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Feed Your Mind
Read a great book, then come discuss it with others at the library.
Click here to see the titles that
were recommended at the December 2011 book party.
Check out the 2012 schedule of books and times below.
- Click a book title to view it in the online catalog
- Click a date to view the event in the online calendar
Good Chair, Great Books meets the third Tuesday of the month at 10 AM in the meeting
room.
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January
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The picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar,
1854-1900.
When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. He
wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks.
Set in fin-de-siecle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter
Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian's slide into crime and
cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes,
revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay.
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February
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The hunger games
Collins, Suzanne.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an
annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve
districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the
test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
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March
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March : a novel
Brooks, Geraldine.
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year
of the war, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences
will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. Riveting
and elegant as it is meticulously researched, March is an extraordinary novel woven
out of the lore of American history.
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April
A Novel Idea
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May
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The sparrow
Russell,
Mary Doria, 1950-
The sole survivor of a crew sent to explore a new planet, Jesuit priest Emilio Sandoz
discovers an alien civilization that raises questions about the very essence of
humanity, an encounter that leads Sandoz to a public inquisition and the destruction
of his faith.
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June
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Lean on Pete : a novel
Vlautin, Willy.
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson has been pretty much on his own as the son of
a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest. When tragic
events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks
refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts are his
friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete and a photograph of his only
known relative.
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