Bibliobabblers is a participant-run adult book discussion group that meets to discuss a broad range of book selections, both fiction and nonfiction. See the event listing in the library calendar for each group’s book selection of the month. Copies of each month’s title can be picked up and checked out at the circulation desk.
When
Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month and run from 7-9 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Where
Library Conference Room
Who
All are invited. If you are interested in leading a book discussion, please contact Kathy Miksis.
Upcoming Books
Upcoming Books
September 2010 Bibliobabbler Title: An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
September 14, 2010 Discussion led by Margaret Soli
If you have been meaning to join a book group, now is the time! After taking the summer off, the Bibliobabblers return with a nonfiction title that is recommended for history buffs and for anyone who is concerned about the global food supply, their own included. According to Kirkus Reviews, “This meaty little volume concentrates specifically on the intersections between food history and world history.” But history isn’t Standage’s only concern. He takes the long view to illuminate such contemporary issues as genetically modified foods, the complex relationship between food and poverty and the local food movement. Informative, insightful and timely. This is an enjoyable read that will make you think about food, the food chain, food supply and food production–A LOT!
June 2010 Bibliobabbler Title: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
June 8, 2010 Discussion led by Diane Young
Wanting more opportunities than 1950s Ireland can offer, Enniscorthy native and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey leaves her mother and sister to start a new life in Brooklyn, where she attends school and finds work–as well as romance. But when devastating news reaches her from home, Eilis must return to Enniscorthy and settle family affairs. Will she have to sacrifice her new life (and love) in America to resume the existence she’s left behind?
One reader says “Brooklyn is not a page turner in any conventional sense: There are no murders, literary pyrotechnics, sinister albino monks or seductive vampires. The only mystery here is the mystery of the human heart, and that was enough to keep me glued to the pages.”
May 2010 Bibliobabbler Title: The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux
May 11, 2010 Discussion led by Cherrie Dubois
In May, the Bibliobabblers will discuss a compelling work of fiction. In a lumber camp in the Louisiana cypress forest, a world of mud and stifling heat where men labor under back-breaking conditions, the Aldridge brothers try to repair a broken bond. Randolph Aldridge is the mill’s manager, sent by his father—the mill owner—to reform both the damaged mill and his damaged older brother. Byron Aldridge is the mill’s lawman, a shell-shocked World War I veteran given to stunned silences and sudden explosions of violence that make him a mystery to Randolph and a danger to himself. Deep in the swamp, in this place of water moccasins, whiskey, and wild card games, these brothers become embroiled in a lethal feud with a powerful gangster. In a tale full of raw emotion as supple as a saw blade, The Clearing is a mesmerizing journey into the trials that define men’s souls.
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