The Monthly Book Club
All are welcome to attend the St. Thomas Public Library Book Club. We are a friendly group of people with an interest in reading and discussing good books and we'd like you to join us! We acquire additional copies of Book Club books. Please ask at the Service Desk; if copies aren't on hand, you can place a hold to be notified when they become available.
If you have your own book club, we can help too.
We typically meet at 10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of the month. All members read the selected title each month, then discuss the book. The host for that day gives a summary of the author's life and/or career to begin the discussion.
No need to sign up - just show up! All are welcome. Coffee and water are provided.
2012-2013 Book Club Schedule
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
2009 (290 pages)
Hosted by: Sharon Little
At her home, 18 Rosebery Place - Because of the location, please call the library at 519-631-6050 if you would like to attend this particular book club meeting.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
1925 (216 pages)
Hosted by: Susan Andrews
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
2011 (325 pages)
Hosted by: Judie Land
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
2012 (222 pages)
Hosted by: Donna Hanson
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
2011 (320 pages)
Hosted by: Trish Lee
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1934 (320 pages)
Hosted by: Mary Ann Neely
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Ape House by Sara Gruen
2010 (306 pages)
Hosted by: Carole Watson
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
2009 (349 pages)
Hosted by: Eileen Cook
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
2011 (320 pages)
Hosted by: Barb Hoskins
Carnegie Room, lower level
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2005 (263 pages)
Hosted by: Dana Vanzanten
Carnegie Room, lower level
Previous Adult Book Club Reading Lists
2011-2012 Book Club List
September 2011
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
2006 (215 pages)
October 2011
Room by Emma Donoghue
2010 (321 pages)
November 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2010 (396 pages)
December 2011
The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
1937 (317 pages)
January 2012
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2005 (258 pages)
February 2012
Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson
1947 (132 pages)
March 2012
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
2010 (328 pages)
April 2012
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
2008 (325 pages)
May 2012
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
2010 (346 pages)
June 2012
Small Island by Andrea Levy
2004 (441 pages)
2010-2011 Adult Book Club List
September 2010
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
2007 (256 pages)
October 2010
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2006 (335 pages)
Nobember 2010
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
2001 (273 pages)
December 2010
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
1908 (245 pages)
January 2011
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2008 (270 pages)
February 2011
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1920 (394 Pages)
March 2011
The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens
2009 (374 pages)
April 2011
The Light of Evening by Edna O'Brien
2006 (294 pages)
May 2011
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2009 (451 pages)
June 2011
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
2004 (664 pages)
2009-2010 Adult Book Club List
September 2009
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2006 (334 pages)
October 2009
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
2008 (261 pages)
November 2009
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
2007 (486 pages)
December 2009
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
1994 (211 pages)
January 2010
Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout
2006 (294 pages)
February 2010
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
2006 (396 pages)
March 2010
by Mary Ann Shaffer
2008 (278 pages)
April 2010
The Assassin's Song by M.G. Vassanji
2007 (313 pages)
May 2010
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
2005 (333 pages)
June 2010
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
2009 (293 pages)
2008-2009 Adult Book Club List
September 2008
Atonement by Ian McEwan
2001 (371 pages)
October 2008
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2004 (423 pages)
November 2008
Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama
2004 (457 pages)
December 2008
Smoke by Elizabeth Ruth
2005 (278 pages)
January 2009
by Michael Ondaatje
2007 (273 pages)
F
ebruary 2009
The Turn of the Scew by Henry James
1898 (117 pages)
March 2009
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
2005 (417 pages)
April 2009
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
2006 (324 pages)
May 2009
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hey
2007 (363 pages)
June 2009
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
2006 (330 pages)