Library Guild Book Club

Our last meeting of the 2008-09 school year will include a discussion of The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer and a potluck salad supper! Please bring a dish to share and your own beverage, and dessert will be provided. We will meet at noon on Tuesday, May 5 in the Reading Room.

More about the book:
For a group of New York friends, the past decade has been defined by marriage and motherhood. Educated and reared to believe that they could have it all, they left high-level jobs to stay home with their babies. Now at forty, Amy, Jill, Roberta, and Karen face a life that is not what they expected. When Amy meets a charismatic, successful working mother of three who appears to have managed love, motherhood, and a career, she becomes plagued by "what-ifs." And as Amy's obsession with this woman's bustling life grows, it forces the four friends to confront the choices they've made in opting out of their careers--until a series of startling events shatters the peace and, for some of them, changes the landscape entirely. Wolitzer is the author of The Position; The Wife; Surrender, Dorothy and other titles.

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We will meet on Tuesday, March 31 at noon in the library workroom to discuss The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The book tells the Arthurian legend from the perspective of the female characters, rendering even the dreaded and previously villainized Morgan Le Fay in a new light. Bring your lunch and join us!

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Ella Enchanted

Fairest

For our February book club meeting, we are reading two titles by Gail Carson Levine who is our guest author this year. (She will be here on Thursday, March 5.) Our meeting will be at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 24th in the library workroom. Hope to see you there!

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Last year's December book club book A Winter Solstice and the Christmas Cookie Exchange were such a hit that we are trying a similar thing again: on Tuesday, Dec. 16 we will meet at noon in the Reading Room to discuss Christmas at Fairacre and to have a salad supper potluck. Please bring a small salad of any kind (green, pasta, potato, bean, whatever you like) to share, and Maura will provide a dessert ('cause there has to be dessert). You are welcome to join us even if you haven't had time to read the book! See you soon.

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In conjunction with the UGA Libraries and the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Academy is participating in "The Big Read," an initiative designed to encourage reading and stimulate conversation about a chosen book within the community. Therefore our first Library Guild Book Club selection will be the title chosen for "The Big Read," Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. We will meet at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 7 in the workroom of the Middle/Upper School Library. Please bring your own lunch, and dessert will be provided. You may purchase a copy of the book, which is a $4.05 paperback, in advance from Dr. Mandyck (cash or check, please).

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Who: The Library Guild Book Club is composed of library staff and of the current and retired members of the volunteer group that staffs the MS/US Media Center. The club is also open to any interested parents, faculty or staff.
When: The 1st or 2nd Tuesday of the month, at noon (will be announced)
Where: The Library Workroom in the Media Center
Where to buy books: We will have some copies in the Media Center, and you can purchase titles at a discounted rate from Dr. Mandyck in the Media Center.
What else: Bring your lunch and a drink. Dessert will be provided!
More questions? Please contact Dr. Mandyck in the Media Center.

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