February

January

May

From Jen Olsen:

MAY BOOK CLUB!

The book we will be reading is Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok.
Here is a little info about the book:

When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life-like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition-Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles.

Looking at May 26th to host book club at my house.

February

(From Courtney Blackham)
I am going to be hosting book club in February. We discussed last night and settled on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
I haven't read it yet but it has received good reviews on good reads and from a few in our group. There are plenty of copies at the library but it's 387 pages so get started soon!
I am planning to have it on February 25th at 7:00 unless a lot of people have conflicts that night.

Here is a link to the synopsis on Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus
Hope you enjoy the book and can come on the 25th!

January

I hope you are enjoying reading "The forgotten Garden" By Kate Morton. I think it is a great book to read in this dreary, cold January month! If you haven't started reading, there is still plenty of time. Discussion will be at my house Thursday, January 28 at 7:30. I'm thinking I will make a traditional English trifle, so you will all definitely need to come!!!
-Kristen

November/December

Hello Ladies-

Now that Halloween is over I figured you could get your head more around reading a Christmas book. I thought it would be nice to read something that has an uplifting message since we always strive to be better through the holidays.

I have chosen to read The Forgotten Carols by Michael McLean. I think most of you have heard of this book and probably know the music. I read this book back in probably 2006 and I really liked it. I liked reading the chapters and then singing the song to myself at the end.

If you go to the Library's website and put it on hold you can get just the story version but there are only a few copies of it. But if you get the "Kit" there are 11 copies of it, and you get the book and the CD. So it'll be a full multi-media experience! =)

I have chosen to host book club on Thursday December 3rd, probably around 7 p.m. I know it's a busy time of year, but I thought the first week of December wont be as bad as Thanksgiving week!

 Please come it'll be so fun and a great kick off to the Christmas season!
Xochitl Burgoyne

October

October's book for our little book club is going to be "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness.  I'm planning on Thursday October 22 at 7:30.  There are plenty of copies available at the library and it is a YA story, so you can finish it in the next few weeks.  Here is a trailer for it...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iEX5g6c7ueE

This book is going to be made into a movie in 2016, I believe.  I really wanted to read something spooky or Halloweenish- but I get too scared! So, the title at least says "Monster" in it, right?!

Happy reading!! (And if you don't plan on reading, just plan on eating!)


Kara