The Mainly Reading Book Club meets at the Main Library of the Salt Lake City Public Library on the 1st Saturday of each month at 10am. This is an open, engaging group of booklovers who have been meeting for the past 2 years. We have a democratic process for choosing our titles, both fiction and nonfiction. Each book club member suggests titles for discussion on a quarterly basis, then the title with the most votes is chosen and the others kept on a list of future possibilities. Library staff serve as host and discussion leader by advising members of library programs, future author visits, and award- winning titles that may be of interest. Biographical information is found on each author and presented by staff. Book club members highlight favorite passages of each book and submit them in advance to library staff. These passages are then compiled and form the basis for discussion, with members indicating why particular passage were chosen. This is a great method for engaging all members and facilitating discussion.
We welcome new members to the Mainly Reading Book Club at any time and look forward to an online discussion as well on this blog. Some of the goals of this blog are to keep members informed of previous book discussions, seek dialog online, and notify members of literary events that may be of interest. Now let's get this online discussion started!
MAINLY READING BOOKS:
2008
December-- The World Without Us, Alan Weisman
November-- Dreams from my Father: a Story of Race and Inheritance
Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
both by Barack Obama
October--Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
September-- Reconciliation:Islam, Democracy and the West, Benazir Bhutto
August-- Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
July-- Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
June-- Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erick Larsen
May-- We Need to Talk about Kevin, Lionel Shriver
April-- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
March-- Square Sails and Dragons, Celia Lund
February-- The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
January-- The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
We welcome new members to the Mainly Reading Book Club at any time and look forward to an online discussion as well on this blog. Some of the goals of this blog are to keep members informed of previous book discussions, seek dialog online, and notify members of literary events that may be of interest. Now let's get this online discussion started!
MAINLY READING BOOKS:
2008
December-- The World Without Us, Alan Weisman
November-- Dreams from my Father: a Story of Race and Inheritance
Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
both by Barack Obama
October--Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
September-- Reconciliation:Islam, Democracy and the West, Benazir Bhutto
August-- Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
July-- Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
June-- Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erick Larsen
May-- We Need to Talk about Kevin, Lionel Shriver
April-- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
March-- Square Sails and Dragons, Celia Lund
February-- The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
January-- The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
