Ideas Needed

Have an idea for a book club book? Bring a copy to the meeting!  Or join us on

www.goodreads.com

for ongoing discussion on past, present and future books!

Just in!

We’ve chosen Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, Murder on the Orient Express for December.

And don’t forget to grab a copy of Jennifer Haigh’s Baker Towers for our November discussion.

Gourmet Book Discussion in September

Read any book by Ruth Reichl and come to a meeting on Monday, September 15th at 6:30PM or Thursday, September 18th at 10:30AM.

Good Omens in August

Meetings on Monday, August 18th at 6:30PM and Thursday, August 21st at 10:30AM Special TEEN book discussion on Monday, July 28th, 6-7PM

Water for Elephants

In July, join us to read

by Sarah Gruen Thursday, July 17th at 10:30AM-noon or Monday, July 21st at 6:30PM-8PM

A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Copies are available at the Adult Circulation Desk at Marlborough Public Library.

All About the Author: Read David Sedaris in June

For June’s book club we decided to pick an author instead of a book. Read any book or short story by David Sedaris and come to a meeting on Monday, June 16th at 6:30PM or Thursday, June 19th at 10:30AM.

Remember, David Sedaris does radio too! To go to the This American Life website and listen to some of his stories for free, click here.

Blink is our next book

Join us in May to discuss Malcolm Gladwell’s second book, Blink, and learn about why we make the decisions we do (and why we sometimes make them better when we think about them less). Malcolm Gladwell is the author of The Tipping Point and a writer for the New Yorker. Check out his webpage (and his cool hair)

april’s book

For April’s meeting, we choose Marina Lewycka’s A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which is not actually a short history of tractors in Ukrainian (good thing, since I don’t have time to learn Ukrainian) but an “unusual and poignant novel” (Publisher’s Weekly) telling the story of two sisters living in England who discover that their elderly, widowed father has fallen head over heels for a woman half his age.

“Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blond Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.” (first sentences of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian)

March’s book

For March we chose the book Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. To learn more about Sarah Vowell’s humorist social commentary or to link to some of her radio clips, check out her entry in Wikipedia. Remember, February’s book is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Copies are available at the circulation desk; grab one now so you can read it before the next meeting.

next book!

We just chose our book for February! It will be Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Copies will be available at the January meetings. Remember, our book for January is Reading Lolita in Tehran