First Thursday Book Group of Greene Co. Library
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| + | * Dec. 1st, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=secret+scripture+barry '''Secret Scripture'''] by Sebastian Barry | ||
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| + | * Jan 5th, 2012 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=too+big+to+fail '''Too Big to Fail: the Inside Story of how Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System From Crisis and Themselves'''] by Andrew Ross Sorkin | ||
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| + | * Feb 2nd, 2012 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=star+of+the+sea '''Star of the Sea'''] by Joseph O' Connor | ||
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| + | * March 1st, 2012 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=bless+me+ultima '''Bless Me Ultima'''] by Rudolpho Anaya | ||
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| + | * April 5th, 2012 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=tinkers+paul+harding '''Tinkers'''] by Paul Harding | ||
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| + | * May 3rd, 2012 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=nothing+daunted+the+unexpected '''Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West'''] by Dorothy Wickenden | ||
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| * Apr. 7th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=remarkable+creatures+chevalier '''Remarkable Creatures'''] by Tracy Chevalier | * Apr. 7th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=remarkable+creatures+chevalier '''Remarkable Creatures'''] by Tracy Chevalier | ||
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| * June 2nd, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=elegance+of+the+hedgehog '''The Elegance of the Hedgehog'''] by Muriel Barbery | * June 2nd, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=elegance+of+the+hedgehog '''The Elegance of the Hedgehog'''] by Muriel Barbery | ||
| - | * July 7th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=madame+bovary+flaubert '''Madame Bovary'''] by Gustave Flaubert | + | Note: the Book group voted not to meet in July due to many members being unavailable. |
| - | * Aug. 4th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=corelli's+mandolin '''Corelli's Mandolin'''] by Louis De Bernieres | + | * Aug 7th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=madame+bovary+flaubert '''Madame Bovary'''] by Gustave Flaubert |
| - | * Sept. 1st, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=immortal+life+of+henrietta+lacks '''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'''] by Rebecca Skloot | + | * Sept. 1st, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=corelli's+mandolin '''Corelli's Mandolin'''] by Louis De Bernieres |
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| + | * Oct. 6th, 2011 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=immortal+life+of+henrietta+lacks '''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'''] by Rebecca Skloot | ||
| - | == Past Titles Read == | ||
| *July 1st, 2010 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=hateship+friendship+courtship+loveship+marriage '''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories'''] by Alice Munro | *July 1st, 2010 [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=hateship+friendship+courtship+loveship+marriage '''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories'''] by Alice Munro | ||
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Article in Book Groups
This adult group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7 pm in the meeting room of the Greene County Library. We pick the books we'll read every six months or so, by voting on member's suggestions. We read a combination of fiction and non-fiction. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please call 434-985-5227 for more information.
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Current Slate
- Dec. 1st, 2011 Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- Jan 5th, 2012 Too Big to Fail: the Inside Story of how Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System From Crisis and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Feb 2nd, 2012 Star of the Sea by Joseph O' Connor
- March 1st, 2012 Bless Me Ultima by Rudolpho Anaya
- April 5th, 2012 Tinkers by Paul Harding
- May 3rd, 2012 Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
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Past Titles Read
- Apr. 7th, 2011 Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- May 5th, 2011 What the Dog Saw and Other Adventure Stories by Malcolm Gladwell
- June 2nd, 2011 The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Note: the Book group voted not to meet in July due to many members being unavailable.
- Aug 7th, 2011 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Sept. 1st, 2011 Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
- Oct. 6th, 2011 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- July 1st, 2010 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro
- Aug. 5th, 2010 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- Sept. 2nd, 2010 A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
- Oct. 7th, 2010 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- Nov. 4th, 2010 Breakfast With Buddha by Roland Merullo
- Dec. 2nd, 2010 The Human Stain by Philip Roth
- Jan. 6th, 2011 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Feb 3rd, 2011 THE BIG READ The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- Nov. 5, 2009 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Dec. 3, 2009 Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
- Jan. 7, 2010 (2nd Thurs.due to the New Year's holiday) Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Feb. 4, 2010 Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani
- Mar. 4, 2010 THE BIG READ A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- Apr. 1, 2010 Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul
Theroux
- May 2010 Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Nov. 6)
- A Judgment In Stone by Ruth Rendell (Dec. 4)
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (Jan 8, due to holiday)
- THE BIG READ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (March 5, 2009)
- Washington Square by Henry James (April 2, 2009)
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (May 7, 2009)
- The Places In Between by Rory Stewart (June 4, 2009)
- When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro (July 2, 2009)
- The Gathering by Anne Enright (Aug. 6th 2009)
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Sept. 3rd, 2009)
