Here are adult selections that you may want to read.
For February our book is Stockett, Kathryn, The Help In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women in Mississippi on 1962 to start a movement forever changes a town, and the way women-mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends-view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
Please remember to reserve this book at the library if you do not have a copy.
Last week our book club discussed this book. We had a wonderful lively discussion.
Larrson, Steig The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo It s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. 672p.ReadingGroupGuide
Dallas, Sandra, Tallgrass During Word War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. 336p. ReadingGroupGuide.com
Dallas, Sandra The Persian Pickle Club.
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. 208p.
Ford, Jamie, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A friendship between a Chinese-American and a Japanese-American girl in Seattle During WWII. 320p. ReadingGroupGuide.com
Wallace, Nicole, 18 Acres Eighteen Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet. 322p.http://books.simonandschuster.com/Eighteen-Acres/Nicolle-Wallace/9781439194829/reading_group_guide
Blum, Jenna, Those who Save Us A professor’s mother refuses to talk to her daughter about her life in Germany during WWII, even though the daughter is interviewing survivors and writing a book. 496p. ReadingGroupGuides.com
Mullen, Thomas, The Last Town on Earth Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced–the 1918 flu epidemic. 432p.
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Steele, Danielle, Granny Dan, is about the magic of history. In The author reminds us how little we know of those who came before us—and how, if we could only glimpse into their early lives, and see who they once were, there is so much we would understand and learn. 242p.
Monroe, Mary Alice Time is a River Breast cancer survivor Mia Landan returns home to find her husband in bed with another woman. Still weak from the cancer treatments, and not ready to make decisions about her failed marriage, Mia asks Belle Carson, a fly-fishing guide and the head of Casting for Recovery, if she can stay in Belle’s isolated mountain cabin. 384p.books.simonschuster.com
Monroe, Mary Alice The Four Seasons., What a great story! The characters-four sisters-Jillian, Rose, Beatrice and Meredith are a study in relationships between sisters, If you have ever had a close sister relationship or one with another woman, you will find this a fascinating study... The Four Seasons is definitely recommended as a good read, It presents a way to learn a lot. about women and how perceptions differ depending on who you are and where you are in life, Enjoy! 422p
Flagg, Fannie, Can’t Wait for Heaven, Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and sidesplitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? 384p
Mapson, Jo-Ann, Hank and Chloe, Hank and Chloe are as star-crossed as Romeo and Juliet but sexier and frankly, a lot more fun. This is a love story with a salsa bite and a winning heart. 310p. ReadingGroupGuides.com
Mapson, Jo-Ann, Solomon’s Oak, This book is the story of three people who have suffered losses that changed their lives forever. Though, it resonates with hope and love. 384p.ReadingGroupGuides.com
Roberts, Shelia, Love in Bloom, A funny, inspiring women's fiction novel about three women who share neighboring plots in a community garden and change each other's lives forever. 366p. readinggroupguides.com
Roberts, Shelia, Small Change, "At their weekly craft group meeting, Rachel, Jessica and Tiffany admit they share a difficult secret: they're all struggling with major financial problems. 352p.ReadingGroupGuides
Dickens, Charles, A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .” With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history’s most explosive eras—the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, 448p. Oprah.com
Gladwell, Malcolm Outliers The author takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. 320p.
Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point, Defining that precise moment when a trend becomes a trend, Malcolm Gladwell probes the surface of everyday occurrences to reveal some surprising dynamics behind explosive social changes. 301p.
Atwood, Margaret, The Tent, Incredible! This fascinating collection of stories, poems, and shorts is as intriguing as the many different voices Atwood uses to portray the pieces. The Works in this collection span many years of writing and many of the pieces have previously been published elsewhere in such works as: The Walrus, Harper's Magazine, New Beginnings, and a few small independent printings of smaller collections.
Strout, Elizabeth, Olive Kitteridge, Olive Kitteridge is the kind of woman you would duck across the street to avoid meeting. She's abrasive as sandpaper rubbed across a scab and unapologetically rude. Now retired, she taught seventh-grade math in the small Maine town of Crosby for years, earning a reputation as the mean teacher who leaves her students flustered and trembling. She is loud, unnerving, tart-tongued, and completely unforgettable. 304p. readinggroupguides.com
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Book Discussion Groups
Hi everyone,
I know you have not heard from in awhile. After I retired I wanted to belong to book discussion. One of my friends had belonged for a book club for thirty years. Believe or not, I am now the Queen of Book club discussion groups. I belong to three book clubs. Yes, three! I love reading! My advice, be careful for what you wish for. Last summer in 2009 I joined a nearby library’s book club. Then, this summer a Jane Austen book club started at the same library. I joined that one. I liked the sound of it. It sounded quite literary. I like it. Then, the members of the Hopatcong’s Women’s Club wanted to start a book club. I helped start it. We have our meetings in our branch library. Truthfully, I do enjoy the book discussion groups. For me it is an extension of being a librarian.
If you have a group of people that would want to start a book discussion, type in Goggle
How to start a book discussion group. You will have so many hits. Everyone from Orpah to www.readinggroupguides.com/roundtable/start.asp
Also join one at your public library or local book store. It is a lot of fun to be with other people
who love or like to read. You have a chance to discuss points that your members want to. Also different people bring different opinion to the table.
Here is information for our future selections.
We have a great book club that meets at the Library every month.
It is on the second Monday of the month from 10:00 to 11:30. New members to the group are encouraged to join us. If you have any questions, call Linda at my phone number. Please also join the public library to hold or save books.
Our March book selection is:
Dallas, Sandra, The Persian Pickle Club.
It is the 1930’s hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there’s not a job to found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip and putting their quilting skills to good use.
Our April book selection
Wallace, Nicole, 18 Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House Complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet.
Our May book selection
Steele, Danielle, Granny Dan, is about the magic of history. The author reminds us how little we know of those who came before us--and how, if we could only glimpse into their early lives and see who they once were, There is so much we could understand and learn.
I know you have not heard from in awhile. After I retired I wanted to belong to book discussion. One of my friends had belonged for a book club for thirty years. Believe or not, I am now the Queen of Book club discussion groups. I belong to three book clubs. Yes, three! I love reading! My advice, be careful for what you wish for. Last summer in 2009 I joined a nearby library’s book club. Then, this summer a Jane Austen book club started at the same library. I joined that one. I liked the sound of it. It sounded quite literary. I like it. Then, the members of the Hopatcong’s Women’s Club wanted to start a book club. I helped start it. We have our meetings in our branch library. Truthfully, I do enjoy the book discussion groups. For me it is an extension of being a librarian.
If you have a group of people that would want to start a book discussion, type in Goggle
How to start a book discussion group. You will have so many hits. Everyone from Orpah to www.readinggroupguides.com/roundtable/start.asp
Also join one at your public library or local book store. It is a lot of fun to be with other people
who love or like to read. You have a chance to discuss points that your members want to. Also different people bring different opinion to the table.
Here is information for our future selections.
We have a great book club that meets at the Library every month.
It is on the second Monday of the month from 10:00 to 11:30. New members to the group are encouraged to join us. If you have any questions, call Linda at my phone number. Please also join the public library to hold or save books.
Our March book selection is:
Dallas, Sandra, The Persian Pickle Club.
It is the 1930’s hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there’s not a job to found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip and putting their quilting skills to good use.
Our April book selection
Wallace, Nicole, 18 Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House Complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet.
Our May book selection
Steele, Danielle, Granny Dan, is about the magic of history. The author reminds us how little we know of those who came before us--and how, if we could only glimpse into their early lives and see who they once were, There is so much we could understand and learn.
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