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Ready Reads for Book Groups

"Ready Reads”, sets of 10 paperback copies of popular books accompanied by reading discussion guides, can be borrowed by local book clubs.  Books are checked out to individual members of the group and circulate for 4 weeks.  Group leaders may reserve a set by speaking with the Reference Librarian.

Titles include: Little Bee by Chris Cleave; Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Gathering by Anne Enright; The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell; Walden by Henry David Thoreau; A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz; Tinkers by Paul Harding, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, and The Last Pick by David McGillivray and Linda Fechter. More titles will be added. Check with the Reference Librarian for an updated list.

WEB SITES FOR BOOK LOVERS

Overbooked
www.overbooked.org - “A website for ravenous readers.”

Bookspot
www.bookspot.com - Features quick links to the best book-related sites. Includes book reviews in national newspapers and periodicals, first chapters, author and publisher information and more.

Reader's Advice - www.readersadvice.com - Search by author, series, or genre for read-a-likes and series lists.

WEB SITE FOR BOOK CLUBS

ReadingGroupGuides.com
www.readinggroupguides.com - “The online community for reading groups.”