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Book Clubs

Book Club Name and Book Selection

Time and Place

Reddick Library, WCMY, Book Mouse
Morning Meeting Book Club

Book: A Chicago Tavern: a Goat, a Curse, & the American Dream
Author: 
Rick Kogan
Synopsis: "In prose and images, Kogan reminds us why the American tavern is still the friendliest place in town, and he offers his toast to a Chicago original."

Rick Kogan will phone in to join the conversation. Don't miss it!
 

Tune in to WCMY Radio AM 1430 to hear the discussion of this book.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 9:20 a.m.

2nd Wednesday Evening Book Club

Book: The Echo Maker
Author: Richard Powers
Synopsis:  Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident, and his older sister returns to their hometown to nurse him back from a head injury. When Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman, who seems like his sister, is really an imposter.

Click here for past and future reads.

 

Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Next Meeting: September 10, 2008 @ 7 p.m.**

**Note time change!

Chix Pix

Book: Eggs
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Synopsis:  Mourning the loss of his mother, 9-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky 13-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Check out your copies of Eggs at Reddick Library!

Extra copies will be available.

Mother - Daughter Book Club
Girls grades 5 - 8 & the special women in their lives
are invited to read & discuss a novel.

Monday, August 18, 2008
6:00 p.m.

No registration is required!

 

4th Monday Morning Book Group

Book: Loving Frank
Author: Nancy Horan
Synopsis:  In 1903, Mamah Borthwick Cheney and her husband commissioned architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a new home for them. During construction, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives.

Join our NEW morning book group!

Monday, August 25, 2008
10:00 a.m.

No registration is required!

 

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