Book Club Kits
Book Club Kits:
- Can be borrowed by any registered adult borrower in good standing.
- Loan period for the kits is 8 weeks. Fine is $2.00 per day overdue. The kits can not be renewed.
- Kits must be returned with all contents intact. Each kit has a tag attached to the zipper with a list of contents.
- If the entire kit is lost or damaged, the borrower will be charged a replacement fee of $200.00.
- The borrower of the kit is responsible for all contents of the kit. If individual parts of the kit are missing when the kit is returned, the borrower will be notified and must take responsibility for returning the missing items as soon as possible.
- Book club kits can be reserved for a specific date at the Circulation desk. They may not be placed on hold.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Enzo is a lab terrier mix plucked from a farm outside Seattle to ride shotgun with race car driver Denny Swift as he pursues success on the track and off. Denny meets and marries Eve, has a daughter, Zoë, and risks his savings and his life to make it on the professional racing circuit. When Denny hits an extended rough patch, Enzo remains his most steadfast if silent supporter.
Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn
William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in 1952, has stumbled upon a drug that promises happiness—and that can make him a famous man. When his experiment goes awry, and a research subject commits murder, the consequences will haunt him and his family forever.
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.
Other resources for book clubs:
Fiction Connection can be accessed by anyone with a Bartlesville Public Library card. Go to our Online Databases page at http://horizon.bartlesville.lib.ok.us:82/rpa/default/RPA_redr.htm and click on Fiction Connection.
The Friends of the Library operate a used book store in the lobby of the Library on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Books can be purchased for very little money.
BookLetters are newsletters that are sent to your email box on a regular schedule. Sign up at
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/addnluser.html?sid=6952.
For great book club suggestions and discussion questions, we recommend the website
http://www.readinggroupguides.com.
Book Club Kits are provided thanks to a grant from ConocoPhillips.