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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 March 17, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Boardroom at the Main Library in Corvallis.


Our next selection is Lying Awake by March Salzman.  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. 18, 2009
Jan. 20, 2010
My Life in France by J. Child
Jan. 20, 2009 Feb. 17, 2010 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M. Shaffer & A. Barrows
Feb. 17, 2010 Mar. 17, 2010 Lying Awake by M. Salzman
Mar. 17, 2010 Apr. 22, 2010 Outcasts United by W. St. John
Apr. 22, 2010 May 19, 2010 Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by A. Brady
May 19, 2010 June 16, 2010 Road from Coorain by J. Conway


Title Descriptions

 
My Life in France
by Julia Child

Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of "good "cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.

  

  

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society By  M. Shaffer & A. Barrows

London, 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 Guernsey during the German occupation, and about a society as extraordinary as its name.

 

   

Lying Awake
by Mark Salzman

In a Carmelite monastery outside present-day Los Angeles, life goes on in a manner virtually un-changed for centuries. Sister John of the Cross has spent years there in the service of God. And there, she alone experiences visions of such dazzling power and insight that she is looked upon as a spiritual master.  But Sister John's visions are accompanied by powerful headaches, and when a doctor reveals that they may be dangerous, she faces a devastating choice.

 
  

Outcasts United
By Warren St. John

Memories of war, political crackdowns, revolutions, and ethnic cleansing are part of life in Clarkston, Georgia, turned into a refugee center by the federal government. This fast-paced account follows the story of Luma Mufleh, a bright-burning advocate, who started the Fugees soccer team and transformed the town.



 

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
By Alan Bradley

 Fans of Louise Fitzhugh's iconic Harriet the Spy will welcome 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce, the heroine of Canadian journalist Bradley's rollicking debut. In an early 1950s English village, Flavia is preoccupied with retaliating against her lofty older sisters when a rude, redheaded stranger arrives to confront her eccentric father, a philatelic devotee. Equally adept at quoting 18th-century works, listening at keyholes and picking locks, Flavia learns that her father, Colonel de Luce, may be involved in the suicide of his long-ago schoolmaster and the theft of a priceless stamp. 

  

 

The Road from Coorain
By Jill Ker Conway

One women's journey from a childhood in Australia's outback to adulthood as a successful American career woman. The Road From Coorain is about Everywoman, for it is about childhood loneliness, anguished parent-child relationships, dawning sensibility, discovering a vocation, and finding one's own sense of self.

 

 

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