NORTH READING BOOK DISCUSSION CLUB 2011-2012
The book club meets the last* Wednesday of every month at 10:00 AM in the Library Activity Room.
Newcomers are always welcome. Marilyn Henderson is the group coordinator.
Find out more about the book club from the Library Blog on North Reading Patch.com
- July 27 Breakfast with Buddha Roland Merullo
- September 28 Profiles in Courage John Kennedy
- October 26 An Irish Country Doctor Patrick Taylor
- November 16 Expecting Adam Martha Beck
- December 14 Winter's Bone Daniel Woodrell
- January 25 The Great Bridge David McCullough
- February 29 The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love Kristin Kimball, North Reading Reads 2012
- March 28 South of Broad Pat Conroy
- April 25 The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry
- May 30 Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
- June 27 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese
- July 25 The Real Story of What Happens to America Albert Brooks
Can't meet in the daytime? Try the Evening Drop-In Book Group.
*Except for November and December.
EVENING DROP-IN BOOK GROUP
The group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 PM (unless noted otherwise below) in the Activity Room.
It is sponsored by the
Friends of the Library. Read more about this book group on the Library Blog on North Reading Patch.com.
- Aug. 2 An Irish Country Doctor Patrick Taylor
- Sept. 6 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
- Oct. 4 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday
- Nov. 1 My Grandmother Talks to the Mirror: But That's No Reflection on Me Karen Till Vitale*
- Dec. 6 Making Rounds With Oscar-The Extraordinary Gift of the Ordinary Cat David Dosa
- Jan. 10 The Sunday Philosophy Club Alexander McCall Smith
- Feb. 7 The Art of the Scandal-The Life and Times of Isabella Stuart Gardner Douglass Strand-Tucci
- March 6 The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love Kristin Kimball, North Reading Reads 2012
- April 3 National Poetry Month (bring some poetry)
- May 1 The Paris Wife Paula McLain
- June (TBA) Pot luck dinner and movie!
*Karen Till Vitale has lived in North Reading for many years. She is a librarian at the Hood School and a Trustee of the Flint Memorial Library. Her young adult novel addresses the theme of Alzheimber's. November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
For further information, call Adrienne Callahan at 978-276-3135.
LOCAL BOOK GROUPS
If your book group would like
help selecting a book to read, please contact the Reference
Department at 978-664-4942.