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| On the third Thursday of the month bring your lunch to the Central Branch of JMRL and discuss fiction and non-fiction books. Library staff will provide value-added content and lead the discussion. Drinks and desserts will be provided. [mailto:central@jmrl.org Send an email] to be added to our mailing list. | On the third Thursday of the month bring your lunch to the Central Branch of JMRL and discuss fiction and non-fiction books. Library staff will provide value-added content and lead the discussion. Drinks and desserts will be provided. [mailto:central@jmrl.org Send an email] to be added to our mailing list. | ||
| - | '''Brown Baggers’ selections for 2010''': | + | '''BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2013 - January 2014''': |
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=bleak+house'''Bleak House'''] by Charles Dickens (January 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=elegance+of+the+hedgehog'''Elegance of the Hedgehog'''] by Muriel Barbery (February 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=joy+luck+club'''Joy Luck Club'''] by Amy Tan (March 2013) | ||
| + | This is the Big Read 2013 Title. | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=house+of+stone:+a+memoir+of+home,+family,+and+a+lost+middle+east'''House of Stone: a Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East'''] by Anthony Shadid (April 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=american+pastoral'''American Pastoral'''] by Philip Roth (May 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=sense+of+an+ending'''Sense of an Ending'''] by Julian Barnes (June 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=train+in+winter:+an+extraordinary+story+of+women,+friendship,+and+resistance+in+occupied+france'''A Train in Winter: an Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France'''] by Caroline Moorehead (July 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=canada'''Canada'''] by Richard Ford (August 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=study+in+scarlet'''A Study in Scarlet'''] by A. C. Doyle (September 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=master+of+the+mountain'''Master of the Mountain'''] by Henry Wiencek (October 2013) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=sweet+tooth'''Sweet Tooth'''] by Ian McEwan (November 2013) | ||
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| + | No selection for December 2013 | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=flight+behavior'''Flight Behavior'''] by Barbara Kingsolver (January 2014) | ||
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| + | '''BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2012 - January 2013''': | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=moby+dick'''Moby Dick'''] by Herman Melville (January 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=hotel+on+the+corner+of+bitter+and+sweet'''Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet'''] by Jamie Ford (February 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=bless+me,+ultima'''Bless Me, Ultima'''] by Rudolfo A. Anaya (March 2012) | ||
| + | This is the Big Read 2012 Title. | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=people+of+the+book'''People of the Book'''] by Geraldine Brooks (April 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=infidel'''Infidel'''] by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (May 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=good+priest's+son'''The Good Priest's Son'''] by Reynolds Price (June 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=hare+with+amber+eyes:+a+family's+century+of+art+and+loss'''The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Family's Century of Art and Loss'''] by Edmund de Waal (July 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=daughter+of+time'''The Daughter of Time'''] by Josephine Tey (August 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=tropic+of+cancer'''The Tropic of Cancer'''] by Henry Miller (September 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=immortal+life+of+henrietta+lacks'''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'''] by Rebecca Sloot (October 2012) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=we,+the+drowned'''We, the Drowned'''] by Carsten Jensen (November 2012) | ||
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| + | No selection for December 2012 | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=bleak+house'''Bleak House'''] by Charles Dickens (January 2013) | ||
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| + | '''BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2011 - November 2011''': | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=maples+stories'''The Maples Stories'''] by John Updike (January 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=child+of+my+heart'''Child of My Heart'''] by Alice McDermott (February 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=maltese+falcon'''The Maltese Falcon'''] by Dashiell Hammett (March 2011 The group's meeting will be March 24th instead of 17th due to Virginia Festival of the Book.) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=confederates+in+the+attic'''Confederates in the Attic'''] by Tony Horwitz (April 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=look+homeward,+angel'''Look Homeward, Angel'''] by Tom Wolfe (May 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=out+stealing+horses'''Out Stealing Horses'''] by Per Petterson (June 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=one+hundred+years+of+solitude'''One Hundred Years of Solitude'''] by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (July 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=help'''The Help'''] by Kathryn Stockett (August 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=adventures+of+huckleberry+finn'''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'''] by Mark Twain (September 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=charming+billy'''Charming Billy'''] by Alice McDermott (October 2011) | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=river+of+doubt:+theodore+roosevelt's+darkest+journey'''The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey'''] by Candice Millard (November 2011) | ||
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| + | No selection for December 2011 | ||
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| + | '''BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2010 – November 2010''': | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=anna+karenina'''Anna Karenina'''] by Leo Tolstoy (January 2010) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=anna+karenina'''Anna Karenina'''] by Leo Tolstoy (January 2010) | ||
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| - | '''Brown Baggers’ selections for September 2008 – November 2009''': | + | '''BrownBaggers’ selections for September 2008 – November 2009''': |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=water+for+elephants '''Water for Elephants'''] by Sara Gruen (September 2008) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=water+for+elephants '''Water for Elephants'''] by Sara Gruen (September 2008) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=arsonist's+guide+to+writers+homes+in+new=england '''An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England'''] by Brock Clarke (October 2008) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=arsonist's+guide+to+writers+homes+in+new=england '''An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England'''] by Brock Clarke (October 2008) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=team+of+rivals '''A Team of Rivals'''] by Doris Kearns Goodwin (November 2008) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=team+of+rivals '''A Team of Rivals'''] by Doris Kearns Goodwin (November 2008) | ||
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| No selection for December 2008 | No selection for December 2008 | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=run+patchett'''Run'''] by Ann Patchett (January 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=run+patchett'''Run'''] by Ann Patchett (January 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=eyes+god+hurston'''Their Eyes Were Watching God'''] by Zora Neale Hurston (February 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=eyes+god+hurston'''Their Eyes Were Watching God'''] by Zora Neale Hurston (February 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=book+thief'''The Book Thief'''] by Markus Zusak (March 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=book+thief'''The Book Thief'''] by Markus Zusak (March 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=devil+in+white+city'''Devil in the White City'''] by Erik Larsen (April 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=devil+in+white+city'''Devil in the White City'''] by Erik Larsen (April 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=painted+house+a+novel'''The Painted House'''] by John Grisham (May 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=painted+house+a+novel'''The Painted House'''] by John Grisham (May 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=my+stroke+insight'''My Stroke of Insight'''] by Jill Bolte Taylor (June 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=my+stroke+insight'''My Stroke of Insight'''] by Jill Bolte Taylor (June 2009) | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=embers'''Embers'''] by Sàndor Màrai (November 2009) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=embers'''Embers'''] by Sàndor Màrai (November 2009) | ||
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| - | *[http://smariogame.com/'''Super Mario'''] | ||
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| - | *[http://playway.ru/'''Мини игры'''] | ||
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| - | *[http://en.enardy.com/'''Backgammon'''] | ||
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| - | *[http://enardy.com/'''Нарды'''] | ||
| No selection for December 2009 | No selection for December 2009 | ||
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On the third Thursday of the month bring your lunch to the Central Branch of JMRL and discuss fiction and non-fiction books. Library staff will provide value-added content and lead the discussion. Drinks and desserts will be provided. Send an email to be added to our mailing list.
BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2013 - January 2014:
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens (January 2013)
- Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (February 2013)
- Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (March 2013)
This is the Big Read 2013 Title.
- House of Stone: a Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid (April 2013)
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth (May 2013)
- Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (June 2013)
- A Train in Winter: an Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France by Caroline Moorehead (July 2013)
- Canada by Richard Ford (August 2013)
- A Study in Scarlet by A. C. Doyle (September 2013)
- Master of the Mountain by Henry Wiencek (October 2013)
- Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (November 2013)
No selection for December 2013
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (January 2014)
BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2012 - January 2013:
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville (January 2012)
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (February 2012)
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya (March 2012)
This is the Big Read 2012 Title.
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (April 2012)
- Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (May 2012)
- The Good Priest's Son by Reynolds Price (June 2012)
- The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal (July 2012)
- The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (August 2012)
- The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (September 2012)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot (October 2012)
- We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen (November 2012)
No selection for December 2012
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens (January 2013)
BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2011 - November 2011:
- The Maples Stories by John Updike (January 2011)
- Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott (February 2011)
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (March 2011 The group's meeting will be March 24th instead of 17th due to Virginia Festival of the Book.)
- Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz (April 2011)
- Look Homeward, Angel by Tom Wolfe (May 2011)
- Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (June 2011)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (July 2011)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (August 2011)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (September 2011)
- Charming Billy by Alice McDermott (October 2011)
- The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (November 2011)
No selection for December 2011
BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2010 – November 2010:
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (January 2010)
- A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (February 2010)
- An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (The group's meeting will be March 11th instead of 18th due to Virginia Festival of the Book.)
- The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (April 2010)
- The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (May 2010)
- A Cook's Tour : in Search of the Perfect Meal by Anthony Bourdain (June 2010)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (July 2010)
- City of Thieves by David Benioff (August 2010)
- The Professor and the Mad Man by Simon Winchester (September 2010)
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (October 2010)
- Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut (November 2010)
No selection for December 2010
BrownBaggers’ selections for September 2008 – November 2009:
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (September 2008)
- An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke (October 2008)
- A Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (November 2008)
No selection for December 2008
- Run by Ann Patchett (January 2009)
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (February 2009)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (March 2009)
- Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen (April 2009)
- The Painted House by John Grisham (May 2009)
- My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor (June 2009)
- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (July 2009)
- Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (August 2009)
- March by Geraldine Brooks (September 2009)
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (October 2009)
- Embers by Sàndor Màrai (November 2009)
No selection for December 2009
