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 |
The Ends of Fiction
Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature
Fiction
Book Group Titles for 2008-09
The following titles have been selected for the upcoming season:
9/23/08(updated):
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
10/28/08:
The Gathering by Anne Enright
11/25/08:
Exit, Ghost by Philip Roth
1/27/09:
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
2/24/09:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
3/31/09:
The Sea by John Banville
4/28/09:
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
5/26/09:
The Story of A Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
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.
The
Ends of Fiction
Our newest book discussion group, The Ends of Fiction, which will be led
by library staff member and graduate student in English at UAlbany Zach
Pickens, will start on Tuesday,October 9 at 7:00 PM with a discussion
of The Lover by Marguerite Duras. The group will meet on the second
Tuesday of the month. Upcoming titles include: Mao II by Dom DiLillo
on November 13 and several selections from The Complete Short Prose
by Samuel Beckett on December 11.
What Zack wants to do, in his words, is "to shine a light, if only
a slanted light, on some experimental literary works of the 20th century
and to think through and try to uncover different meanings from those
works." Zack is usually on duty in our circulation department, so
if you have any questions about the group and/or the books that will be
read, please stop by and see him. You can sign up for this group by calling
the Information Desk at 810-0314. Books will be provided.
Let's
Talk About It: Jewish Literature
Returning
this fall: We have again received a grant from the American Library
Association and Nextbook to sponsor another "Let's Talk About It:
Jewish Literature" book discussion series. The series will take place
this fall and we are happy to announce that our book discussion leader
will again be Joel Berkowitz, Chair of UAlbany's Judaic Studies Department.
Joel was wonderful last year when he led us through the five books in
the series "Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination."
This fall, the theme is "A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters
in a Changing World." The five works to be discussed will be Tevye
the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem; Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska;
O My America by Johanna Kaplan; American Pastoral by Philip
Roth; and Bee Season by Myla Goldberg. Look for more information
in upcoming issues of At the Library.
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