M.N. Spear Memorial Library
Roadtown Reads Book Club
The Shutesbury book club is a group of readers who enjoy reading and talking about books and more. We welcome everyone, from any town, whether you can make all the meetings or just one. Meetings are monthly from September to May, books are fiction and nonfiction. Instructions on joining the Yahoo group to receive book club emails are below.
Spear Library Book Club Selection for 2011 - 2012
|
Month |
Title |
Author |
Discussion Leader |
Fiction / Non |
Hostess |
Start Time |
|
Wed., Oct 5 |
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
Sherman Alexie |
Carolyn |
F |
Marty |
7:30pm |
|
Mon., Nov 7 |
Freedom Summer |
Bruce Watson |
Author |
NF |
Town Hall |
7:30pm |
|
Wed., Dec 7 |
The Widow’s War |
Sally Gunning |
Molly |
F |
Chris |
7pm; Potluck Yankee Swap |
|
Mon., Jan 2 |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
Rebecca Skloot |
Chris |
NF |
Debbie |
7:30pm |
|
Wed., Feb 8 |
The Lonely Polygamist |
Brady Udall |
Mary Anne |
F |
Liz |
7:30pm, pls. |
|
Mon., Mar 5 |
Quabbin |
Francis Underwood |
Susan |
NF |
Suzanne |
7:30pm |
|
Wed., Apr 4 |
Room |
Emma Donahue |
Virginia |
F |
Meryl |
7:30pm |
|
Mon., May 7 |
Black in Latin American |
Henry Louis Gates |
Chris |
NF |
Weezie |
7:30pm |
|
|
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank |
Ellen Feldman |
Holly |
F-Alt |
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|
Toast |
Nigel Slater |
Marty |
NF-Alt |
|
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| Books suggested but not selected for 2011-12: | ||
|
Title |
Author |
Fiction/ Nonfiction |
|
A visit from the Goon Squad |
Jennifer Egan |
F |
|
Cutting for Stone |
Abraham Verghese |
F |
|
Evidence of Things Unseen |
Mary Anne Wiggens |
F |
|
Grapes of Wrath |
John Steinbeck |
F |
|
Half Broke Horses |
Jeanette Walls |
F |
|
If I loved you I would tell you this |
Robin Black |
F |
|
Let the great world spin |
Colum McCan |
F |
|
March |
Geraldine Brooks |
F |
|
Middlesex |
Jefferey Eugenidies |
F |
|
So Brave young and Handsome |
Leif Enger |
F |
|
State of Wonder |
Anne Patchet |
F |
|
The Gate at the Stairs |
Lori Moore |
F |
|
The man who loved books too much |
Alison Hoover Bartlett |
F |
|
The Story of a Beautiful Girl |
Rachel Simon |
F |
|
The Tiger’s Wife |
Tea Obreht |
F |
|
Random Family, Coming of age in the Bronx |
Adrian LeBlanc |
NF |
|
Aftershock, the next economy & America’s Future |
Robert Reich |
NF |
|
Haiti after the Earthquake |
Paul Farmer |
NF |
|
Just Kids |
Patty Smith |
NF |
|
The Tender Bar |
J. R. Moeringher |
NF |
|
The Winter of our Disconnect |
Susan Maushart |
NF |
|
Waiting for Snow in Havana |
Carlos Eire |
NF |
|
Exit through the Gift Shop |
Graffiti artists, graffiti |
NF Film |
Joining the Yahoo Book Club Group - RoadTownReads
Announcements regarding the book club meeting information are sent to members of a Yahoo group. Join this group if you wish to receive meeting date information by clicking on the link below:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadtownreads/
Click the blue button on the upper
right: Join This Group.
If you do not already have a Yahoo Id, create one.
Set your preferences:
1) Contact information
2) How you want to receive each message sent by members or a daily
digest of the day's traffic
3) Your message preference.
Then enter the encrypted text in the box and click the blue button: Join
That's it! You will now receive information about book club meetings!