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Read the book and come for a lively discussion.
Copies, provided by The Friends of BTL, are available
at the Adult Circulation desk one month prior to the meeting, and all books are also available on digital platforms.
New members are always welcome! |
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Daytime Book Discussion - 3rd Wednesday of the month: 2:00 - 3:00pm |
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Wednesday, January 19 @ 2:00 pm Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. CosbyCompelled by poverty to agree to a lucrative final heist that will allow him to go straight, a skilled getaway driver finds his efforts complicated by racial dynamics and the ghosts of his past. ************ |
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Wednesday, February 16 @ 2:00 pm Beautiful Country : a memoir by Qian Julie WangThis memoir from a Chinese woman who arrived in New York City at age 7 examines how her family lived in poverty out of fear of being discovered as undocumented immigrants and how she was able to find success. ************ |
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Wednesday, March 16 @ 2:00 pm ************* |
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Wednesday, April 20 @ 2:00 pm The Overstory : a novel by Richard PowersThe National Book Award-winning author of The Overstory presents an impassioned novel of activism and natural-world power that is comprised of interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest. |
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Wednesday, May 18 @ 2:00 pm Exhalation : Stories by Ted ChiangA long-awaited latest collection by the Arrival-inspiring author of "The Story of Your Life" explores revelatory ideas and second chances in such tales as, "In the Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," "Exhalation" and "The Lifecycle of Software Objects." |
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Wednesday, June 15 @ 2:00 pm |
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| Wednesday, July 20 @ 2:00 pm |
Caramelo by Sandra CisnerosDuring her family's annual car trip from Chicago to Mexico City, Lala Reyes listens to stories about her family, including her grandmother, the descendant of a renowned dynasty of shawl makers, whose magnificent striped (or caramelo) shawl has come into Lala's possession, in a multi-generational saga of a Mexican-American family. |
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Wednesday, August 17 @ 2:00 pm by R. K. Narayan
Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.
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Wednesday, September 21 @ 2:00 pm Telephone : a novel by Percival EverettGeologist/paleobiologist Zach Wells receives a mysterious note in a jacket he ordered off eBay, prompting him to set off from Colorado to Mexico on a rescue mission. |
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Wednesday, October 19 @ 2:00 pm |
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Wednesday, November 16 @ 2:00 pm Norwood by Charles PortisOut of the American Neon Desert of Roller Dromes, chili parlors, The Grand Ole Opry, and girls who want "to live in a trailer and play records all night" comes ex-marine and troubadour Norwood Pratt. Sent on a mission to New York by Grady Fring, the Kredit King, Norwood has visions of "speeding across the country in a late model car, seeing all the sights." Instead, he gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses. |
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Wednesday, December 21 @ 2:00 pm Sharks in the time of saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnWhen a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. |
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Evening Book Discussion - 1st Tuesday of the month: 7:30 - 9:00pm |
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Tuesday, January 4 @ 7:30 pm |
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Tuesday, February 1 @ 7:30 pm (Parts I and II/Chapters 1 - 10)by Robert A. CaroA latest entry in the award-winning series that includes The Path to Power profiles the 36th President's volatile relationships with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint and recounts his accomplishments as president before the Vietnam War. ************* |
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Tuesday, March 1 @ 7:30 pm (Parts III,IV & V/ Chapters 11 - 26)by Robert A. CaroA latest entry in the award-winning series that includes The Path to Power profiles the 36th President's volatile relationships with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint and recounts his accomplishments as president before the Vietnam War. |
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Tuesday, April 5 @ 7:30 pm Sharks in the time of saviorsby Kawai Strong WashburnWhen a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. ************* |
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Tuesday, June 7 @ 7:30 pm
Out of the American Neon Desert of Roller Dromes, chili parlors, The Grand Ole Opry, and girls who want "to live in a trailer and play records all night" comes ex-marine and troubadour Norwood Pratt. Sent on a mission to New York by Grady Fring, the Kredit King, Norwood has visions of "speeding across the country in a late model car, seeing all the sights." Instead, he gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses.
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Tuesday, July 5 @ 7:30 pm The Great Aloneby Kristin HannahWhen her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. |
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Tuesday, August 2 @ 7:30 pm Blacktop Wastelandby S. A. CosbyCompelled by poverty to agree to a lucrative final heist that will allow him to go straight, a skilled getaway driver finds his efforts complicated by racial dynamics and the ghosts of his past. |
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Tuesday, September 6 @ 7:30 pm
As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.
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Tuesday, October 4 @ 7:30 pm In a Sunburned Countryby Bill BrysonJust in time for the 2000 Olympics in Australia, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods takes readers on an outrageous tour of the land Down Under that goes far beyond packaged-tour routes, leaving no Vegemite sandwich unsavored. |
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Tuesday, November 1 @ 7:30 pm The Testamentsby Margaret AtwoodA long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling The Handmaid’s Tale is set 15 years after Offred stepped into an unknown fate and interweaves the experiences of three female narrators from Gilead. |
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Tuesday, December 7 @ 7:30 pm |
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