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Book Groups

Currently we have two groups, Mystery and General Fiction, which meet once a month. Both groups meet in the Sumner Room starting at 1:00 p.m. on their scheduled day. All meetings are informal and there is no need to sign up in advance. Everyone is welcome. The materials selected are available at the library and in paperback edition.

Current Selections

Resources for Upcoming Discussions

A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
Browse the book's first chapter online, courtesy of Harper Collins Publishing
Find out more about the mother and son writing team at their website.

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Reading Group Guides offers ideas for discussion with their reading guide
Author Paula McLain talks about "fact vs. fiction" on her website
Read a book excerpt at The New York Times Book Review page -

Book Reviews

Couldn't make it to the book group? Check out the reviews below to see what you missed.

January Mystery Selection: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris

Lily Bard is a loner. Other than the day-to-day workings of her cleaning and errand-running service, she pays little attention to the town around her. But when her landlord is murdered, Lily is singled out as the prime suspect, and proving her innocence will depend on finding the real killer in quiet, secretive Shakespeare.

January Regular Selection: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater.

Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.