You may pick up your copy of the Color Purple for February’s discussion at the Park side Reference desk now. Copies of One Thousand White Women are also available to pick up. We will be discussing that title in March.

Copies of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens are now available. Please stop at the Park side Reference Desk to pick up a copy.

Pick up your copy of the House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne today at the Park side Reference Desk. We will be discussing this book on December 7, 2011.

Thanks to all who attended our chat on August 3rd. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed My Life in France by Julia Child. I’m all out of copies of the Great Gatsby, but I hope to get more in soon.

Thanks to all who attended our book discussion for The Dirty Life. In August, we will be reading My Life in France by Julia Child. If you need a copy of that book, please go to the reference desk near the Park entrance. We’ll be reading The Great Gatsby in September, so look for copies of that book in August!

In June, we will continue our trend of reading sad and emotional fiction titles with Ethan Frome. Copies are available at the Park Reference Desk. July will buck the trend as we dive into our one community, one book program with The Dirty Life: on Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball.

Due to inclement weather concerns, I have decided to postpone February’s book discussion from February 2, 2011 to February 9, 2011. We won’t be able to use our usual Crandall Room that night, but the ladies in the Children’s Department were kind enough to let me use their activity room. The room will not be open until 7pm, so we can just find a place to sit and chat in the interim.

Everyone enjoyed the Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. We liked Flavia’s tenacity and her perspicacity. The group also discussed possible upcoming titles. January’s selection is Saratoga: Turning Point in America’s Revolutionary War, and February’s selection is Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Copies of January’s Title, Saratoga: Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War, are available now. Please pick up your copy at the Park Entrance Reference Desk.

When we discuss The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on December 1st, we will need to pick titles for the next few months. Please bring a couple of suggestions with summaries so we can make our selections.