2013 – 2014 Titles

We are touring American cities!  Book selections are as follows (titles are linked to the library’s catalog for easy access):

July 10 – Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilmidnight by John Behrent
Savannah, GA
Reading Group Guide from Random House

buffaloAugust 14 – City of Light  by Lauren Belfer
Buffalo, NY
Reading Group Guide from Random House

ironweedOr Ironweed by William Kennedy
Albany, NY
Reading Group Guide from Penguin

hamillSeptember 11 – Tabloid City by Pete Hamill
New York, NY
Author Bio
Book review from the New York Times

all souls October 9 –  All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald
Boston, MA
Reading Group Guide from Beacon Press

south of broad November 13 – South of Broad– by Pat Conroy
Charleston, SC
Reading Group Guide from the author’s web site

hotelDecember 11 – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Seattle, WA
Reading Group Guide from the author’s web site

isaac's stormJanuary 8 – Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larsen
Galveston, TX
Reading Group Guide from Random House
Information about Isaac Cline

fifth floorFebruary 12th – The Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey
Chicago, IL
Author’s web site
Info about the Chicago Fire from the Chicago Historical Society

maine hamletMarch 12th – A Maine Hamlet by Lura Beam
Marshfield, ME
More about the book


cannery rowApril 9th – Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Monterey, CA
Cannery Row history
Center for Steinbeck Studies – with loads of links about the author and the book


erdrichMay 14th – Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Ojibwe reservation, ND
Reading Group Guide
About the author
Louise Erdrich’s blog

June 11th – Bring a poem to share

 

dakotaJuly 9th – Dakota by Kathleen Norris
Lemmon, SD
Reading Group Guide from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author’s web site

canada-bookAugust 13th – we select titles for our 2014-2015 theme: Canada

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