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Branch Book Groups

The Branch has three book groups:  AM Lit, PM Lit and Non-Fiction Lit.

The AM Lit Interest Group generally meets the 1st Friday of each month at 9:30 AM.  Scheduled dates and books for discussion are listed below.  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.   Scheduled dates and books for discussion are listed below.  Locations are announced in Twigs.   If you have questions, email Kim Thacker or call her at 630/665-4631.

The Non-Fiction Lit Interest Group generally meets every other month.  Scheduled dates and books for discussion are listed below.  Additional information will be announced monthly in Twigs.  If you have questions, email Pam Starr or call her at 630/682-4720.

Following is an integrated list of books selected for 2009-2010 for those of you who try to keep up with more than one group.  Each group also has its own web page with its own book list.  Check Twigs each month for meeting locations.

 



Book Group

Meeting Date*

Book for Discussion

 

AM Lit

July 9, 2010**

Unaccustomed Earth: Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

 

AM Lit

August 6, 2010

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

 

Non-fiction

August 17, 2010

Book Selection Meeting

 

AM Lit

September 10, 2010**

Book Selection Meeting

 

Non-fiction

September 14, 2010

Kissinger: 1973, the Crucial Year by Alistair Horne

 

PM Lit

September 20, 2011

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

 

 

AM Lit

October 1, 2010

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

 

 

PM Lit

October 18, 2011  

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin

 

 

PM Lit

November 15, 2011

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis

 

 

PM Lit

January 17, 2011

Call of the Wild by Jack London

 

 

PM Lit

February 21, 2011

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

 

 

PM Lit

March 21, 2011

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

 

 

PM Lit

April 18, 2011

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

 

 

PM Lit

May 16, 2011

The Bolter by Frances Osborne

 

 

PM Lit

June 20, 2011

Book Choice Night & Pot Luck Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*        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.  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 and a long-time Branch member and Twigs sponsor.  The Book Store’s web page is www.justthebookstore.com.