Reading Corner
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Book Discussion Groups
Friends of the Eldredge Public Library Book Club - 2011/2012 Calendar
The Friends of the Eldredge Library Book Club meets of every month from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Friends Room. They do not meet during June, July and August. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Nixon at 508-945-2094. Everyone is welcome!
November 29, 2011 - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
December 13, 2011 - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
January 31, 2012 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
February 28, 2012 - My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
March 27, 2012 - The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
April 24, 2012 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
May 29, 2012 - The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Book to Film Discussion Group
Some of the most enduring films have been inspired by great literature. And some books seemed to be nothing special until brought into sharper focus by a great filmmaker. The Eldredge Public Library would like to invite you to join our a book-to-film discussion group.
On the second Saturday of each month we meet at the Library at 2:00 pm, having read the pre-selected book for the month. We watch the movie version together, and then comes the fun as we discuss the merits of each. Facilitated by a Library staff member, the group chooses the titles. We are have an interesting exchange of ideas, thoughts, and impressions. Most of all, we enjoy an evening of fun in a relaxed setting with congenial people!
Saturday, November 12, 2011 - Appaloosa by Robert B Parker
Saturday, December 10, 2011 - Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Saturday, January 14, 2012 - The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - Be Cool by Elmore Leonard
Saturday, March 10, 2012 - Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Body of Lies by David Ignatius
Saturday, May 12, 2012 - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Saturday, June 9, 2012 - The King's Speech by Mark Logue
What We're Reading
We love to read here at the Eldredge, and we like to talk about it! Here are some of our recent staff picks. You can also find staff pick books highlighted throughout the library.
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Ape House: A Novel by Sarah Gruen
Dead Reckoning: A Sooky Stackhouse novel by Charlaine Harris
The Room: a Novel by Emma Donoghue
What Should I Read Next?
We have compiled lists of books for a variety of genres. These are a work in progress, to be updated and changed as new books continue to be published. We hope to add more lists in the near future. If there is a genre you are interested in, please inquire at the Reference Desk. Adobe Reader is needed to read these files. Happy Reading!
NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. For school media specialists and teachers there are Standards-Based Thematic Units and Picture Book Extenders, as well as specific teaching guides for using fiction in the classroom.
Book Events
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Irene Paine
Irene Paine will be here to talk about her book Eva and Henry: A Cape Cod Marriage, which won a silver Independent Publisher Book Award. This is the story of Eva and Henry Smith, during their later 19th century marriage in Wellfleet, Cape Cod. The author was inspired by the tales of her own ancestors, the sea captains from Cape Cod and the self-reliant women they married.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Mary Cowen
Mary Cowen will present an illustrated presentation of her award winning book, Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Elliott Carr
Local author Elliott Carr will be here to talk about his new book In the Beginning: an Osprey Family Story.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Joshua Blair Delaney
Joshua Blair Delaney will be here to talk about his first book in the Cape Cod Legends Series, Pieces of Eight: Piracy, Witchcraft and the Great Spirit of Cape Cod. This colonial mystery story offers a new twist on the Whydah Tale. Pieces of Eight is a telling of several stories in one as it brings together the people and events that surround the sinking of the Whydah ship off the coast of Cape Cod in the 18th century. Delaney has skillfully married these stories in a compelling tale of piracy, witchcraft and spiritualism.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Chip Bishop
Chip Bishop, the author of The Lion and the Journalist: The Unlikely Friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Bucklin Bishop will be here for a discussion and book signing. This is an engaging tale of our 26th president’s historic quarter-century friendship with Chip’s great grand-uncle, journalist and author Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Since flirting with radio broadcasting at 15, Chip Bishop has prospered as a communications professional, an entrepreneur and lately, as a published author.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Brent Harold
Wellfleet’s Brent Harold is well known to Cape Codders for his writing, especially his columns in the Cape Cod Times. But in his new book “Life As a House,” he chronicles the other side of his life — the side of him that builds. He writes about home as a shelter, as the center of one’s life, as bricks, sticks and love. Read more "Wellfleet's Brent Harold bridges the gap between house and home" at Wicked Local Wellfleet.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Marilyn Land
Marilyn will be here to talk about her book Clattering Sparrows.This heartwarming tale is the story of friendship between two friends who met at the age of five. How their surroundings and personal experiences and sacrifices shaped their lifelong journey.
Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm
J.J. Dutra
Judy Dutra will be here to talk about her book Nautical Twilight: The Story of a Cape Cod Fishing Family. This is the story of the true life adventures of a fishing family from Provincetown, MA. Judy shares with us the realities, humor and sacrifices of todays fishing families.