BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Hear what others think about a book, and then share your own ideas. You don’t have to create a book club to do it, because The Malden Public Library already hosts two discussion groups:
THE BOOKER PRIZE DISCUSSION GROUP meets at 7:00 p.m. in the library on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Since 1969 the “Booker Prize” has been awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa.
Upcoming Books:
• February 22, 2012 – Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
Summary of Black Dogs:
A finely crafted, compelling examination of evil and grace. Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Seeking to comprehend how the deep love of Bernard and June Tremaine could be defeated, their son-in-law, Jeremy, undertakes writing June’s memoirs, only to be led back again and again to one terrifying encounter forty years earlier.
• March 28, 2012 – Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips
• April 25, 2012 – Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts
• May 23, 2012 – Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh
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THE MONDAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP meets at 7:00 p.m. in the library on the first Monday of each month to discuss titles selected by members of the group.
Upcoming Books:
• March 5, 2012 – The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Summary of The Last Lecture:
When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to speak on what matters most in a talk entitled “The Last Lecture,” he didn’t have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave–”Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”–wasn’t about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment. It was about living.
• April 2, 2012 – Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
• May 7, 2012 – The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
Just pick a group that’s convenient! New members are always welcome! Copies of books for discussion are available at the information desk.