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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.

'''BrownBaggers’ selections for June 2018 - May 2019''':
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1357961~S9'''I Was Told To Come Alone'''] by Souad Mekhennet (June 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?zookeepers+wife+ackerman'''The Zookeeper's Wife'''] by Diane Ackerman (July 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?tea+girl+lisa+see'''The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane'''] by Lisa See (August 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?handmaids+tale+atwood'''The Handmaid's Tale'''] by Margaret Atwood (September 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?h+hawk+macdonald'''H is for Hawk'''] by Helen Macdonald (October 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?kitchen+house+grissom'''The Kitchen House'''] by Kathleen Grissom (November 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*December 2017 - No Selection

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1211717~S9'''Istanbul'''] by Orhan Pamuk (January 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?railroad+whitehead'''The Underground Railroad'''] by Colson Whitehead (February 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?talk+about+anne+frank+englander'''TBD'''] Same Page 2019 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?hillbilly+elegy'''Hillbilly Elegy'''] by JD Vance (April 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1342198~S9'''The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu'''] by Joshua Hammer (May 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]




'''BrownBaggers’ selections for June 2017 - May 2018''':
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?saroo+long+way'''A Long Way Home'''] by Saroo Brierley (June 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?lolita+tehran+nafisi'''Reading Lolita in Tehran'''] by Azar Nafisi (July 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?sisters+keeper+picoult'''My Sister’s Keeper'''] by Jodi Picoult (August 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?1984+orwell'''1984'''] by George Orwell (September 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?man+ove+backman'''A Man Called Ove'''] by Fredrik Backman (October 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?days+night+moore'''Last Days of Night'''] by Graham Moore (November 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*December 2017 - No Selection

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1211717~S9'''Istanbul'''] by Orhan Pamuk (January 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?railroad+whitehead'''The Underground Railroad'''] by Colson Whitehead (February 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?talk+about+anne+frank+englander'''What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'''] by Nathan Englander (March 2018) - This is the Same Page 2018 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?hillbilly+elegy'''Hillbilly Elegy'''] by JD Vance (April 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1342198~S9'''The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu'''] by Joshua Hammer (May 2018) [[Category:Book Groups]]



'''BrownBaggers’ selections for January 2016 - May 2017''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?paying+guests+waters'''The Paying Guests'''] by Sarah Waters (January 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?radiance+of+tomorrow+beah'''Radiance of Tomorrow'''] by Ishmael Beah (February 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?heart+lonely+hunter+carson'''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'''] (March 2016) - This is the Big Read 2016 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]
 
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1310594~S9'''The Narrow Road to the Deep North'''] by Richard Flanagan (April 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/x?one+summer+bryson'''One Summer: America, 1927'''] by Bill Bryson (May 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9?/X?howards+end+forster'''Howard's End'''] by E.M. Forster (June 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?rosie+project+simsion'''The Rosie Project'''] by Graeme Simsion (July 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1286825~S9'''The Boys in the Boat'''] (August 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1157675~S9'''King, Queen, Knave'''] by Vladimir Nabokov (September 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9?/X?gray+mountain+grisham'''Gray Mountain'''] by John Grisham (October 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1278982~S9'''The Round House'''] by Louise Erdrich (November 2016) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*No December 2016 selection 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?count+monte+cristo+dumas'''The Count of Monte Cristo'''] by Alexandre Dumas (January 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?english+passengers+kneale'''The English Passengers'''] by Matthew Kneale (February 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?silver+sparrow'''Silver Sparrow'''] by Tayari Jones (March 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]
This is the Big Read 2017 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?mornings+horseback'''Mornings on Horseback'''] by David McCullough (April 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1226875~S9'''Old Filth'''] by Jane Gardam (May 2017) [[Category:Book Groups]]


'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2015 - December 2015''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?invention+wings+kidd'''The Invention of Wings'''] by Sue Monk Kidd (February 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1197162~S9'''The Namesake'''] by Jhumpa Lahiri (March 2015) 
This is the Big Read 2015 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?visit+from+the+goon'''A Visit From the Goon Squad'''] by Jennifer Egan (April 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?reader+schlink'''The Reader'''] by Bernard Schlink (May 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?we+were+'''We Were Liars'''] by E. Lockhart (June 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1286089~S9'''Thank You, Jeeves'''] by P.G. Wodehouse (July 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?unbroken+hillenbrand'''Unbroken'''] by Laura Hillenbrand (August 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?ocean+end+lane+gaiman'''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'''] by Neil Gaiman (September 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1311421~S9'''Dear Committee Members'''] by Julie Schumacher (October 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?all+light+cannot+doerr '''All the Light We Cannot See'''] by Anthony Doerr (November 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*No December 2015 selection 


'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2014 - January 2015''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?light+between+oceans'''The Light Between Oceans'''] by M.L. Steadman (February 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?true+grit+portis '''True Grit'''] by Charles Portis (March 2014) 
This is the Big Read 2014 title. [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1280915~S9'''Dear Life'''] by Alice Munro (April 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1280386~S9'''Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore'''] by Robin Sloane (May 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?book+daniel+doctorow'''The Book of Daniel'''] by E.L. Doctorow (June 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?innocents+abroad+twain '''Innocents Abroad'''] by Mark Twain (July 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1276902~S9'''Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'''] by Ben Fountain (August 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1161872~S9'''Things Fall Apart'''] by Chinua Achebe (September 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1300314~S9'''I Am Malala'''] by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb (October 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1289327~S9'''The Good Lord Bird'''] by James McBride (November 2014) [[Category:Book Groups]]

*No December 2014 selection 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1292793~S9'''The Goldfinch'''] by Donna Tartt (January 2015) [[Category:Book Groups]]


'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2013 - January 2014''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=elegance+of+the+hedgehog'''Elegance of the Hedgehog'''] by Muriel Barbery (February 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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.
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=american+pastoral'''American Pastoral'''] by Philip Roth (May 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=sense+of+an+ending'''Sense of an Ending'''] by Julian Barnes (June 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?canada+ford '''Canada'''] by Richard Ford (August 2013) 
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=study+in+scarlet'''A Study in Scarlet'''] by A. C. Doyle (September 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=master+of+the+mountain'''Master of the Mountain'''] by Henry Wiencek (October 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?sweet+tooth+Ian+McEwan '''Sweet Tooth'''] by Ian McEwan (November 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*No selection for December 2013

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=flight+behavior'''Flight Behavior'''] by Barbara Kingsolver (January 2014)
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'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2012 - January 2013''':

*[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)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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.
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=people+of+the+book'''People of the Book'''] by Geraldine Brooks (April 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?ali+infidel '''Infidel'''] by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (May 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=good+priest's+son'''The Good Priest's Son'''] by Reynolds Price (June 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=daughter+of+time'''The Daughter of Time'''] by Josephine Tey (August 2012) 
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=tropic+of+cancer'''The Tropic of Cancer'''] by Henry Miller (September 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=immortal+life+of+henrietta+lacks'''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'''] by Rebecca Sloot (October 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=we,+the+drowned'''We, the Drowned'''] by Carsten Jensen (November 2012)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*No selection for December 2012

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?bleak+house+dickens '''Bleak House'''] by Charles Dickens (January 2013)
[[Category:Book Groups]]


'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2011 - January 2012''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=child+of+my+heart'''Child of My Heart'''] by Alice McDermott (February 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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.)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=confederates+in+the+attic'''Confederates in the Attic'''] by Tony Horwitz (April 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=look+homeward,+angel'''Look Homeward, Angel'''] by Tom Wolfe (May 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=out+stealing+horses'''Out Stealing Horses'''] by Per Petterson (June 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=one+hundred+years+of+solitude'''One Hundred Years of Solitude'''] by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (July 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?help+stockett '''The Help'''] by Kathryn Stockett (August 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?huckleberry+mark+twain '''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'''] by Mark Twain (September 2011)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[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)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*No selection for December 2011

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?moby+dick '''Moby Dick'''] by Herman Melville (January 2012)
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'''BrownBaggers’ selections for February 2010 – January 2011''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=lesson+before+dying'''A Lesson before Dying'''] by Ernest J. Gaines (February 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=uncommon+reader'''An Uncommon Reader'''] by Alan Bennett ('''The group's meeting will be March 11th instead of 18th due to Virginia Festival of the Book.''') 
[[Category:Book Groups]]   

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=city+of+falling+angels'''The City of Falling Angels'''] by John Berendt (April 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=sun+also+rises'''The Sun also Rises'''] by Ernest Hemingway (May 2010)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=cook's+tour:+in+search+of+the+perfect+meal'''A Cook's Tour : in Search of the Perfect Meal'''] by Anthony Bourdain (June 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]] 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?SEARCH=guernsey+literary+and+potato+peel+pie+society '''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'''] by Mary Ann Shaffer (July 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?city+of+thieves'''City of Thieves'''] by David Benioff (August 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9?/X?professor+mad+winchester'''The Professor and the Mad Man'''] by Simon Winchester (September 2010)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?frankenstein+shelley '''Frankenstein'''] by Mary Shelley (October 2010)
[[Category:Book Groups]]
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?slaughterhouse+five'''Slaughterhouse-five'''] by Kurt Vonnegut (November 2010)
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*No selection for December 2010

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?maples+stories'''The Maples Stories'''] by John Updike (January 2011)
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'''BrownBaggers’ selections for September 2008 – January 2010''':

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?water+for+elephants '''Water for Elephants'''] by Sara Gruen (September 2008)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?arsonists+guide+to+writers+homes+in+new=england '''An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England'''] by Brock Clarke (October 2008)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?team+of+rivals '''A Team of Rivals'''] by Doris Kearns Goodwin  (November 2008)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*No selection for December 2008

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?run+patchett'''Run'''] by Ann Patchett (January 2009)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?eyes+god+hurston'''Their Eyes Were Watching God'''] by Zora Neale Hurston (February 2009)
[[Category:Book Groups]]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?book+thief'''The Book Thief'''] by Markus Zusak (March 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?devil+white+city'''Devil in the White City'''] by Erik Larsen (April 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=painted+house+grisham'''The Painted House'''] by John Grisham (May 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?stroke+insight+taylor'''My Stroke of Insight'''] by Jill Bolte Taylor (June 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=loving+frank'''Loving Frank'''] by Nancy Horan (July 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?netherland+oneill'''Netherland'''] by Joseph O'Neill (August 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?march+brooks'''March'''] by Geraldine Brooks (September 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=lolita+nabokov'''Lolita'''] by Vladimir Nabokov (October 2009)
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search~S9/X?embers+marai'''Embers'''] by Sàndor Màrai (November 2009)
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*No selection for December 2009

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=anna+karenina'''Anna Karenina'''] by Leo Tolstoy (January 2010)
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