Book
Clubs
The Library offers several book groups
which are open to the public and free of charge.
Click below to find information on a specific book group.
Fiction |
Nonfiction
Fiction
Book Group Titles for 2010-11
The following titles have been selected for the upcoming season:
9/28/10
Midnight's Children by Salmon Rushdie
(552 pp.)
10/26/10
Embers by Sandor Marai
(213 pp.)
11/30/10
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
(603 pp.)
1/25/11
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
(538 pp.)
2/22/11
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
(258pp.)
3/29/11
Disgrace by J. M Coetzee
(220 pp.)
4/26/11
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron
(486 pp.)
5/31/11
Sorrrows of Young Werther by Johann V. Goethe
(201 pp.)
The Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on the last Tuesday of
each month at 7:00 PM in the Youth Services Activity Room.
For further information, please contact Bill Leone @ 458-9274, or leoneb@uhls.lib.ny.us
Nonfiction Book Club
Nonfiction
Book Discussion Group
The nonfiction book club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00
PM in the Activity Room located in the Youth Services Department. Those
interested in joining the club can contact Joe Nash at 458-9274 or by
e-mail at nashj@uhls.lib.ny.us.
Amazon-
This online bookstore offers some professional reviews, but more importantly
encourages regular readers to post reviews of the books.
Book Browser:
A Guide For Avid Readers -
Claim to have over 7,000 book reviews of all genres.
Booklist
-
"Digital counterpart of the American Library Association's
Booklist magazine. Annually reviews about 4,000 books for adults,
2,500 titles for children, 500 reference books and electronic reference
tools, and 1,000 other audiovisual materials."
Bookspot - Provides
a nice array of links to bookreview sources.
Librarian's
Index To The Internet Book Review Sites - A comprehensive list
of book review sites on the Web.
Reading Group Choices
For Book Discussion Reading - suggested reading for book discussion
groups. Arranged by topic, includes reviews.
New York Times Book
Review -
"Includes an archive of thousands of reviews, book-related news
pieces, bestseller lists, and interviews back to 1996. In addition,
the full-text of First Chapters of selected bestsellers and featured
titles are available."
The
Bookhive (for children's' books)-
"A searchable collection for brief reviews of hundreds of children's
books, also browsable by category. Books may be searched for by author,
title, illustrator, reading level, reading interest, or page length."
Online
Bookstores
For a nice list of online bookstores, please visit BookSpot