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Attica Community Book Club

June's Pick:  My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
Title: My Sister's Keeper
Author(s): Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Atria
Pages: 423
Date: 2004

May's Pick:  March by Geraldine Brooks
Title: March
Author(s): Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages: 288
Date: March 7, 2005

April's Pick:  Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Title: Peace Like A River
Author(s): Leif Enger
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed By Publishers Group West
Pages: 313
Date: 2001

March's Pick:  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Title: Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Author(s): Mary Ann Shaffer
Publisher: The Dial Press
Pages: 277
Date:

 

About the Club

The Attica Book Club is a group of individuals from the community who enjoy reading and discussing good literature.  The group is open to anyone who would like to join.  The Attica Book Club meets on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 PM at the library.  Our meeting and discussions take place in a casual atmosphere with hot water available for refreshments and usually last 60 to 90 minutes.  All books for the discussion are made available to our members at the circulation desk of the library.

Discussion Rules

Respect everyone's opinion and thoughts.
One person may not monopolize the discussion.
The leader may facilitate the discussion by using questions from the Reader's Guide.
Be prepared to share your thoughts and ask questions.

Selections

Book selections are made two months in advance to allow the library personnel time to get multiple copies of the book through the inter-library loan system.  Members of the group may choose titles from the suggested titles list or may select any book that everyone agrees is acceptable.  The suggested list of titles are award winning books such as Pulitzer Prize winners, The National Endowment for the Arts "The Big Read" list, and Reading Group Choices lists.  Our selections reflect a variety of literature including classics and recent works.

Books We Have Discussed

November 2008 The Kite Runner by Kahled Housseini
December 2008 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
January 2009 For One More Day by Mitch Albom
February 2009 The Giver by Louis Lowry
March 2009 Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
April 2009 Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
May 2009 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
June 2009 Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
July 2009 A Farewell to Arms by Earnest Hemmingway
August 2009 Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
September  2009 Three Cups of Tea by Greg M
October 2009 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
November 2009 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
December 2009 One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
January 2010 Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss
February 2010 The Shack by William P. Young
March 2010 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by  Mary Ann Shaffer
April 2010 Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
May 2010 March by Geraldine Brooks
June 2010 My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult

 The Attica Book Club Discussion Leader is Diane Getter.