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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 328-2305.
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.
January 3, 2012
Murder in the Smithsonian by Margaret Truman
February 7, 2012
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
March 6, 2012
Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins
April 3, 2012
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
May 1, 2012
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
June 5, 2012
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
July 3, 2012
The Cape Ann by Faith Sullivan
August 7, 2012
97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman
September 4, 2012
Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn
October 2, 2012
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
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.
August 30, 2011
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
September 27, 2011
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
October 25, 2011
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
November 29, 2011
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
MYSTERY READERS BOOK CLUB
MONDAYS 1:00 P.M.
SEPTEMBER - MAY
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 26, 2011
What we read this summer
October 24, 2011
Minnesota mystery authors
November 28, 2011
Native American theme/character
December 19, 2011
Holiday mysteries
January 23, 2012
True crimes
February 27, 2012
Margery Allingham
March 26, 2012
New mystery authors
April 23, 2012
The Innocent Man by John Grisham (RPL book bag)
May 21, 2012
Our favorite authors/series
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.
August 16, 2011
The Lost Summer of Louisea May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor McNees
September 20, 2011
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
October 18, 2011
Henry's Sisters by Kathy Lamb
November 15, 2011
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
December 20, 2011
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
January 17, 2012
The Wisdom of Big Bird by Caroll Spinney
February 21, 2012
Room by Emma Donoghue
March 20, 2012
At Home by Bill Bryson
April 17, 2012
My Life in France by Julia Child
May 15, 2012
What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen
June 19, 2012
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
July 17, 2012
The Elegant Gatheirng of White Snows by Kris Radish
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.
August 16, 2011
The Plain Sense of Things by Pamela Joern Carter
September 20, 2011
Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely
October 18, 2011
I Go to America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson by Joy Lintelman
November 15, 2011
Driftless by David Rhodes
December 20, 2011
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
January 17, 2012
Journal of a Prairie Year by Paul Gruchow
February 21, 2012
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
Last updated: 12/9/11