Adult Book Club - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. (Pub.Rev.)

Copies available on loan at the library.

Discussion to be held Monday, February 1, 2010 at 6:30 PM.

Short and Sweets - "A Good Man is Hard to Find"

Join us for dessert and a lively discussion of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor.

Copies of the reading are available at the library.

Discussion Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 10:00 AM.

Adult Book Club - A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson

For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town. Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week's time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball. (Pub. Review) A humorous and suspenseful novel you'll enjoy from beginning to end.

Copies available on loan at the library.

Discussion on Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:30 PM.

Short and Sweets - Captain Eli's Best Ear

Join us for dessert and a lively discussion of "Captain Eli's Best Ear" by Frank Stockton.

Copies of the reading are available at the library.

Discussion Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM.

Adult Book Club - If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small Town Alaska by Heather Lende

Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air - and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace; and funerals are community affairs. As both obituary writer and social columnist for the local newspaper, Heather Lende knows better than anyone the goings-on in this breathtakingly beautiful place. Her offbeat chronicle brings us inside her busy life: we meet her husband, Chip, who owns the local hardware store; their five children; and a colorful assortment of friends and offbeat neighbors, including aging hippies, salty fishermen, native Tlingit Indians, Mormon spelunkers...as well as the moose, eagles, sea lions, and bears with whom they share this wild and perilous land. (Pub. Summary) A heartwarming book for a cold Mid-West winter?

Copies available on loan at the library.

Discussion on Monday, December 7, at 6:30 PM.

Short and Sweets - The Happy Prince

Join us for dessert and a lively discussion of "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.

Copies of the reading are available at the library.

Discussion Wednesday, November 18, 10:00 AM.

Adult Book Club - The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

An 11-year-old solving a dastardly murder in the English countryside in 1950 wouldn't seem to be everyone's cup of tea. But Flavia Sabina de Luce is no ordinary child: she's already an accomplished chemist, smart enough to escape being imprisoned by her older sisters and to exact revenge, forthright and fearless to the point of being foolhardy, and relentless in defending those she loves. When she spies on her father arguing heatedly with a strange man late at night and the next morning finds that man buried in the cucumber patch, she sets out, riding her bicycle named Gladys, to make sense of it all. (Lib. Journal Rev.)

A mystery not to be missed!

Copies available on loan at the library.

Discussion on Monday, November 2, at 6:30 PM.