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There are 2 Book Clubs that regularly meet at the Dartmouth Public Libraries: The Southworth Second Wednesday Book Group and the Radical Readers.
The Southworth Second Wednesday Book Group
This adult book club began at Southworth in March 2008. The book group meets on the Second Wednesday of the month at 11:0 am. The group is facilitated by Reference Librarian Sharani Robins.
Upcoming Titles:
September 8, 2010: Digging to America by Anne Tyler
October 13, 2010: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
November 10, 2010: The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne
Past Titles:
August 11, 2010: Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France by Peter Mayle
July 14, 2010: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane : a Novel by Katherine Howe
June 9, 2010: Brick by Brick by Lynn Donohue
May 12, 2010: Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
April 14, 2010: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
March 10, 2010: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
February 10, 2010: The Lemon Tree : An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan
January 13, 2010: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
December 2009: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
November 2009: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsons
October 2009: Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
September 2009: The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
August 2009: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
July 2009: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
June 2009: The Girls : a Novel by Lori Lansens
May 2009: Kabul Beauty School : An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
April 2009: The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
March 2009: Pope Joan by Donna Cross Woolfolk
February 2009: The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
January 2009: Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Dec. 10th, 2008: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
Nov. 12th, 2008: Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky.
Oct. 8th, 2008: The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III.
Sept. 10th, 2008: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai.
August 13th, 2008: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
July 9th, 2008: Finn by Jon Clinch.
June 11, 2008: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor.
May 14, 2008: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid : A Memoir by Bill Bryson.
April 9th, 2008: Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx.
March 12, 2008: The World to Come by Dara Horn.
Radical Readers is a young adult program that incorporates the love of reading, lively discussions, and more. It is geared to teens grade 6 and up. Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm and the third Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The Monday sessions are hosted by Joan-Marie Proulx and Dartmouth High School Media Specialist Laurie Dias-Mitchell. Wednesday’s group meets with Joan-Marie Proulx.
Books Discussed:
Runner by Carl Deuker
Troll Mill by Katherine Langrish.
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine.
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty.
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli.
