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/
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."
Feb 24 - To Kill a Mockingbird
Our February meeting will be at 3pm on February 24. We are reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the LME Library circulation desk and discussion sheets can also be picked up or viewed online. Please join us!
Summary:
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
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.
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