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Book Groups

Schedules for all Library sponsored Book Groups is listed below. For more information on Library Book Groups, please contact the Information Services Department at 673-6791.

Reading schedules: Book Circle | Farm. Woods | Mon. Eve |
Mystery | Senior | Online Book Clubs | N.A.M.I. Bookgroup

The Farmington Library announces a new service to independent book groups in Farmington and Unionville. Contact the library and we will gather your books and call when they are ready to pick up. Please use the linked form to register for the service and to facilitate the process of obtaining the books.

BOOK CIRCLE

Meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Farmington Library the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
2010 Title Author
Sep 8 The Seven Sisters Margaret Drabble
Oct. 13 Echo Maker Richard Powers
Nov. 10 In The Penal Colony & Hunger Artist Franz Kafka
Dec. 8 Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg
     
2011    
Jan. 12 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Feb. 9 Crime & Punishment Dostoyevsky
Mar. 9 The Maytrees Annie Dillard
Apr. 13 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese
May 11 The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman
June 8 Love Toni Morrison
Jul 13 Middlemarch George Eliot
Aug 10 The Widow's Children Paula Fox

Farmington Woods Book Group

Meets at 10:00 a.m. at the Farmington Library the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

2010 Title Author
Sep. 14 Shanghai Girls Lisa See
Oct. 12

The Heminges of Monticello

Annette Gordon-Reed's
Nov. 9 Home Safe Elizabeth Berg
Dec. 14 Somebody Else;s Daughter Elizabeth Brundage
2011    
Jan. 11 The Novel James Michener
Feb. 8 Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky and Sandra Smith
March 8 Gardens of Water Alan Drew
Apr. 12 The Tortilla Curtain Boyle T. Coraghessan
May 10 Harriet and Isabella Patricia O'Brien
June 14 South of Broad Pay Conroy

Monday Evening Book Group

Meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Farmington Library on the 2nd Monday of each month.

2010 Title Author
Jan 11 Song of Exile Kiana Davenport
Feb 8 The Piano Tuner Daniel Mason
Mar 8 Malinoche

Laura Esquivel

Apr 12 Sashenka Simon Montefiore
May 10 Molokia Alan Bremert
June 14 3 Cups of Tea Greg Mortinson
July 12 Tall Grass Sandra Dallas
Aug 9 Astrid & Veronika Linda Olsson
Sep. 13 Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer
Oct. 18 Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
Nov. 8 The Overcoat Nikolai Gogol
Dec. 13 To be determined  

Mystery Book Group

Meets from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Farmington Library on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

2010 Title Author
Sept. 9 A Carrion Death Michael Stanley
Oct. 14 Trent's Last Case E.C. Bentley
Nov. 11 Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham
Dec. 9 The 39 Steps John Buchan
2011    
Jan. 13 On Beulah Height Reginald Hill
Feb. 10 The Detective Wore Silk Drawers Peter Lovesey
March 10 The Deep Blue Goodbye John MacDonald
April 14 Death of Peer (also published as "A Surfeit of Lampreys") Ngaio Marsh
May 12 The Hollow Man (also published as "The Three Coffins") John Dickson Carr
June 9 The Moving Toyshop Edmund Crispin
July 14 Smallbone Deceased Michael Gilbert
Aug. 11 A Question of Belief Donna Leon

Senior Book Group

Meets at 1:00 p.m. at the Community & Senior Center on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

2010 Title Author
Jan. 21 Home Safe E. Berg
Feb. 18 Scarecrow M. Connolly
Mar. 18 Defiance - Bielski Partisans N. Tec
Apr. 15 Old Cape Magic R. Russo
May 20 Water for Elephants

S. Green

June 17 Shanghai Girls L. See
July 15 Moloka'i A. Bremmert
Aug. 19 People of the Book

G. Brown

Sep. 16 A Woman in Business - Life of Beatrice Fox Auerbach V. Hale
Oct. 21 Mercy J. Picoult
Nov. 18 The Story of Lucy Gault N. Treavor
Dec. 16 The Outlander G. Adamson

N.A.M.I Bookgroup

Meets every other month at the Farmington Library typically on Wed at 7pm.
2010 Title Author
Sept. 8 Hurry Down Sunshine Michael Greenberg

 

 
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