RPL Book Group

The RPL Book Group (formerly known as “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

 

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Upcoming Books

February 2012 RPL Book Group Title: Royal Feud: the dark side of the love story of the century by Michael Thornton.

February 14, 2012     Discussion led by Peggy White

This book details the intense thirty-year animosity between the Queen Mother Elizabeth and the Duchess of Windsor, the effect on Britain’s royal family, and the accord finally established between them. This retelling of the abdication of Edward VIII to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson will undoubtedly be enjoyed by those who enjoy hobnobbing, however vicariously, with royalty.

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January 2012 Bibliobabbler Title: What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman

January 10, 2012   Discussion led by Kathy Miksis

A victim of unrequited love, Wyatt Hillyer has lived a half-life. Now that his daughter, whom he does not know, is turning 21, he is determined to give her the only bequest he can, his story. And what a staggering tale of cruel coincidences it is. This haunting saga takes place in Nova Scotia during WWII and actual historical incidents lend narrative power to the multi-layered story. Wyatt’s descent into sorrow begins with his parents’ scandalous deaths. Given shelter by his practical and wise Aunt Constance and gruff Uncle Donald, teenage Wyatt falls hopelessly in love with their adopted daughter, Tilda, who unnerves everyone by marrying a German exchange student while German U-boats prowl the coast. This story of an imperfect and tragic life at a turning point and will leave readers reconsidering Wyatt and the other unique characters long after reading the final pages.

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December 2011 Bibliobabbler Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell

December 13, 2011

7:00-9:00 p.m.

Discussion led by Rita Graham

One of Orwell’s finest works, this political fable is based on the events of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution and the betrayal of the cause by Joseph Stalin. The book concerns a group of barnyard animals who overthrow and chase off their exploitative human masters and set up a society of their own. Eventually the animals’ intelligent and power-loving leaders, the pigs, subvert the revolution and form a dictatorship even more oppressive and heartless than that of their former human masters. If you missed it in high school – here’s your chance!

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Past Titles

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