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Readers' Night Out (NIC)
Monday, October 1, 7:00 pm
Quigley's Irish Pub, 43 E. Jefferson St.
Socialize with other readers at Quigley's Irish Pub in downtown Naperville and share recent reads and favorite titles. Arrive at 6:15 p.m. to purchase dinner or join the group at 7 p.m. for the discussion only. *Program requires advance registration.
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Out of This World Book Club (NIC)
Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"Every Heart a Doorway" by Seanan McGuire
Children have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere ... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced ... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.
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Criminal Spines (NBL)
Thursday, October 11, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"The Caretaker" by A.X. Ahmad
Back in India, Ranjit Singh commanded an elite army squad. But that was years ago, before his Army career ended in dishonor, shattering his reputation. Driven from his homeland, he is now a caretaker on the exclusive resort island of Martha's Vineyard, looking after the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. One harsh winter, faced with no other choice, he secretly moves his family into the house of one of his clients, an African-American Senator. Here, his wife and daughter are happy, and he feels safe for the first time in ages. But Ranjit's idyll is shattered when mysterious men break into the house. Pursued and hunted, Ranjit is forced to enter the Senator's shadowy world, and his only ally is Anna, the Senator's beautiful wife, who has secrets of her own. Together, they uncover a trail of deception that leads from the calm shores of the Vineyard to countries half a world away. And when his investigation stirs up long forgotten events, the caretaker must finally face the one careless decision that ruined his life- and forced him to leave India.
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Readers' Rendezvous Daytime Book Club (NIC)
Tuesday, October 16, 11:00 am
Program Room
"Q" by Evan Mandery
Shortly before his wedding, the unnamed hero of this book is visited by a man who claims to be his future self and who tells the hero he must not marry the love of his life, Q. At first the protagonist doubts the stranger, but then becomes convinced of the authenticity of the warning and leaves his financâee. More appearances by future selves give other warnings until the only constants in the protagonist's life is his love for his New York City home and his former fiancâee Q.
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Great Books Reading and Discussion Group (NBL)
Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
Conference Room
"Billy Bud, Sailor" by Herman Melville (complete work) from The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program, Second Series, Volume 2. Cheerful, hardworking, and handsome, Billy is pressed into naval service aboard a British ship during the Napoleonic wars. The innocent and lovable young man quickly wins the hearts of all his comrades, save one: Claggart, the implacably bitter master-at-arms, who falsely accuses Billy of inciting mutiny.
Books will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at Naper Blvd. and Nichols Library. For more information contact Les Pierce at les.pierce2484@yahoo.com.
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Readers' Choice Book Club (95th)
Wednesday, October 17, 10:30 am
Lookout Room
"We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler
Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons. “I was raised with a chimpanzee,” she explains. “I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren’t thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern’s expulsion...she was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half and I loved her as a sister.” As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking. Then, something happened, and Rosemary wrapped herself in silence.
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Read Aloud Book Club (95th)
Thursday, October 18, 10:00 am
Lookout Room
Open to all adult readers, especially those who are learning English. Short stories will be read at a pace determined by the group.
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