The library is now offering online book clubs. What exactly does that mean, you might ask. Well, when you sign-up for a club you'll be introduced to a new book every week by receiving a 5-minute read in your e-mail Monday-Friday. By the time the week's finished you've usually read the first 2-3 chapters of the book.
After you've started the book in your e-mail you can decide if you'd like to finish it or not. If you'd like to, just check the library's catalog. If we don't have it, you can always request that we get a copy. There are also online discussions to join if you want to chat with others about the book you're reading - and it's a national chat, several of which will include the book's author.
If you decide it's not your kind of book, just wait till the next Monday and a new book will be coming.
The clubs sometimes even post notes about a book's content at the start of each 5-minute read. For example, this note appeared right before the read on one of last weeks titles: *This book contains adult language.
There's 12 clubs to choose from and you can sign up for as many or a few as you'd like. Sign-up now so you don't miss the first e-mail. (Although you can go back and catch up.) Next week's books include:
 | The 13th Immortal Silverberg, Robert 2004/10 - Cosmos Books 9781930997769 CHECK CATALOG |
 | Salvation Boulevard Beinhart, Larry 2008/09 - Nation Books 9781568584119 CHECK CATALOG The murder victim: an atheist. The accused: Muslim. The lawyer: Jewish. The detective: Born Again Christian. A thriller about death, faith, and God--from one of America's best mystery writers. ...More |
  | Against Medical Advice: A True Story Patterson, James Friedman, Hal 2008/10 - Little Brown and Company 9780316024754 CHECK CATALOG In this nonfiction work with the pace of a thriller, Patterson tells the extraordinary and dramatic true story of one family's struggle with an agonizing medical mystery that began when the Friedmans' five-year-old son began having irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances. ...More |
 | Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter Atherton, Nancy 2009/02 - Penguin Books 9780143114796 CHECK CATALOG Everyone's favorite paranormal detective is back in Atherton's 13th Aunt Dimity mystery--but this time Lori's supernatural confidante may not be the only one who's not quite dead. Could the cloaked figure Lori's twins saw in the woods near the family's English country cottage really have been a vampire? ...More |
 | One True Theory of Love Fitzgerald, Laura 2009/02 - New American Library 9780451225887 CHECK CATALOG From the national bestselling author of "Veil of Roses" comes this novel about giving love a second chance. Since the love of her life betrayed her, Meg has had a hard time opening her heart. After Meg takes a leap of faith, her life changes in unexpected ways. ...More |
 | The Game of My Life: A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic McElwain, Jason Paisner, Daniel 2008/02 - New American Library 9780451223012 CHECK CATALOG Written with a "New York Times" bestselling author, and including the revealing perspectives of his parents, brother, and coach, this is McElwains inspiring first-person account of the challenges of growing up autistic. ...More |
 | The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name Locke, Don 2008/07 - NavPress Publishing Group 9781600061530 CHECK CATALOG In the summer of 1960, life's idyllic for eight-year-old paperboy Davy Connors. When a new family moves to the neighborhood, racial prejudice ignites, even threatening Davy's relationship with his father. ...More |
 | Postcards from Heaven: Messages of Love from the Other Side Gordon, Dan 2008/11 - Free Press 9781416588290 CHECK CATALOG In the tradition of "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "Small Miracles," a screenwriter and playwright shares funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring stories about communications from the other side. ...More |
 | The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable Thompson, Robert H. 2008/03 - Jossey-Bass 9780470189825 CHECK CATALOG Thompson incorporates the ideas found in the management classic "The Leadership Challenge" into this fable of leadership and growth. Based on a company's three-day off-site meeting, readers follow a tale of transition through the eyes of two former rival pharmaceutical companies creating a joint sales strategy. ...More |
Sign-up for the Online Book Clubs here!
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