| A variety of book groups meet at the library. People are getting together once a month to share a good book, generally selected by members of the group. You can attend a meeting to get more information or call the reference desk at the branch where the group meets for more information.
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Headquarters Book Group
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| Meets the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor conference room |
Current selection:
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| Life of Pi: A Novel
by Yann Martel
This brilliant fabulist novel combines the delight of Kipling's "Just So Stories" with the metaphysical adventure of "Jonah and the Whale," as Pi, the son of a zookeeper, is marooned aboard a lifeboat with a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan, and a tiger. May 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
May 12: Life of Pi: A Novel by Yann Martel
June 9: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
July 14: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
August 11: Suite Francaise by Irene Némirovsky
September 8: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
October 13: The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
November 10: Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
December 8: A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
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Brown Bag Book Group (Headquarters Library)
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| Meets the second Tuesday of the month from 12-1 p.m. in the Cable Studio. Special note: July 2008 will be a reader's choice month. Read the book of your choice and bring it to share.
Bring your lunch and join us! |
Current selection:
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| The Scandal of the Season by Sophia Gee
London, 1711. As the rich, young offspring of the city's most fashionable families fill their days with masquerade balls and clandestine courtships, Arabella Fermor and Robert, Lord Petre, lead the pursuit of pleasure. Beautiful and vain, Arabella is a clever coquette with a large circle of beaus. Lord Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone, is a man-about-town with his choice of mistresses. Drawn together by an overpowering attraction, the two begin an illicit affair. May 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
May 13: The Scandal of the Season by Sophia Gee
June 10: The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
August 12: Suite Francaise by Irene Némirovsky
September 9: Sovereign Ladies by Maureen Waller
October 14: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
November 11: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
December 9: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
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Porter Book Group
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| Meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. |
Current Selection:
| New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time by Gail Sheehy
Uncovering an historic revolution in the adult life cycle, Sheehy traces radical changes for the generations now in their 20s & 30s & finds baby boomers in their 40s rejecting the whole notion of middle age. Defines second adulthood in mid-life. June 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
June 5: New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time by Gail Sheehy
July 3: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
August 7: The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
September 4: The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
October 2: The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin
November 6: The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer
December 4: Darkness Visible by William Styron
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Salem Church's Second Sunday Book Group
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| Join other readers to talk about books. The group meets the second Sunday of each month from 2-3 pm.
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Current Selection:
| Darkly Dreaming Dexter by David Lindsey
"Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to Mom. Though he's playful and has a wonderfully ironic sense of humor, Dexter's one character flaw (his proclivity for murder) can be off-putting. But at heart Dexter is the perfect gentleman, supportive of his sister, Deb, a Miami cop, and interested only in doing away with people who really deserve his special visit. Dex is quite good-looking but totally indifferent to (and, frankly, a bit puzzled by) the attentions paid to him by women. Despite the fact that he can't stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police department, a job that allows him to keep tabs on the latest crimes and keep an eye open for his next quarry." (Book Jacket) March 2008 selection.
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Snow Book Group
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Join a lively and fun discussion of the month's selected title. Refreshments served. Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 10:30 a.m. |
Current Selection:
| Simple Genius by David Baldacci
Secret Service agent Sean King agrees to investigate a murder at an exclusive scientific retreat. Suddenly, he and his partner Michelle Maxwell find themselves in a race against time to expose those who would tip the entire global power structure and destroy what's left of their lives. May 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
May 20: Simple Genius by David Baldacci
June 17: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
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Snow's Book of the Month
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| Recommendations for enticing monthly reading. |
Current Selection:
| Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, this is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels "Gone with the Wind." Through McCaigs storytelling mastery, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfold. May 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
May 31: Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
June 30: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
July 31: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
August 31: Away by Amy Bloom
September 30: Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
October 31: Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
November 30: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg
December 31: Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
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Readers of the Round Table (Montross)
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| Meets at 12:30 on the second Friday of each month. |
Current Selection:
| An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Briskly original and subversively funny, this novella from popular British writer Bennett (Untold Stories; Tony-winning play The History Boys) sends Queen Elizabeth II into a mobile library van in pursuit of her runaway corgis and into the reflective, observant life of an avid reader. Guided by Norman, a former kitchen boy and enthusiast of gay authors, the queen gradually loses interest in her endless succession of official duties and learns the pleasure of such a common activity. With the dawn of her sensibility... mistaken for the onset of senility, plots are hatched by the prime minister and the queen's staff to dispatch Norman and discourage the queen's preoccupation with books. Ultimately, it is her own growing self-awareness that leads her away from reading and toward writing, with astonishing results. May 2008 selection.
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Future Selections:
May 9: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
June 13: When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
July 11: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
August 8: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
September 12: Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin by Marion Meade
October 10: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
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The Reading Guild (Cooper)
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The Reading Guild meets the third Tuesday of
each month at 6:00 p.m. The group's members pick a theme like
Shakespeare or travel every other month; the other months are open
discussions of your favorite book or current reading. Everyone brings a
dish to share! Call the branch or check our program listing for this
month's topic.
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Let's Talk About Books (Newton)
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Join Bobbie Borman, staff, and other readers to talk about books. There is no required reading; different types of books are explored like science fiction or just your favorite book. The group meets the third Monday of each month from 2-4 PM.
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It's a Mystery to Me (Headquarters)
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Welcome to the Mystery Book Club. Throughout the year we will be reading subgenres of mysteries, starting with bibliomysteries (mysteries with books or libraries) in September. Click here to browse the list. The group meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30pm at Headquarters.
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