Book Discussion Scheduled for Friday September 14, 2007

Melissa Perreault will host a book discussion on A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kahled Hosseini. The discussion will take place on Friday, September 14th at 5pm SLT, in the Reader's Garden. We hope that you will be able to join Melissa and the members of her Virtual Book Group for the discussion.
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Afghan-American novelist Hosseini follows up his bestselling The Kite Runner with another searing epic of Afghanistan in turmoil. The story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny through the lives of two women. Mariam is the scorned illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman, forced at age 15 into marrying the 40-year-old Rasheed, who grows increasingly brutal as she fails to produce a child. Eighteen later, Rasheed takes another wife, 14-year-old Laila, a smart and spirited girl whose only other options, after her parents are killed by rocket fire, are prostitution or starvation. Against a backdrop of unending war, Mariam and Laila become allies in an asymmetrical battle with Rasheed, whose violent misogyny—"There was no cursing, no screaming, no pleading, no surprised yelps, only the systematic business of beating and being beaten"—is endorsed by custom and law. Hosseini gives a forceful but nuanced portrait of a patriarchal despotism where women are agonizingly dependent on fathers, husbands and especially sons, the bearing of male children being their sole path to social status. His tale is a powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan, but also a lyrical evocation of the lives and enduring hopes of its resilient characters. (May)
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Book Discussion Scheduled for Friday August 17, 2007

Melissa Perreault will host a book discussion on The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini. The discussion will take place on Friday, August 17th at 5pm SLT, in the Reader's Garden. We hope that you will be able to join Melissa and the members of her Virtual Book Group for the discussion.
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Harry Potter: How Will it End? This Sat 7/14. Don't Forget!!!

Don't forget to join us for this very special discussion about the conclusion of the Harry Potter series. Gather together with other fans, and talk about how you think the final book will end, and why.Scheduled for one week before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Saturday, July 14, 2007. 12pm SLT.Reader's Garden. Cybrary City II (38, 244, 22)
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Please dress in costume if you'd like to!

Book Discussion Scheduled for Sunday July 15, 2007

Zippedy Zabelin will present a discussion on Changeling : the Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. This discussion is sponsored by Tubular.net.
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Thrust into the limelight at the age of 19 with the success of his debut album Tubular Bells, Mike recounts the challenges of his life, including a difficult childhood, his feelings of being an outsider, and his mental and emotional struggles as he comes to terms with all of it. It is a story of courage, survival, acceptance and most of all, hope.

Book Discussion Scheduled for Friday July 13, 2007

Melissa Perreault will host a book discussion on McCarthy's Bar: a journey of discovery in Ireland, by Pete McCarthy. The discussion will take place on Friday, July 13th at 5pm SLT, in the Reader's Garden. We hope that you will be able to join Melissa and the members of her Virtual Book Group for the discussion.

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Book Discussion Scheduled for Friday June 29, 2007

Ira Hyun will host a book discussion on Conversations with God, an Uncommon Dialog, by Neale Donald Walsch.. The discussion will take place on Friday, June 29 at 5pm SLT, in the Reader's Garden. We hope that you will be able to join Ira and the members of the Book Discussion Circle for the discussion.
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How Will it End? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Join us for this very special discussion about the conclusion of the Harry Potter series. Gather together with other fans, and talk about how you think the final book will end, and why.
Scheduled for one week before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Saturday, July 14, 2007. 12pm SLT.
Reader's Garden. Cybrary City II (38, 244, 22)

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Book Discussion Scheduled for Friday June 8, 2007

Melissa Perreault will host a book discussion on Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver. The discussion will take place on Friday, June 8th at 5pm SLT, in the Reader's Garden. We hope that you will be able to join Melissa and the members of her Virtual Book Group for the discussion.
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