WHEATON-GLEN ELLYN BRANCH

Home About AAUW and Our Branch Branch Meetings Membership Interest Groups Twigs Newsletter Twigs Sponsors Used Book Sale Scholarships Conferences and Conventions On-line Scrapbook Members Only How to Reach Us		Branch Book Groups The Branch has three book groups: AM Lit, PM Lit and Non-Fiction Lit. Scheduled dates and books for all three books are listed below.  The AM Lit Interest Group generally meets the 1st Friday of each month at 9:30 AM.  Locations are announced in Twigs.   If you have questions, email Kathy McCullough or call her at 630/653-8971. The PM Lit Interest Group meetings are generally scheduled for the 3rd Monday evening of each month at 7:30 PM.   Locations are announced in Twigs. If you have questions, email Kimberly Thacker or call her at 630/665-4631. The Non-Fiction Lit Interest Group generally meets every other month, on the 4th Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM. Additional information will be announced monthly in Twigs.  If you have questions, email Margaret McGrath or call her at 630/942-0980. Following is an integrated list of books selected for 2011-2012 for those of you who try to keep up with more than one group. Check Twigs each month for meeting locations.
	Book Group		Meeting Date*	Book for Discussion
	PM Lit		September 19, 2011	Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
	Non-Fiction Lit		September 28, 2011	Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave Labor Camp by Christopher Browning
	AM Lit		October 7, 2011	Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
	PM Lit		October 17, 2011	A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
	AM Lit		November 4, 2011	You Know When The Men Are Gone by Siobahn Fallon
	PM Lit		November 21, 2011	Strangers at the Feast by Jennifer Vanderbes
	Non-Fiction Lit		November 30, 2011	In The Garden Of Beasts: Love, Terror & An American Family In Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
	AM Lit		December 2, 2011	A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
	AM Lit		January 5, 2012	Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
	PM Lit		January 16, 2012	Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
	Non-Fiction Lit		January 25, 2012	Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf
	AM Lit		February 3, 2012	The Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey
	PM Lit		February 20, 2012	Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
	AM Lit		March 2, 2012	The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
	PM Lit		March 19, 2012	The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
	Non-Fiction Lit		March 28, 2012	1493 Uncovering The New World Columbus Created by Charles C Mann
	AM Lit		April 13, 2012**	Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
	PM Lit		April 16, 2012	Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
	AM Lit		May 4, 2012	Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
	PM Lit		May 21, 2012	The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
	AM Lit		June 1, 2012	Driftless by David Rhodes
	PM Lit		June 18, 2012	Book Choice Night & Pot Luck Dinner
	Non-Fiction Lit		June 27, 2012	A Book Of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers by Michael Holroyd
	AM Lit		July 13, 2012**	The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
	AM Lit		August 5, 2012	State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
	Non-Fiction Lit		August 22, 2012	Book Selection Meeting
	AM Lit		September 7, 2012	Book Selection Meeting
	Non-Fiction Lit		September 26, 2012	Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education Of Two Society Girls In The West by Dorothy Wickenden
	AM Lit		October 5, 2012	Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
	* Confirm dates and locations in Twigs.
	** 2nd Friday due to Holiday.
	Availability of Books The Glen Ellyn Public Library will have the following month’s books available. Books are due the day following the meeting. When you check out one of our books at the second floor information desk, please be sure to let the librarian know which book group the book is being held for (AAUW AM, PM or Non-Fiction). The Wheaton Public Library will arrange for an inter-library loan for any book, upon your request but will not keep track of our book lists. To buy a book for an upcoming book group meeting, consider patronizing The Book Store, 475 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. They offer a 10% discount for book group purchases. You can call them to check on availability (630/469-2891) or click here to send an email to Jane Stroh, owner of The Book Store, a long-time Branch member and Twigs sponsor. The Book Store’s web page is www.justthebookstore.com.