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Next Book Discussion
Date: February 16th 2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)
Book:
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author: President Barack Obama
Next Book Discussion
Date: November 17, 2008
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)
Book: Any novel by Stephenie Meyer
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html
“Eclipse” Tops YALSA’s 2008 Teens’ Top Ten
More than 8,000 teen readers across the country chose Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten vote, sponsored by YALSA. The online vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 12–18, with the third entry in Meyer’s popular vampire romance series winning easily over J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid…. YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)
Book: Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)
Book: A Day Late, A Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
About the Book:
When Viola Price ends up in the hospital with asthma, she thinks her life couldn’t possibly get any worse. But when her estranged husband, Cecil, shows up she discovers that she was mistaken. She is constantly annoyed by his bad habits; and the fact that he left her for another woman does not help. Then her children begin dropping by. The whole thing spins out of control and has Viola wondering if a mental hospital is her next stop.
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?
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Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Below are the discussion questions from the Chapter Two meetings on May 22nd and 29th.
1. How has your view of Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West), the Wizard and Galinda (Glinda) changed after reading Elphaba’s side of the story, The Wizard of Oz?
2. After seeing another side of the story, do you have a new favorite character or least favorite character?
3. The color green can have many (sometimes clashing) connotations: luck, envy, inexperience, greed, new life, etc. This color is used throughout the novel (in Elphaba’s skin color, the City of Emeralds, the green potion bottle Elphaba’s father used to suppress her mother). Do you see any symbolic significance in the novel where the color green is used?
4. How does the theme of misunderstanding and being careful not to judge a book by its cover come into play in this novel?
5. The novel, Wicked, has been made into a successful Broadway musical, with plans for a motion picture based on that musical to be released in the next few years. What actors do you believe would play the parts well? Would they be similar to or different from the actors who played in the original film, The Wizard of Oz? Why?
The next book will be The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
The meetings will be on Thursday, June 12 at 12:30 and Thursday, June 26 at 3:00
in Study Room 105 of the Cherokee Campus Library.
Submitted by Tanya Newman, Library Specialist (Cherokee County Campus Library)
Date: June 16, 2008
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)
Book Discussion: Tis by Frank McCourt
About the Book: Tis is the second volume in the autobiography of Frank McCourt. The first volume, Angela’s Ashes, told the story of his boyhood. Tis picks up when McCourt arrives as a young man in New York City after spending most of his childhood in Ireland. He finds the city an imposing and seedy place, made worse by McCourt’s feeling of insecurity and isolation. He seems to be facing a bleak future after surviving several tough years. Even though he paints America as a dark place, McCourt eventually makes his way through, enlisting in the army, getting into college, and landing his first teaching job.
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?
Date: May 26th
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: The Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building)
Book Discussion: Any book by Eric J. Dickey
About the Author: Eric Jerome Dickey is an African-American novelist whose works often feature black characters in the United States. Many of his early books focus on the women. His debut novel, Sister, Sister, explores relationships among middle-class, African American women. A critic in Publishers Weekly found that the novel “brims with humor, outrageousness and an understanding of the generosity of affection.” The plot of Sister, Sister, centers on a closely knit, mixed-race family in Southern California and a tangled web of their family relationships, love affairs, and friendships.
Dickey’s novel, Milk in My Coffee, depicts a romantic relationship between a white woman and a black man. It was hailed as an engrossing and humorous tale by critics and fans alike. In the Library Journal, Emily Jones called the book, “sensitive yet realistic.”
The author moves away from strictly romantic relationship fiction and primarily middle class protagonists with Thieves’ Paradise. In the novel, Dickey focuses on the many struggles in the life of Dante, a laid off computer industry worker in his mid-twenties with a tragic past.
“Eric Jerome Dickey.” Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2008. Biography Resource Center. Gale. Spartanburg Community Col. Lib. 29 April 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com>.
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