monday of every month in Meeting Room A.
September 22, 2008
What [mysteries] we read this summer
October 27, 2008
True Crime
(Ann Rule [34.1523 R861 on nonfiction shelf] or others)
November 24, 2008
Canadian Authors/Settings
(Lou Alin, Rosemary Aubert, Howard Engle, Ted Wood)
December 22 , 2008
Humor
(M.C. Beaton, Dorothy Gilman, Dean James)
January 26, 2009
Famous persons as sleuths (choose one or more)
Jane Austen by Stephanie Barron
Julius Caesar by Steven Saylor (Roma Sub Rosa series)
Benjamin Franklin by Robert Lee Hall
Beatrix Potter by Susan Witting Albert (Cottage tales...)
Elvis Presley by Daniel M Klein
Eleanor Roosevelt by Elliott Roosevelt
Oscar Wilde by Gyles Brandreth
February 23, 2009
[Mystery] Authors/titles we've been meaning to read
March 23, 2009
Secrets of the Congdon Mansion by Joe Kimball
April 27, 2009
Classic Grande Dames
Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tuppence & Tommy Beresford)
Ngaio Marsh (Roderick Alleyn)
Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)
May 18, 200
Classic Clerics
G K Chesterton (Father Brown)
Andrew Greeley (Father John Blackwood “Blackie” Ryan)
Harry Kemelman (Rabbi David Small)
NIGHT OWL BOOK CLUB
TUESDAYS 7:00 P.M.
MEETING ROOM A
This monthly book group will be reading page turning books you just can't put down. Members meet the third Tuesday of the month.
May 20, 2008
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
June 17, 2008
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
July 15, 2008
The Girls by Lori Lansens
August 19, 2008
Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
September 16, 2008
The Broker by John Grisham
October 21 , 2008
The Book Thief by Markus Zukas
November 18 , 2008
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
December 16 , 2008
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
January 20, 2009
Life of Pi by Yan Martel
Feburary 17, 2009
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
March 17 , 2009
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
April 21 , 2009
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
May 19 , 2009
Before You Know Kindness by Christopher Bohjalian
June 16 , 2009
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
PLAIN READERS BOOK GROUP
TUESDAYS
12:00 NOON
MEETING ROOM A
Join us to read books set in the Midwest or by Midwestern authors. You are welcome to bring your lunch to this group. Members meet on the third Tuesday of the month in Meeting Room A.
May 20th, 2008
Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
June (no meeting)
July 15th, 2008
Torch by Cheryl Strayed
August 19th, 2008
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
September 16th, 2008
Land that Moves, Land that Stands Still by Kent Nelson
October 21st, 2008
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
November 18th, 2008
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
December 16th, 2008
Way off the Road by Bill Geist
Last updated: 6/13/08