Book Discussion
Brown Bag - Moonstone the Movie
Please join Brown Bag book group for a special movie and discussion event. We are watching Moonstone, the movie adaptation of Wilke Collins novel Moonstone. The main protagonist, Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The film successfully presents the atmosphere of the novel while drawing the viewers into the complicated mystery about the missing stone, faith and betrayal, and secret love.
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Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully - The Power of Kindness...
The Power of Kindness: the Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life by Piero Ferrucci explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only lead to our own individual happiness and the happiness of those around us, but will guide us in a world that has become cold, anxious, difficult, and frightening.Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully book discussion features a new non-fiction title each month.Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to readi
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Words on Wednesday: The Great Gatsby
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces us to the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby, and to the object of his desire, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. This is a Lost Generation portrait of the Jazz Age, which remains highly relevant to our own times. Join us to discuss this remarkable novel.
Copies of the book will be available at the Main Library a month before the discussion.
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Brown Bag - Snow White Must Die
Snow White Must Die begins with a woman who has fallen off a pedestrian bridge onto a car underneath. The investigation leads Detective Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver Bodenstein, to a small village, and the home of the victim, whose son was convicted for the disappearance of two young girls eleven years earlier. The investigation turns into a race against time, because for the villagers, it is soon pretty clear who the perpetrator is and they are prepared to take matters in their own hands.
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Brown Bag - Garnethill
On returning home in a drunken state after discovering her boyfriend has been married for 12 years, Maureen ODonnell, a former patient in Glasgow psychiatric hospital, finds the body of her boyfriend tied to her kitchen chair with his throat cut and becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Garnethill by Denise Mina provides some insight into the relationship of those with mental illnesses and the ones who treat them. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.
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Brown Bag - The Beautiful Mystery
When the choir director at the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups is found murdered, Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is called to investigate. In this 8th novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series, the Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny is set in a monastery where a chant, the Gregorian chant, with its serene and melodic sounds, polarizes the monks, the ones who want to gain attention and success and the others who view that prospect of a more open and worldly community with horror. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month.
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Brown Bag - Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is propelled into a mystery when a man is found murdered on the grounds of her family's decaying English mansion and Flavia's father becomes the main suspect. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first in C. Alan Bradleys Flavia De Luce mysteries. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion. Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Brown Bag - The Name of the Rose
In the early 14th century, English monk Brother Williams turns detective to solve a murder at a Clunic abbey in Italy, where heresy is the motivation. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Baconall sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity.
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Brown Bag - In the Woods
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories. In the Woods is the first book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion. Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Words on Wednesday: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Though she died of cancer over 60 years ago, the cells of this poor former Southern tobacco farmer were harvested without her knowledge, grown in culture and became one of the most important tools in medicine. Join us to discuss this compellingly researched book by Rebecca Skloot. Learn more about all of our monthly book discussions.