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MacKay Library Has a New Phone Number (978)256-5521 x6

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The staff at the MacKay Library hosts a variety of book discussion groups. The Mystery Grouphas been meeting for 13 years. Novel Conversations evolved out of the Oprah Book Group that began in 1998.

 

 Mystery Group

Notice: the Mystery Group now meets on the
4th Wednesday of the month at 6:45 PM

 July 22nd
Jon Talton and Denise Mina

 The Mystery Group picks two authors a month. Members read books by those authors and come prepared to discuss why they enjoyed these books (or why they did not like them.) Were earlier books better crafted than more recent ones? Have characters developed over the years? Do you get a true sense of the place where the story is set? What good Mystery books have people read recently?

The MacKay Library will have a variety of the featured authors' books available for loan in the month preceding each discussion.
Novel Conversations Book Groups

This daytime book group usually meets on the first and third Friday of each month. Because of the popularity of this group and space limitations at MacKay we added a second group. Both groups meet at noon and both groups will read and discuss the same titles. Please choose either week 1 or week 3.

Novel Conversations will not meet in July and August
Here's the list of what we'll be reading next year. (Please note that the September and January meetings are on the second & third Fridays rather than the first and third).

Novel Conversations 2009-2010 Book List

Sept. 11th/18th
The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III

Oct. 2nd/16th
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Nov. 6th/20th
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

December 11
Holiday Party

Jan. 8th/15th
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

Feb. 5th/19th
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

March 5th/19th
Asylum by Patrick McGrath

April 2nd/16th
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

May 7th/21st
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

June 18th Picnic /
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows



If you would like to join or learn more about these groups, call the MacKay Library at 978-256-5521.

  

 

    
 
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