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2011-2012 Selections | 2010-2011 Selections | 2009-2010 Selections | 2008-2009 Selections | Continuous Book Exchange | Book Group Links
About the Book Discussion Group
The Book Discussion Group members choose books from different genres and read a selection every 4-6 weeks. Members take turns leading the discussion. Group discussion provides for a diversity of perspectives, making the discussion group a lively and rewarding experience.
Current Selection:
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
Wednesday, May 23rd at noon in the library workroom - C2058.
All are welcome!
You may borrow a copy to read through
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2011-2012 Selections
Date |
Title and Author |
Discussion Leader |
| 7/19/11 | My Reading Life
by Pat Conroy | Ellen Strand |
| 9/21/11 | Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
| Linda Glasser |
| 10/25/11 | The Senator's Wife
by Sue Miller
| Cori Tatulinski |
| 12/14/11 | Winter Garden
by Kristin Hannah | Gloria Lane |
| 1/24/12 | Sarah's Key
by Tatiana DeRosney | Gloria Lane |
| 2/21/12 | Beneath a Marble Sky
by John Shors
| TBA |
| 3/21/12 | The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | Linda Glasser |
| 4/24/12 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
(plus 15mins planning session for next year) | Ellen Strand |
| 5/23/12 | The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfeld | Cori Tatulinski |
| 6/19/12 | Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See | TBA |
2010-2011 Selections
Date |
Title and Author |
Discussion Leader |
| 7/20/10 | Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier | Ellen Strand |
| 9/21/10 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows | Linda Glasser |
| 10/26/10 | Born Under a Million Shadows
by Andrea Busfield | Gloria Lane |
| 12/15/10 | A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick | Gloria Lane |
| 1/26/11 | Still Alice
by Lisa Genova | Linda Glasser |
| 2/22/11 | Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Christopher and Dana Reeve
by Christopher Andersen | Ellen Strand |
| 3/23/11 | Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
by Elissa Wall and Lisa Pulitzer | Gloria Lane |
| 4/26/11 | Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett (plus 15mins planning session for next year) | Cori Tatulinski |
| 5/25/11 | The Pact: A Love Story
by Jodi Picoult | Gerrie Sellers |
| 6/21/11 | Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | Cori Tatulinski |
2009-2010 Selections
Date |
Title and Author |
Discussion Leader |
| 7/22/09 | It Takes a Village Idiot by Jim Mullen | Ellen Strand |
| 9/23/09 | Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? by Charlise Lyles | Cori Tatulinski |
| 10/27/09 | The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama | Gloria Lane |
| 12/9/09 | Ghost Map by Steven Johnson | Kate Kendall |
| 1/27/10 | American Wife by Curtis Stittenfeld | Ellen Strand |
| 2/23/10 | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow | Cindy Rozzo |
| 3/24/10 | Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson | Gloria Lane |
| 4/27/10 | Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (plus 15mins planning session for next year) | Linda Glasser |
| 5/26/10 | Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama | Linda Glasser |
| 6/22/10 | Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir | Cori Tatulinski |
2008-2009 Selections
Date |
Title and Author |
Discussion Leader |
| 7/30/08 | Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen | Nora Snyder |
| 9/24/08 | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini | Cori Tatulinski |
| 10/28/08 | Riding Rockets: the Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane | Ellen Strand |
| 12/3/08 | Hidden in Plain View: a Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by J. Tobin & R. Dobard | Judy Schmidt |
| 1/28/09 | Whiskey Island by Emilie Richards | Judy Schmidt |
| 2/24/09 | Dear Senator: a Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond by Essie Mae Washington-Williams | Cindy Rozzo |
| 3/25/09 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique Bauby | Marilyn Jones |
| 4/28/09 | People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (plus 15mins planning session for next year) | Linda Glasser |
| 5/27/09 | The Glass Castle: a Memoir by Jeanette Walls | Ellen Strand |
| 6/23/09 | Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks | TBA |
Continuous Book Exchange
Swap books all year round at the library's Continuous Book Exchange. Located in the Library Offices C-2056, open M-F from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., bring a book and take a book! Phone (440) 525-7067 for more information.
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