Bibliophiles - a community book discussion group

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

2020-2021
Book Selections

Date                              Book                                              Author                          Moderator
​Sept. 9             We Have Always lived in the Castle        Shirley Jackson              Kitty Eaton
Oct. 14             The Rosie Project                                    Graeme Simsion            Caroline Chabora
Nov. 11             A Gentleman in Moscow                         Amor Towles                  William McReynolds
Dec. 9               Sense and Sensibility                             Jane Austin                    Linda McReynolds
Jan. 13             Afterlife                                                   Julia Alvarez                   Laura Flaherty
Feb. 10             Overstory                                               Richard Powers              Angela Wagner
Mar. 10             Voyage of the Norwhal                           Andrea Barrett                Marilyn Staats 
Apr. 14             Wolf Willow                                             Wallace Stegner             Jim Hendrix
May 12             The Book of Lost Friends                        Lisa Wingate                 Lisa Slatten
 

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.