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General Info, News and Updates

New members are always welcome to join in our monthly discussions. We regularly meet once a month, usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM at the North Plains Public Library.

Books are chosen every year by a consensus of all members. The following are our upcoming book choices and discussion dates, plus a list of some of our past book choices.


Next Meeting

May 16, 2013Brooklyn – by Colm Toibin
Brooklyn

    Summary: Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War Two. Though skilled at bookkeeping, she cannot find a job in the miserable Irish economy. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn to sponsor Eilis in America — to live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood “just like Ireland” — she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.

    Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, a blond Italian from a big family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. He takes Eilis to Coney Island and Ebbets Field, and home to dinner in the two-room apartment he shares with his brothers and parents. He talks of having children who are Dodgers fans. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love with Tony, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.

    By far Tóibín’s most instantly engaging and emotionally resonant novel, Brooklyn will make readers fall in love with his gorgeous writing and spellbinding characters.

Anyone interested in joining our Book Club is invited to attend.


Upcoming Selections

June 20, 2013The Buddha in the Attic & When the Emperor Was Divine – by Julie Otsuka

July 18, 2013The Alchemist – by Paulo Coelho

August 15, 2013The Round House – by Louise Erdich

September 19, 2013The Orchardist – by Amanda Coplin

October 17, 2013The Razor’s Edge – by W. Somerset Maugham

November 21, 2013Flight Behavior – Barbara Kingsolver

December 19, 2013Proof of Heaven – by Eben Alexander


Past Selections

    April 18, 2013 – The Oath – by Jeffrey Toobin

    March 21, 2013 – Where Lilacs Still Bloom – Jane Kirkpatrick

    December 26, 2012 – The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje

    November 28, 2012 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot

    October 31, 2012 – 1491 – Charles C. Mann

    September 26, 2012 – Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell

    August 29, 2012 – The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Heidi Durrow

    July 25, 2012 – Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness – Alexandra Fuller

    June 27, 2012 – In the Garden of Beasts – Erik Larson

    May 30, 2012 – Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides

    April 25, 2012 – State of Wonder – Ann Patchett

    March 28, 2012 – The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson

    February 29, 2012 – Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese

    January 25, 2012 – The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman

    November 30, 2011 – Mink River – Brian Doyle

    October 26, 2011 – Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese

    October 5, 2011 – Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand

    August 31, 2011 – The Other Wes Moore – Wes Moore

    July 27, 2011 – Caleb’s Crossing – Geraldine Brooks

    June 29, 2011 – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson

    May 25, 2011 – Out Stealing Horses – Per Petterson

    April 27, 2011 – The Help – Kathryn Stockett

    March 30, 2011 – Too Close to the Falls – Catherine Gildiner

    February 23, 2011 – The Whistling Season – Ivan Doig

    January 26, 2011 – Life’s That Way – Jim Beaver

    December 29, 2010 – The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

    December 1, 2010 - Heart in the Right Place - Carolyn Jourdan

    October 27, 2010 – Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA - Kris Radish

    September 29, 2010 – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford

    May 26, 2010 – The Friday Night Knitting Club – Kate Jacobs

    April 28, 2010 – People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks

    March 31, 2010 – The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein

    February 24, 2010 – Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson

    January 27, 2010 – A biography of Sandra Day O’Connor (of your choosing)

    December 2, 2009 – Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world – by Vicki Myron

    October 28, 2009 – The Pleasure of My Company – by Steve Martin

    September 30, 2009 – The Other – by David Guterson

    August 26, 2009 – The Long Walk Home – by Will North

    July 29, 2009 – The Bookseller of Kabul – by Asne Seierstad

    June 24, 2009 – Crazy in Alabama – by Mark Childress

    May 27, 2009 – Water For Elephants – by Sara Gruen

    April 29, 2009 – An Irish Country Doctor – by Patrick Taylor

    March 25, 2009 – Garden View – by Mary Freeman

    February 25, 2009 – Stubborn Twig – by Lauren Kessler

    January 28, 2009 – Tisha : the story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness – by Anne Purdy

    December 31, 2008 – Cancelled

    November 24, 2008 (Monday) – Forward From Here – by Reeve Lindbergh

    October 29, 2008 – Frankenstein – by Mary Shelley

    September 24, 2008 – Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson

    August 27, 2008 – The Year of Fog – by Michelle Richmond

    July 30, 2008 – The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – by Alexander McCall Smith

    June 25, 2008 – Infidel – by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    May 28, 2008 – Then We Came to the End – by Joshua Ferris

    April 30, 2008 – A Gathering of Finches – by Jane Kirkpatrick

    March 26, 2008 – Big Stone Gap – by by Adriana Trigiani

    Feb. 28, 2008 – Shadow of the Wind – by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

    Jan 30, 2008 – Cakes & Ale – by W. Somerset Maugham