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Books for Book Clubs December 2019
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Did you know? The High Plains Library District offers many services to support you and your book club! Book Club Bags: Each book club bag includes 12 copies of the book and a discussion guide, and best of all it comes with a 6-week checkout period! Book-a-Librarian for Book Clubs: Set up a face-to-face appointment for your book club with a librarian. From tips on running a successful discussion to presentations on hot new books, we're here to help! Just follow the link and select "Reading Advice" from the list of options. Personalized Reading Lists: If you'd like the personalized help from a librarian without the face-to-face meeting, this is the option for you! Simply fill out the survey, letting us know about the books your group loved (and loved to hate), and we'll send you a list of suggestions picked just for you! Books for Book Clubs Newsletter: Subscribe to this newsletter for monthly picks that are great for discussion, as well as notification of upcoming events and programs suited for book clubs.
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Fiction - Think Outside the Box
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Liven up your book club, break out of a rut, or keep things exciting by choosing something a little unusual. Epistolary novels, themed short stories, or books with unique formats could inspire all new spirit in your discussion!
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When You Read This: A Novel
by Mary Adkins
After his friend, Iris, dies from a terminal illness at age 33, PR genius Smith Simonyi teams up with Iris’ sister, Jade, to make Iris’ final request—to get her blog posts published as a book—a reality. Told in a series of e-mails, blog posts, online therapy submissions, text messages, legal correspondence, home-rental bookings, and other snippets of our virtual lives, When You Read This is a deft, captivating romantic comedy--funny, tragic, surprising, and bittersweet--that candidly reveals how we find new beginnings after loss.
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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
Driven by the secrets and vengeance that mark his street culture, 15-year-old Will contemplates over the course of 60 psychologically suspenseful seconds whether or not he is going to murder the person who killed his brother. The story is told in breathtaking fashion through free verse poetry. By the National Book Award finalist author of When I Was the Greatest.
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4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
A single child born in 1947 experiences four parallel lifetimes poignantly marked by shifting family fortunes, athletic pursuits, friendships, sex, intellectual passions and the same intriguing woman. By the best-selling author of Winter Journal.
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Non-Fiction - Think Outside the Box
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Non-fiction is full of books you may never have considered for your book club. Try a new cookbook, with everyone bringing a dish to share, dip into a self-help topic, or explore new ideas through essays. Non-fiction has as much variety as fiction!
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Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
by Deb Perelman
The award-winning blogger and best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook reveals the destressing and transformative qualities of cooking good food, sharing recipes specifically designed for taking indulgent culinary breaks, from Grandma-style Chicken Noodle Soup to Three Cheese Pasta Bake.
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Thick: And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom
A collection of essays from the author of Lower Ed sheds light on the trait of being "thick," both in form and in substance, while dissecting society and culture from beauty to Obama to pumpkin-spice lattes.
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
by Randall Munroe
The creator of the web comic xkcd and best-selling author of What If? and Thing Explainer shares inadvisable advice for responding to today’s problems, from using social-media for weather forecasts to powering a home by destroying the fabric of space-time.
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