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Our book groups are relaxed and entertaining book discussions.
Bring a light pupu or beverage, pick your genre, and join us any time.
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What our book groups are reading:
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"Second Tuesday", our fiction group:
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| Some Luck |
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Some Luck by Jane Smiley
1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five. Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis.
Join us to discuss this book by a Pulitzer prize winner on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30pm.
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Our Travel and Adventure group:
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Passion for Paris |
Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light by David Downie
"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful book. Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences." -Kirkus Reviews
Join us to discuss this travel narrative on Tuesday, October 18 at 6:30pm.
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"Just the Facts", our non-fiction group:
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| Lives in Ruins |
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Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson
Johnson tracks archaeologists around the globe from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, from Newport, Rhode Island, to Machu Picchu. She digs alongside experts on an eighteenth-century sugar plantation and in a first-century temple to Apollo. She hunts for bodies with forensic archaeologists in the vast and creepy Pine Barrens of New Jersey, drinks beer with an archaeologist of ancient beverages, and makes stone tools like a caveman.
By turns amusing and profound,
Lives in Ruins, with its wild cast of characters, finds new ways to consider what is worth salvaging from our past.
Join us to discuss this unique glimpse into archaeology on Tuesday, October 25 at 6:00pm.
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Our latest arrivals:
SmartMax-
Colorful and safe magnetic construction toys for young children.
SmartGames- Multi-level logic games, from Starter to Junior to Expert to Master. SmartGames can be played alone and are also great family fun.
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Here's what our book groups thought of our last few books:
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. We were all glad to have read this book about America's involvement in Vietnam from a Vietnamese perspective. Written with a very sardonic and angry voice, the narrator shows both the communist and the nationalist perspectives. Ultimately, this Pulitze winner is complex story about loyalty and friendship.
- Falling off the Map by Pico Iyer. Most of our readers enjoyed this book (except Brenda!). They found it very well written and highly descriptive of the remote places Iyer visits. Pleasant and pleasing light reading.
- Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren. Everyone (except Joy!) really liked this autobiography of the Senator from Massachusetts. They found it readable and inspiring and learned a lot about banking, bankruptcy, and the financial system.
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Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Noble and Chloe (Cats)
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| Hours: Monday- Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturday: 10am to 5pm; Sunday: 11am to 5pm
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