November 2014 Book Discussions

Stop by the Adult Services Desk at the Main Library (Harnish) to pick up your copies today!

* Book Clubbers
Meets the first Thursday of each month.
Thursday, November 6th @ 7pm

Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline

The story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask. A tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.

 

* Spine-crackers
Meets the first Friday of each month.
Friday, November 7th @ 10am

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared – Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity, suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.

* Bookalicious
Meets the second Monday of each month.
Monday, November 10th @ 7pm at the Village Vintner

The Boyfriend List
by e. lockhart

A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.

 

 

Classics Book Club
Meets the third Wednesday of each month.
Wednesday, November 19th @ 7pm (Harnish)

Kim
by Rudyard Kipling

Classic adventure story of Kimball O’Hara, a resourceful Irish orphan who must rely on his cunning and wit to survive after his father dies. Kim soon meets a holy man who invites him on a pilgrimage to the majestic Himalayas.

 

Nite Readers
Meets the third Thursday of the month.
Thursday, November 20th @ 7pm

The Light Between the Oceans
by M.L. Stedman

A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore.

* Indicates book clubs that are lead by a staff librarian.