West Long Branch Public Library Book Discussion Group

The West Long Branch Public Library’s Book Discussion Group seeks to read a variety of books, expand its knowledge of authors and engage in enjoyable, informal discussions that encourage us to share our thoughts, insights and laughter. The Book Discussion Group meets the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM at the Library. The moderator for the group is Dolores Ferragano. A list of the books read by the West Long Branch Public Library Book Discussion Group can be viewed here.

The West Long Branch Public Library Book Discussion Group begins its third year by keeping to its mission to read a variety of contemporary fiction and classics. Our monthly meetings continue to bring creative and unique perspectives to our lively discussions. This past year also included “Movie Night @ the Library,” where we viewed the movie version of “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert and discussed and compared the screenwriter’s interpretation of the novel. A list of the books that we are planning to read for 2007 can be viewed here.

Book Selections

2008

January – Home to Big Stone Gap by Adiana Trigiani
February - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
March – The Ditchdigger's Daughters by Yvonne Thornton
April – Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
May – Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
June – The Lay of the Land by Frank Ford
July – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
August – Leap of Faith: Memoir of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
September – The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
October – The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
November - The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing
December - Last Man Standing by David Baldacci

2007

January – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
February - Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
March – By the Lake by Jon McGahern
April – Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
May – No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
June – To the Lighthouse by Virgina Woolf
July – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
August – The Girls by Lori Lansens
September – My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
October – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
November - Big Stone Gap by Ardiana Trigiani
December - Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani

2006

January – The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
February – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by A. McCall Smith
March – Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
April – The Fig Eater by Jody Shields
May – One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
June – Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
July – The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
August – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
September – The Color of Water by James McBride
October – Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
November – Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
December – Country of Pointed Firs by Sarah Jewett

2005

January – Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
February – The Pact by Jodi Picoult
March – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
April – Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
May – Shem Creek by Dorothea Benton Frank
June – Plainsong by Kent Haruf
July – Life of Pi by Yann Martel
August – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
September – Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
October – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
November – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
December – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

2004

October – Wicked by Gregory Maguire
November – Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
December – Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd