Bibliophiles - a community book discussion group

UPDATE Due to Library closing in covid-19 emergency, Bibliophiles moved to a Zoom teleconference format for the remainder of the 2020 season. If you would like to join in to the May 13, 2020 at 5:30 pm online discussion, contact the Friends at accclfriends@gmail.com.

Usual Bibliophiles meetings: 
September-May
Second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm
Time: 5:30-7:00
Where: Library Community Meeting Room
Topic:  Quality Literary Fiction

The entire community is invited to attend and join the discussion; each book selection is moderated by a member of the group.

"In our brief existence we have read 9x15=135 quality pieces of fiction that anyone would be proud to have read in a lifetime."
 Ethan Staats, Chairman

2019-2020
Book
Selections

September:  The Vote by Sybil Downing; moderator - Carolyn Chabora
October:  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones; moderator - Charlotte Collins
November:   Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan; moderator - William McReynolds
December:  The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat; moderator - Kitty Eaton
January:  Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose; moderator - Laura  Flaherty
February:  The Leopard by Giuseppe Lampedusa; moderator - Ethan Staats
March:  Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: moderator - Marilyn Staats
ZOOM teleconference on Special date!  April 22:  The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai:  moderator - Bonnie Zacher
ZOOM teleconference May: Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee; moderator - Ann Austin

April Book Discussion:  The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, moderated by Bonnie Zacher.  Bibliophiles joined via a Zoom meeting on April 22, 2020 for a lively discussion of this award-winning novel.  In attendance:  Linda McReynolds, William McReynolds, Kitty Eaton, Brooke MacKinnon, Bonnie Zacher, Ann McKee Austin, Jim Hendrix, Laura Wilson, Carolyn Chabora, Laura Hansen, Ethan Staats, Marilyn Staats, Lisa Slatten and Charlotte Collins.