Local Book Clubs

The following is a listing of several local book clubs and the books they are reading.

Are you are interested in joining a book club at the Brockville Public Library?

Brockville Public Library Book Club

For more information please contact us at 342-3936 ext.28

 

The No. 1 Book Club - 2008 Reading List


Month Title Author
January The good earth Pearl S. Buck
February Of mice & men John Steinbeck
March The time in between David Bergen
April A place called freedom Ken Follett
May Children of my heart Gabrielle Roy
June Girl in the goldfish bowl Morris Panych
July N/A  
August 1984 George Orwell

September

Splendor of silence Indu Slindaresan
October Q and A Vikas Swarue
November A thousand splendid suns Khalid Hosseini
December Escape Carolyn Jessop

The Thursday Morning Book Club - 2008 Reading List


Month Title Author
January Golden notebook Doris Lessing
February From the fifteenth district Mavis Gallant
March Late nights on air Elizabeth Hay
April Pomegranate soup Marsha Mehran
May Love in the time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez
June Animal, vegetable, miracle Barbara Kingsolve
July The gathering Anne Enright
August Heart Matters Adrienne Clarkson

September

Cloud atlas David Mitchell
October The book of Negroes Lawrence Hill
November The war on women Brian Valee
December N/A  

Newcomers Club - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
January The other boleyn girl Phillippa Gregory
February The memory keeper's daughter Kim Edwards
March The holding Merilyn Simonds
April The glass castle Jeanette Walls
May The other side of te bridge Mary Lawson
June A thousand splendid suns Khaled Hosseini
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ECLECTIC Book Club - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
January Mr. Pip Lloyd Jones
February The girls Lori Lansens
March Secret river Kate Grenville
April The glass castle Jeanette Walls
May Half of a yellow sun Chimamanda Ngozi
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May Court Club of Brockville Book Club - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
January The 13th tale Diane Setterfield
February When a crocodile eats the sun Peter Godwin
March The unquiet John Connolly
April The attach Yasmina Khadra
May The memory keeper's daughter Kim Edwards
June Water for elephants Sara Gruen
July Sweetnes in the belly Camilla Gibbs
August An indecent obsession Colleen McCullough

September

The diive from Clausen's pier Ann Packer
October Divisadero Michael Ondaatje
November Talk, talk J.C. Boyle
December N/A  

Book Club #6 - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
January Exile Richard North Patterson
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March View from Castle Rock Alice Munro
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May Race against time Stephen Lewis
June Clara Callan Richard Wright
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Book Club #7 - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
January Behind the scenes at the museum Kate Atkinson
February Drinabridge Jim Bartley
March Love in the time of cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez
April On beauty Zadie Smith
May Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
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Book Club #8 - 2008 Reading List

Month Title Author
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February Icefields Thomas Wharton
March The shock doctrine Naomi Klein
April Effigy Alyssa York
May Of mice & men John Steinbeck
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Related Links:

How to Start a Book Club

On-line Book Clubs

On-line Resources for Book Clubs

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