The Kimball Library has four monthly book discussion groups.
Morning Adult Book Discussion meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 10:15 AM.
Evening Adult Book Discussion meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM.
Tween Book Discussion (Grades 6-8) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at 6:30 PM.
YA Book Discussion (Grades 9-12) meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:30 PM.
The book for March is “The Ghostway” by Tony Hillerman. We welcome new readers anytime! Come to listen or join in the conversation. Coffee and goodies are always available! Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big...
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This historical novel about New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and the catastrophic Factory fire hits its stride to offer a compelling message about labor, sacrifice and the price of freedom in America. Haddix (the Shadow Children series) follows three very different girls: naïve Bella from Italy, who becomes a strikebreaker; the feisty Yetta,...
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Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt and her mother live in Fallbrook, California, where it’s sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesn’t pay much attention to them . . . until Amiel. From the moment she sees him,...
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Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear–part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify–and he’s always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm’s mailroom in order to experience...
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February’s pick is ”River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s darkest journey” by Candace Millard. An incredible narrative and biographical portrait written by the author as a dazzling debut. This harrowing exploration from our youngest President
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It’s time to choose the books we’ll be reading for 2012! Come prepared to add a favorite of yours to our list. If you haven’t joined us before, this is a perfect time to talk about books with new friends or old! Coffee and treats of course.
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“I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a...
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We love new faces! Join us for good discussion, coffee and goodies. The pick for November is “Moloka’i” by Alan Brennert. Books are available at the main desk.
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Happy Holidays! Bah Humbug! “Happy” is not the way Leah Lewis-Hall would describe herself at the moment. She’s spending her twelve days of Christmas in an Indianapolis hospital, while her mother is thousands of miles away on a honeymoon with husband number five. Leah went to the doctor with nothing more than a broken finger, but he...
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Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist. Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke–about–town called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous–though utterly...
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