Monthly Archives: March 2011

Book Club Kit: Going Back to Bisbee

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton First Published: 1992 (OneBookAZ 2007) 7 Copies & Reading Guide Richard Shelton first came to southeastern Arizona in the 1950s as a soldier stationed at Fort Huachuca. He soon fell in love with … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Sun Also Rises

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway First Published: 1926 10 Copies & Reading Guide The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Soul Patch

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Soul Patch (Moe Prager #4) by Reed Farrel Coleman First Published: 2007 6 Copies & Reading Guide Ex-NYPD cop turned PI and entrepreneur Moe Prager is faced with a gut-wrenching case. The apparent suicide of his old friend and NYPD … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Hummingbird’s Daughter

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luís Alberto Urrea First Published: 2005 10 Copies & Reading Guide It is 1889, and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Knife of Never Letting Go

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Christine Falls

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (John Banville) First Published: 2006 6 Copies & Reading Guide It’s not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It’s the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down … Continue reading →

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Cutting for Stone – NPR’s March Selection

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

NPR started an online book club in February with Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to keep the conversation going. The March pick is Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. If your group would like the opportunity to chat … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Moonstone

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins First Published: 1868 5 Copies & Reading Guide When the Moonstone diamond disappears the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted. Witnesses, … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Handle with Care

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult First Published: 2009 6 Copies & Reading Guide Charlotte O’Keefe is the mother of two daughters. One of which has brittle-bone disease. In an effort to find some form of justice for her daughter’s … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Angels & Demons

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1) by Dan Brown First Published: 2000 10 Copies & Reading Guide When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — … Continue reading →

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