Talk About a Good Book: Great American Read

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March 30 - Star of the North

At our February 24th meeting, we discussed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We chose this classic novel since many of our members had never read it, and it had been voted as America's Favorite Book via PBS's The Great American Read in 2018. Several members commended that it lived up to its hype and they "couldn't put it down". We had Toll House Cookie Bars and fruit for dessert.

One of our members also mentioned the Chillicothe Public Library's Big Read events for Into the Beautiful North. More information on the programming is avaialable at https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/1/nea-big-read-into-the-beautiful-north/. In addition, the Peoria Public Library is doing Peoria Reads 2020 with the book, The Hate U Give. Information about Peoria Reads events can be found at http://www.peoriareads.org/

Our next book club meeting is on Monday, March 30 at 3pm. We will be reading Star of the North by D.B. John and copies of the book are available for pick-up at the circulation desk. Discussion sheets can be picked-up with the book or are available online.

Here's a summary of the book: "A propulsive and ambitious thriller about a woman trying to rescue her twin sister from captivity in North Korea, and the North Korean citizens with whom she forms an unlikely alliance. Star of the North opens in 1988, when a Korean American teenager is kidnapped from a South Korean beach by North Korean operatives. Twenty-two years later, her brilliant twin sister, Jenna, is still searching for her, and ends up on the radar of the CIA. When evidence that her sister may still be alive in North Korea comes to light, Jenna will do anything possible to rescue her--including undertaking a daring mission into the heart of the regime."

Great American Read - the results are in!

If you've been following the Great American Read on PBS, you know that Americans have been voting on their favorite books for months now. Last night, the top pick was announced and the winner is: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

To find out about more about the winners, visit https://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/results/

The video of "The Grand Finale" is online as well.

Thank you to all who participated!

The Great American Read coming in May 2018

PBS will be hosting THE GREAT AMERICAN READ in May 2018. GAR will launch with a two-hour special event on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at 8 p.m. on PBS stations nationally. Over the course of 15 weeks in the summer, viewers can read and vote on favorite works of fiction; the series then returns in the fall with additional episodes exploring the nominated books through themes including “Heroes,” “Villains & Monsters,” “Who Am I?,” “What We Do for Love,” “Other Worlds,” and will conclude with an exciting finale and countdown to “America’s Best-Loved Book.”

More information can be found at: http://www.pbs.org/book-view-now/blogs/news/2018/02/02/the-great-american-reads-from-pbs/

Watch for more information!