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CBCPL Book Club

Ever thought of joining a book club? The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Book Club is open to everyone!

We meet to discuss various books each third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Boardroom. Books are provided by the library and will be available for pick up four weeks preceding the monthly meeting. Dates and title descriptions are available at the bottom of this page.

The next meeting will be on January 21 , 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Boardroom at the Main Library in Corvallis.

Our next selection is Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler

To participate, please register in person at the adult services reference desk or call 541-766-6793.

If you have any questions or need clarification, please contact Sharon Grant at 766-6965 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Registration Dates    Meeting Dates Titles
Nov. 19, 2008
Jan. 21, 2009
Stubborn Twig by L. Kessler
Jan. 21, 2009 Feb. 18, 2009 Twilight by S. Meyer
Feb. 18, 2009 Mar. 18, 2009 Jesus Land by J. Scheeres
Mar. 18, 2009 Apr 15, 2009 Time Traveler's Wife by A. Niffenegger
Apr.15, 2009 May 20, 2009 Better by A. Gawande
May 20, 2009 Jun 17, 2009 Zookeeper's wife by D. Ackerman


Title Descriptions

 
Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family
By Kessler, Lauren
1994/11 - Plume Books
0452273013
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In 1903, Masuo Yasui came to America and eventually became a successful orchardist and father of eight children. But the 'relocation' of Japanese Americans during World War II caused Yasui to take his own life. The Yasui family opened its records and memories to Lauren Kessler, who writes a social history that rings with truth and drama. Photographs.  



Twilight
By Meyer, Stephenie
2006/09 - Megan Tingley Books
0316015849
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Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn.




Jesus Land: A Memoir
By Scheeres, Julia
2006/09 - Counterpoint LLC
1582433542
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This riveting memoir is the story of a 16-year-old girl and her adopted, black, 16-year-old brother in Indiana who are sent to a reform school in the Dominican Republic by their violent father and distant mother more involved with her church's missionaries than her own children.  



The Time Traveler's Wife
By Niffenegger, Audrey
2004/07 - Harvest/HBJ Book
015602943X
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Alex Award Winner - 2004
A BookPage Notable Title
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of a passionate love affair that endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap.
 




Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
By Gawande, Atul
2008/01 - Picador USA
0312427654
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The "New York Times" bestselling author examines the complex and risk-filled medical profession and how those involved progress from merely good to great. Gawande provides rare insight and offers an honest firsthand account of his own life as a surgeon.  




The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
By Ackerman, Diane
2008/09 - W. W. Norton & Company
039333306X
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A true story--as powerful as Schindler's List--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. ...More

 

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