In the most unusual of circumstance, librarians have been screaming with excitement over the SPA book club. This club has grown and prospered for years and we owe it all to Arnika!
What Do We Read? We generally read paperback fiction. (See past titles below.)
How We Choose Books? Individual members suggest books then the group chooses books from those suggestions.
Where Do We Meet? Meetings rotate between homes.
When Do We Meet? We meet approximately every 5th Wednesday.
What Does It Cost? Many book selections are available at no charge through the Dearborn Library Book Club Collection, a program enabling book clubs to borrow multiple copies of the same book.
Everyone is
welcome. Please RSVP to the hosts.
For general information email Judy Carty
or call at 271-6889.
Updated 2-02-10
Current Reading List
January Meeting
Book: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Date: Wednesday January 13, 7:30p
Place: TBD
Library Book Club Collection
February Meeting
Book: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Date: Wednesday February 10, 7:30p
Place:
Rachel
Library Book Club Collection
Book: The Guernsey Literary
and Potato Peel Society
By Mary Ann
Shaffer
Date: Wednesday, March
10, 7:30pm
Place: Bernadine
|
Book: Running with Scissors
By Augusten
Burroughs
Date: Wednesday, May 12,
7:30pm
Place: Judy
Book: The Thirteenth Tale
By Diane Setterfield
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 7:30
Place: Roberta
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Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to the hosts.
Past Titles
| Date | Title | Author | Host |
| 6-9-10 | The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield | Roberta |
| 5-12-10 | Running with Scissors | Augusten Burroughs | Judy |
| 4-14-10 | Big Oyster | Mark Kurlansky | Jean S |
| 3-10-10 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society | Mary Ann Shaffer | Bernadine |
| 2-10-10 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Diane Ackerman | |
| 1-13-10 | Loving Frank | Nancy Horan | |
| 11/11/09 | Sarah's Key | Tatiana De Rosnay | |
| 10-14-09 | Riding the Bus With My Sister | Rachel Simon | Geri |
| 9/12/09 | Four Queens | Alison Weir | Nancy |
| 8/12/09 | Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust | Immaculee Ilibagiza | Tori |
| 7/8/09 | Pomegranate Soup | Marsha Mehran | |
| 6/10/09 | Still Alice | Lisa Genova | |
| 5/13/09 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen | Doreen |
| 3/11/09 | A Long Way Down | Nick Hornby | Arnika |
| 2/11/09 | The Confederacy of Dunces | John Kennedy | Rachel |
| 1/14/09 | The Spectator Bird | Wallace Stegner | Allison & Matt |
| 12/10/08 | Three Cups of Tea | Greg Mortenson | Geri |
| 11/12/2008 | A Year of Living Biblically | A. J. Jacobs | Judy |
| 10/8/2008 | The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien | Stella |
| 9/10/2008 | Arc of Justice | Kevin Boyle | Jean S. |
| 8/13/2008 | Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls | Arnika |
| 7/9/2008 | Beekeeper's Apprentice | Laurie King | Judy C. |
| 6/11/08 | Devil in the White City | Erik Larson | Bernadine |
| 5/14/08 | What Is The What | David Eggers | Nancy |
| 4/9/08 | Garbage Land | Elizabeth Royte | Geri |
| 3/12/08 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | Roberta |
| 2/13/08 | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle | Barbara Kingsglover | Rachel |
| 1/9/08 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Jean S. |
| 12/12/07 | Big Stone Gap | Adriana Trigiani | Allison Nowak |
| 11/14/2007 | Pope Joan | Donna Woolfolk Cross | Arnika/Jean A. |
| 10/10/2007 | The Jungle | Upton Sinclair | Geri |
| 9/12/2007 | Charming Billy | Alice McDermot | Judy C. |
| 8/8/2007 | The Bookseller of Kabul | Asne Seierstad | Doreen |
| 7/11/2007 | Nickel and Dimed | Barbara Ehrenreich | Roberta |
| 6/13/2007 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Kim Edwards | Stella |
| 5/9/2007 | Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories | Alice Munro | Geri |
| 4/11/2007 | A Walk in the Woods | Bill Bryson | Jean S. |
| 3/14/2007 | Peace Like a River | Leif Enger | Nancy |
| 2/14/2007 | Blink | Malcolm Gladwell | Rachel |
| 1/10/2007 | Portuguese Irregular Verbs | Alexander McCall Smith | Judy |
| 12/13/2006 | The Tender Bar | JR Moehringer | Judy B. |
| 11/8/2006 | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez | Arnika |
| 10/11/2006 | Sister of My Heart | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Geri |
| 9/13/2006 | Tales of a Female Nomad | Rita Golden Gelman | Bernadine |
| 8/9/2006 | Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality | Thomas Lynch | Roberta |
| 7/12/2006 | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | Jean S. |
| 6/7/2006 | Lamb in Love | Carrie Brown | Sue S |
| 5/3/2006 | The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany | Martin Goldsmith | Geri |
| 3/29/2006 | Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | Nancy |
| 2/22/2006 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Judy |
| 1/18/2006 | Chasing Cezanne | Peter Mayle | Jean S. |
| 12/14/2005 | An Instance of the Fingerpost | Iain Pears | Arnika |
| 11/16/2005 | Galileo's Daughter | Dava Sobel | Bernadine |
| 10/19/2005 | One Thousand White Women | Jim Fregus | Roberta |
| 9/14/2005 | Princess: True Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia | Jean Sasson | Stella |
| 8/11/2005 | The Piano Tuner | Daniel Mason | Judy |
| 7/14/2005 | Five Quarters of the Orange | Joanne Harris | Geri |
| 6/2/2005 | The Good Earth | Pearl S. Buck | Roberta |
| 4/28/2005 | Atonement | Ian McEwan | Susan |
| 3/17/2005 | The Last Crossing | Guy Vandergaeghe | Stella |
| 2/10/2005 | The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | Arnika |
| 12/2/2004 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Philippa Gregory | Roberta |
| 10/28/2004 | Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | Judy |
| 9/30/2004 | The Sparrow | Mary Doria Russell | Jean S. |
| 8/19/2004 | Reading Lolita in Tehran | Azar Nafisi | Arnika |
| 7/15/2004 | The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | Stella |
| 6/10/2004 | White Rose | Amy Ephron | Geri |
| 4/29/2004 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Jon Krakauer | Bernadine |
| 3/25/2004 | The Human Stain | Phillip Roth | Susan |
| 2/19/2004 | Finding Fish | Antwone Quenton Fisher | Jean S. |
| 1/8/2004 | I Capture the Castle | Dodie Smith | Mary Joan |
| 12/4/2003 | The Davinci Code | Dan Brown | Judy |
| 10/30/2003 | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Michael Chabon | Arnika |
| 9/25/2003 | Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand | Roberta |
| 6/5/2003 | The Patron Saint of Liars | Ann Patchett | Jean S. |
| 5/1/2003 | The Cave | Jose Saramago | Irene |
| 3/27/2003 | The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen | Jean & Andy |
| 2/20/2003 | Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | Arnika |
| 1/9/2003 | Empire Falls | Richard Russo | Roberta |
| 10/24/2002 | The Vision of Emma Blau | Ursula Hegi | Mary Joan |
| 9/19/2002 | Tender At the Bone | Ruth Reichl | Jean & Andy |
| 8/15/2002 | A Gesture Life | Chang-rae Lee | Arnika |
| 7/11/2002 | Cane River | Lalita Tademy | Roberta |
| 6/6/2002 | Wicked | Gregory Maguire | Mary Joan |
| 4/25/2002 | Mona in the Promised Land | Gish Jen | Judy |
| 3/21/2002 | Taliban | Ahmed Rashid | Carol |
| 2/14/2002 | Grasshopper | Barbara Vine | Jean & Andy |
| 1/10/2002 | Bee Season | Mayla Goldberg | Roberta |
| 12/13/2001 | Anil’s Ghost | Michael Ondaatje | Melissa |
| 11/8/2001 | Corelli’s Mandolin | Louis De Bernières | Bernadine |
| 9/27/2001 | Plainsong | Kent Haruf | Jean & Andy |
| 8/23/2001 | The Red Tent | Anita Diamant | Arnika |
| 7/19/2001 | Ironweed | William Kennedy | Carol |
| 6/14/2001 | A Painted House | John Grisham | Mary Joan |
| 5/10/2001 | Flu | Gina Kolata | Judy |
| 4/5/2001 | The Shipping News | E. Annie Proulx | Melissa |
| 3/1/2001 | The Professor and the Madman | Simon Winchester | Bernadine |
Springwells Park Book Club is not sponsored by the Springwells Park Association.