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Book Discussions at Somerset County Libraries |
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Popular Fiction Book Discussion
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Date Change! Note that this is a Wednesday
Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:00pm
Location: Bridgewater Library, Room CThe Good Lord Birdby James McBrideFleeing her violent master at the side of legendary abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-19th-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
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Date Change! Note that this is a Monday
Monday, May 19th at 7:00pm
Location: Bridgewater Library, StorywellThe enchanted : a novelby Rene DenfeldArriving at an ancient stone prison, the Lady, an investigator who searches for buried information from prisoners' pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed, digs into the past of a killer named York, who can sense what others cannot, and unearths shocking secrets of her own.
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Tuesday, June 17th at 7:00pm
Location: Bridgewater Library, Room CThe Museum of Extraordinary Things : a novelby Alice HoffmanThe daughter of a curiosities museum's front man pursues an impassioned love affair with a Russian immigrant photographer who after fleeing his Lower East Side Orthodox community has captured poignant images of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. By the best-selling author of Here on Earth.
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Pop Culture Book Discussion
Tuesdays with Murray! These discussions are led by Reference Librarian Chris Murray.
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Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00pm
Location: Bridgewater Library, Room CAsterios Polypby David MazzucchelliAsterios Polyp, its arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new
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Mysterious Mornings
Love a good mystery? Always looking for a new book because you've read EVERYTHING by your favorite author? Or do you just really enjoy reading mysteries? come and join our Mysterious Morning discussions!
Every other month we'll discuss a different sub-genre of mysteries. Pick a book from an author you haven't read already and tell the group all about it. There's only one big rule -- don't tell us how it ends!
A list of suggested authors and titles are available at the Bridgewater Library and books will be on display about a month prior to the discussion. (If you're a voracious mystery reader you can read more than one.)
March's Mystery Type:
Humorous Mysteries
Tuesday, March 11th
9:30am - 11:30am
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Thursday, April 24th at 3:30pmThe art of racing in the rain : a novelby Garth SteinEvaluating his life on the eve of his death, atypical canine Enzo considers the sacrifices his master, Denny Swift, has made in his pursuit of becoming a professional race car driver; the painful custody battle between Denny and his in-laws, and the dog's own efforts to preserve the Swift family.
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Downton Abbey Book Discussion Group
This book discussion group was established in 2013, meets bi-monthly, and has become quite popular with readers and followers of Downton Abbey. We have explored the program's companion books and nonfiction about the Edwardian Age. Come join the fun to discuss the following books as well as the upcoming events in Season Four. Tea will be served!
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Thursday, May 8th at 3:00pmBehind the scenes at Downton Abbeyby Emma RowleyFeaturing a vast array of never-before-seen images, this official companion to Season 4 of the award-wining television series explores the inspiration behind every aspect of the show, providing devoted Downton Abbey fans with behind-the-scenes access.
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Parenting Book Discussion Group
Join us for our newly formed Parenting Book Discussion Group to be held bi-monthly through 2014. If you are seeking new ideas on how to be the best parent you can be then this group is for you!
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Tuesday, March 11th at 10:00amLoving Frank : a novelby Nancy HoranFact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting in Oak Park, Illinois, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.
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Tuesday, March 25th at 7:30pmToo much happiness : storiesby Alice MunroNine new short works by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Love of a Good Woman include the stories of a grieving mother who is aided by a surprising source, a woman's response to a humiliating seduction and a 19th-century Russian émigré's winter journey to the Riviera.
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Perspectives Book Discussion Group
Join us for our new monthly book discussion group where we will be focusing on biographies, memoirs, and other works of nonfiction that illuminate the human experience.
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Thursday, March 27th at 7:00pmMao's last dancerby Cunxin LiIn a compelling memori of life in Maoist China, the acclaimed dancer describes how he was swept from his poverty-stricken family in rural China to study ballet with the Peking Dance Academy, his rise to success in the world of Chinese ballet, his dramatic defection at age eighteen in the United States, and his new life in the West.
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A Good Yarn
Bring yarn and needles and join us to discuss a book while knitting!
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Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00pmWings : a novel of World War II flygirlsby Karl FriedrichBased on the true World War II stories of America's first female military pilots, this historic novel follows the story of a young woman from a dirt-poor farm family
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Thursday, April 10th at 1:00pmCaleb's crossingby Geraldine BrooksForging a deep friendship with a Wampanoag chieftain's son on the Great Harbor settlement where her minister father is working to convert the tribe, Bethia follows his subsequent ivy league education and efforts to bridge cultures among the colonial elite.
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Thursday, April 24th at 7:15pmHarriet the spyby Louise FitzhughWhen she misplaces her notebook and it falls into the wrong hands, Harriet knows she is going to have a lot of explaining to do as good and bad private thoughts about her closest friends were written.
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Peapack-Gladstone Library
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Thursday, April 24th at 7:30pmWhere'd you go, Bernadette : a novelby Maria SempleWhen her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her in this new novel from the author of This One is Mine.
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Wednesday, March 26th at 7:15pmThe Maltese falconby Dashiell HammettA murder investigation requires private detective Sam Spade--a man of few words who displays little emotion--to become involved in a dangerous search for a valuable statue.Thursday, April 1st at 6:30pm - Movie Showing!Come see the movie and stay after to discuss how the movie compares to the book!
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Thursday, April 10th at 1:30pmMy beloved worldby Sonia SotomayorThe first Hispanic-American on the U.S. Supreme Court shares the story of her life before becoming a judge, describing such experiences as her youth in a Bronx housing project, her relationship with a passionately spiritual grandparent, the ambition that fueled her ivy-league education and the individuals who helped shaped her career.
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Tuesday April 29th at 7:15pmOne day in the life of Ivan Denisovichby Aleksandr Isaevich SolzhenitsynA fact-based novel and scathing indictment of Communist tyranny focuses on the brutal and dehumanizing aspects of life in a Russian concentration camp.
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Thursday, May 8th at 1:30pmGirl with a pearl earringby Tracy ChevalierA poor seventeenth-century servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to paint her, nasty whispers and rumors circulate throughout the town.Thursday, May 15th at 1:30pm - Movie Showing!Come see the movie and stay after to discuss how the movie compares to the book!
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Wednesday May 28th at 7:15pmReplayby Ken GrimwoodA fatal heart attacks returns forty-three-year-old Jeff Winston to his eighteen-year-old body, in 1963, and, with his memory of the next twenty-five years intact and the freedom to change his actions, he begins to live his life over again
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Tasty Bites and Books
Bring a bag lunch and share your thoughts on the books you've read.
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Monday, March 17th at NoonNWby Zadie SmithGrowing up in the same 1970s urban planning development in Northwest London, four young people pursue independent and reasonably successful lives until one of them is abruptly drawn out of her isolation by a stranger who is seeking her help.
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Monday, April 21st at NoonThe oath : the Obama White House and the Supreme Courtby Jeffrey ToobinThe prize-winning author of The Nine presents a dramatic insider's account of what is identified as an ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration, tracing several landmark cases and the strong views that will be shaping the Court of the near future.
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Monday, May 19th at NoonThe art of racing in the rain : a novelby Garth SteinEvaluating his life on the eve of his death, atypical canine Enzo considers the sacrifices his master, Denny Swift, has made in his pursuit of becoming a professional race car driver; the painful custody battle between Denny and his in-laws, and the dog's own efforts to preserve the Swift family.
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Monday, April 14th at 11:00amFlight behavior : a novelby Barbara KingsolverTired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.
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Monday, May 12th at 11:00amOrphan trainby Christina Baker KlineClose to aging out of the foster care system, Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer takes a community service position helping an elderly woman named Vivian clean out her home and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past.
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Thursday, April 10th at 7:00pmWe need to talk about Kevin : a novelby Lionel ShriverEva Khatchadourian writes to her estranged husband Frank, trying to solve what went wrong in raising their son Kevin after he kills seven classmates and a teacher in his high school in upstate New York
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Thursday, May 8th at 7:00pmThe comediansby Graham GreeneThree men who meet on a ship bound for Haiti are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy the tyranny of the corrupt regime of "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his sinister Haitian secret police, the Tontons Macoute.
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Social Action Book Club
Books may be borrowed from the library by contacting Anne Mellen by email (amellen@hotmail.com) or going to the library main desk.
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