The TFPL Book Club is free and open to the public.
SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 5:30 PM.
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Here is our schedule for the Summer of 2013:
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May 9 – Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
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A tale set in the near future finds the world thrown into chaos by rebelling artificial intelligences under the leadership of a murderous technology called Archos that kills its creator and takes over the global network, triggering an unprecedented united front among all human cultures. .
June 13 – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson – SUMMER READING
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As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
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July 11 – Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants by Richard Mabey – SUMMER READING
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Weaving together natural history, botanical science and insight from his own travels, a nature writer reveals the many hidden truths behind these scourges of lawns and gardens, and explores how weeds have been portrayed from the Bible all the way to “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
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August 8 – Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
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At first my eyes wouldn’t make sense of the letters. Finally, they unscrambled. Loving a Larger Woman, said the headline, by Bruce Guberman. Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we’d decided to take a break three months ago. And the larger woman, I could only assume, was me.
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Previous Book Club Choices in PDF format: 2007-2009, 2010-2011
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Please contact Amy, Jennifer. or Jessica at 733-2964 ext 109 for more information.
(All annotations are courtesy of NoveList Plus, part of the TFPL Databases.)
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