Book Clubs

Barbara Bush Library Afternoon Book Club

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 3:22pm

Madonnas of LeningradTitle to Be Discussed: Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean. Date: Thursday, Feb. 23, 1:30pm, in the Earl Elliott Room. Repeated Friday, Feb. 24, 2:30pm, in the Women's Council of Realtors Conference Room. Summary:  Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories, yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye. Vivid images of her youth arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. Next month's selection: Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton.

West University Book Club-Selection for March 7

Submitted by Margaret Triand... on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:28pm

RebeccaTitle to be discussed:  Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier.  Wednesday March 7, at 11 a.m.  Review: Rebecca is a novel of mystery and passion, a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal, dead loves and an estate called Manderley that is as much a presence as the humans who inhabit it: "when the leaves rustle, they sound very much like the stealthy movement of a woman in evening dress, and when they shiver suddenly an

Mystery Book Club

Submitted by Sandra Silvey on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 8:07am

Join us on February 16th at 11:00 AM to discuss Houston Homicide by Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson.  Stop by for good company and lively conversation.

February Adult Programs @ Your Library

Submitted by Jorie Nissen on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 1:25pm

The Clear Lake City - County Freeman Branch Library looks forward to its February Programs*.  This includes the under50over, Book Clubs, Crafts-to-Go, Freeman Needlecrafters, MWA Advisors, and various celebrations of Black History Month. All programming is supported by the Friends of Freeman Library. 

For more information on any of our programs in February, please contact the library at (281) 488-1906 or visit us at the upstairs Information Desk. The Clear Lake City - County Freeman Branch Library is located on 16616 Diana Lane, just off of Bay Area Boulevard.

*To print the calendar for February, click on the attachment below.

Bear Creek Book Club

Submitted by Amy C. on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:58am

The Bear Creek Book Club will meet on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00 PM.  They will discuss the book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.  The Bear Creek Book Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the library’s magazine area.

 

 

 

 

There's More Than One Way to Tell a Story...

Submitted by Elise S. on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:46pm

Movie & PopcornEver love a book, but can’t stand the movie?  Or maybe it’s the other way around?  Then come to the Baldwin Boettcher Library for a new type of book club for teens and tweens!  Starting in February, we will host a new type of book club for teens and tweens, where we will watch a movie, and discuss the movie and the book that inspired it.  Is one better than the other?  Why?  Come to the Baldwin Boettcher Library to find out!

Book Club Reads Mark Zusak's Compelling Tale

Submitted by Mandy Carrico on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:04am

 The book club will cover The Book Thief this February.  Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

Atascocita Lunch 'n' Lit

Submitted by Beth Krippel on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 9:23am

February 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM, join the Atascocita book  club, Lunch 'n' Lit, to discuss Bill Bryson's At Home: a short history of private life.  Bring your lunch and enjoy lunching with literature!

North Channel Book Club

Submitted by Kelly H on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 3:36pm

Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger The bonds of love are often tested by life, and oftentimes they can withstand the battering of life's storms. In "Eternal on the Water" by Joseph Monninger, readers will watch as teacher Jonathan Cobb meets Mary Fury on the Allagash River and the ties of love are formed and then tested severely by a devastating diagnosis.  Can their love survive the unthinkable?

The North Channel Book Club will be meeting on January 25 at 10 am in the meeting room to discuss "Eternal on the Water" by Joseph Monninger. 

Movies to Books... Off to Read the Wizard!

Submitted by Elizabeth R on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 3:35pm

The Kingwood Library Book Group starts off the New Year with a discussion of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Originally published in 1900, it was the first American fairy tale, stirring imaginations of young and old alike for over four generations. Come join us on Monday evening, January 23, at 7 pm in the library's meeting room for a lively discussion of this American classic!

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