Thursday, November 17, 2016

updates to reading list

At the meeting today we made two changes to the book reading schedule. Because A MAN CALLED OVE is still so backed up in the library we decided to move it to June. Donna recommended this new (2015) Jane Urquhart instead.

** A reminder that we are still waiting for Eileen's selection for February and that Dori is changing her selection for April.



January 19 - THE NIGHT STAGES by Jane Urquhart
Recommended by Donna and hosted by Cindy.
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June 15 - A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman (trans Henning Koch)
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.


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Monday, November 14, 2016

More books

Sharan just sent me this note of the Antigua Book Club selections for 2017. Thought this would be interesting to share:
 
Here's a list of possible reads for 2017. Needless to say, we welcome any and all other suggestions. They ALL have at least 4 stars and are VERY different. The general consensus is to read the trilogy of Fredrik Backman, "A Man Called Ove", "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry", and "Britt-Marie Was Here", to be discussed in late January.

"Lawrence In Arabia, the Making of the Modern Middle East" by Scott Anderson
"The Mandibler: A Family, 2029-2047" by Leonel Schriver
"A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Azeki
"The Sell-out" by Paul Beatty
"The Gift of Rain" by Tan Twan Eng
"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
"Hard Red Spring" by Kelly Kerney
"Krakatora, the Day the World Exploted, August 27, 1883" by Simon Winchester

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Winter Selections 2016

January 19 - A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman (trans Henning Koch)
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.
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February 16 - 
Recommended and hosted by Eileen.




March 16 - THE ILLEGAL by Lawrence Hill
Recommended and hosted by Irene.
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April 20 - CURIOUSITY by Alberto Manguel
Recommended and hosted by Dori.
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May 18 - THE JAGUAR'S CHILDREN by John Vaillant
Recommended and hosted by Roberta.
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June 15 -
Recommended and hosted by Cindy.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Selections for 2016 - 2017

At the June meeting, books were selected for the next year. They are:


September 15  1. 15 DOGS by Andre Alexis
                        2. MARTIN MARTEN by Brian Doyle 
read for perspective of the human condition.
Recommended and hosted by Roberta.



October 20 - SWEETLAND by Michael Crummey
Recommended and hosted by Ann.



November 17 - THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF PORTUGAL by Yann Martel
Recommended and hosted by Donna.



December 15 - THE MAGIC OF SAIDA by M. G. Vassanji
Recommended and hosted by Monique.


*** Note that each book has a link you can click on to get a review - each is from a different site, so much time can be spent browsing different book suggestions on these...

Monday, February 29, 2016

Reading ideas

People were requesting some reading ideas so here is a list of various library reading groups that looked interesting.

Library Reading Groups