Books for Book Clubs

This weekend I read a wonderful book about a book club - Dinner With Anna Karenina by Gloria Goldreich. I really enjoyed this novel about a group of women, Cynthia, Jen, Elizabeth, Rina, Donna, and Trish, and their book club. They read and discussed some great books. And yes, it did have a happy ending - but all the characters had to work to make it happen.

Books the group discussed:

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• The Letter of Edith Wharton and The Reef by Edith Wharton
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• The Bell Jar and Ariel by Sylvia Plath
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Other fiction titles about books groups:

• Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
• Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

Any of these books would be great to read on your own or with your book club.

No due date, No fine!

The Badin Branch Library offers a unique paperback book exchange where patrons may swap paperback books. These items do not need to be checked out or returned, although we do ask that patrons replace what they take with paperbacks of their own.

Please-

• paperbacks only
• even trade: one for one, etc.
• books you bring must be in good condition

NYT Best Sellers - Week of 10.01.06

Red Titles = We Own

FICTION:

1. The Thirteenth Tale - Setterfield, Diane (On order)
2. The Book Of Fate - Meltzer, Brad
3. The Mephisto Club - Gerritsen, Tess
4. Rise and Shine - Quindlen, Anna
5. Judge and Jury - Patterson, James & Gross, Andrew
6. Dark Celebration - Feehan, Christine
7. Ricochet - Brown, Sandra
8. The Guy Not Taken - Weiner, Jennifer (on order)
9. The Emperor's Children - Messud, Claire (on order)
10. The Afghan - Forsyth, Frederick

NONFICTION:

1. Marley & Me - Grogan, John
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck - Ephron, Nora
3. The Looming Tower - Wright, Lawrence
4. The World is Flat - Friedman, Thomas L.
5. State of Emergency - Buchanan, Patrick J.
6. Freakonomics - Levitt, Steven D. & Dubner, Stephen J.
7. Fiasco - Ricks, Thomas E.
8. Hubris - Isikoff, Michael & Corn, David
9. The Way We Were - Burrell, Paul
10. Blink - Gladwell, Malcolm

Friends of the Library Book Sale

It's almost time for the semi-annual friends of the Library Book Sale! For book lovers, this is a wonderful opportunity to get new and used books CHEAP.

Preview Night (for Friends members)

Thursday, October 12 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM

Memberships will be available that evening.

Open to the Public

Friday, October 13 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

and

Saturday, October 14 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Come early for the best selection.